Reflections on the free movement of people and stories, to mark the first ten years of English PEN's Writers in Translation programme
Writers in Translation, established in 2005 and supported by Bloomberg and Arts Council England, champions the best literature from around the world. To mark the programme's tenth anniversary, ten leading writers from around the world, many of whom have been supported in their work by English PEN, explore the themes of movement, freedom and narrative. Introduced by Amit Chaudhuri, the collection includes contributions from:
Asmaa al Ghul
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Chan Koonchung
Hanna Krall
Andrey Kurkov
Andrés Neuman
Alain Mabanckou
Elif Shafak
Samar Yazbek
Mengenai Pengarang
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen was born in Israel in 1982 and holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from Tel Aviv University. Her film scripts have won prizes at international festivals, including the Berlin Today Award and the New York City Short Film Festival Award. Her debut novel One Night, Markovitchwon the Sapir Prize for best debut and is being translated into five languages.