Name: IWP International Authors panel: In Translation
Start: 2022-09-30T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-04-19T13:12:26-05:00
Location: Iowa City Public Library: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

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Friday, September 30, 2022 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

09/30/2022 12:00pm 09/30/2022 1:30pm IWP International Authors panel: In Translation In Translation: as metaphor and as reality, in the ever-more-hybrid world, translation is now ubiquitous. Languages live side by side, commingle, influence each other. New words, accents, grammars, forms of data, are surging everywhere. A writer may switch between languages within a piece of work, or may self-translate, or may, like Ngugi wa’ Thiong’o, deliberately refuse to avail herself of a major language for the benefit of a minor one. Do you too live, or write, on a linguistic fault line? The International Authors series provides an opportunity for the community to meet and converse with writers from around the world who are part of the Fall 2022 Writers in Residence at the University of Iowa International Writing Program. The series is sponsored by The UI International Writing Program and The Iowa City Public Library. This event is also part for the 2022 Iowa City Book Festival, sponsored by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago public

In-person event + Livestream
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

In Translation: as metaphor and as reality, in the ever-more-hybrid world, translation is now ubiquitous. Languages live side by side, commingle, influence each other. New words, accents, grammars, forms of data, are surging everywhere. A writer may switch between languages within a piece of work, or may self-translate, or may, like Ngugi wa’ Thiong’o, deliberately refuse to avail herself of a major language for the benefit of a minor one. Do you too live, or write, on a linguistic fault line?

The International Authors series provides an opportunity for the community to meet and converse with writers from around the world who are part of the Fall 2022 Writers in Residence at the University of Iowa International Writing Program. The series is sponsored by The UI International Writing Program and The Iowa City Public Library.

This event is also part for the 2022 Iowa City Book Festival, sponsored by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature.

If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.

This event is open to the public.