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Crossing Languages: From First Draft to Publication, Sponsored by ALTA
Saturday, March 26, 2022
3:20 pm to 4:35 pm
This multigenre panel focuses on strategies for international authors or their translators seeking to publish a translation of the work in English, as well as for international authors living in the US seeking to publish the work in their native country. From Greek memoir to Armenian fiction to Mexican poetry, the panelists will address the challenges faced by authors or by literary translators in spanning cultural differences and in bringing the manuscript to US readers.
Participants
Susan Ayres, a poet and translator, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She teaches at Texas A&M Law School, and she holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her poems and translations from the Spanish have appeared in numerous journals. Her translation of Elsa Cross's NADIR is forthcoming.
Sophia Kouidou-Giles has degrees in psychology and social work; publications in Persimmon Tree, Assay, Raven's Perch, Blue Nib, Readers/Writers, and Time Collection; a poetry chapbook: Transitions & Passages; and two memoirs: Return to Thessaloniki (Greek) and Sophia's Return (English).
Areg Azatyan is an Armenian writer of six fiction books. He has received a President’s Prize for the Best Writer of the Year (2004) as well as several international and national awards. As a filmmaker, he participated in Cannes, Sundance, and Berlinale.
