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| Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:43AM | | | | Atxaga Encounter | Tags: Bernardo Atxaga, National Book Critics Circle, Instituto Cervantes, Alissa Valles, Graywolf
| | | Friday after moderating the National Book Critics Circle panel "This Critical Moment," which provided context for the work of a number of this year's PEN World Voices Festival authors, I ran into Basque author Bernardo Atxaga at the Instituto Cervantes. A crowd there was celebrating World Voices with Moet et Chandon and Soanish snacks (paella, tortilla, grilled shrimp, gazpacho).
I shared with Atxaga the remarks Alissa Valles, multilingual translator, had made about his work--including the fact that he translates his novels into Spanish first himself, making it easier for the next step of translation into English. (Graywolf is publishing two of his award-winning novels,The Accordionist's Son and Obabakoak, this year and next.) His poetry, in Basque, is not as available in English. Valles... | | | | | |
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