The roundtable explores why translation has evolved from a set of restricted technical procedures into the basis of all human culture. It examines translation as a psychic, aesthetic, and cultural phenomenon, addressing questions about the principle of displacement and exchange, political power, and linguistic capital. The event features celebrated literary translators and theorists working across different languages, genres, and periods.
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David Bellos
Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Princeton University
Studied Modern Languages at Oxford; taught at Edinburgh, Southampton, and Manchester universities before Princeton, where he directs the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication. Author...
Bella Brodzki
Professor of Comparative Literature, Sarah Lawrence College
Teaches world literature, translation studies, autobiography, and literary theory. Coeditor of Life/lines and author of "Can These Bones Live?: Translation, Survival..."
Anne-Marie Levine
Poet and Visual Artist
NYC-based poet and visual artist; former concert pianist. Author of three poetry collections: Euphorbia, Bus Ride to a Blue Movie, and Oral History, plus forthcoming artists' book.
Suzanne Jill Levine
Director of Translation Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Translator of Latin American authors including Borges, Cortazar, and Puig. Editor of Penguin Borges editions; 2014 Lambda Prize winner.
Mark Polizzotti
Author & Translator; Director of Publications Program, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author of Revolution of the Mind, Highway 61 Revisited, and Sympathy for the Traitor: A Translation Manifesto.
Michelle Woods
Associate Professor of English, SUNY New Paltz
Author of Kafka Translated, Censoring Translation, and Translating Milan Kundera; currently editing Authorizing Translation.
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