Activity Type:
Workshop
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Presenter:
Sam Taylor
Date:
Friday, November 13, 2020 - 15:25
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Contact Person:
Kaliane Ung
Contact Email:
khu3@pitt.edu
Sam Taylor is a British novelist and literary translator who now lives in the United States. He has translated novels by Maylis de Kerangal, Leïla Slimani and Clémentine Beauvais (among others), as well as Riad Sattouf’s graphic novel The Arab of the Future. On 13 November 2020, Sam Taylor will talk about his translation of Antoine Leiris’ You Will Not Have My Hate (2016) and the upcoming translation of Leiris’ La vie, après. He will describe the links between translation and literary creation, and talk about career possibilities in translation and publishing.
Contact Pr. Kaliane Ung (khu3@pitt.edu) for the Zoom link.
UCIS Unit:
European Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors:
Department of French & Italian
Is Event Already in University Calendar?:
No