The PEN Ten: An Interview with Maud Ventura (FR + EN)
Indeed, it is a feminist novel. It speaks of codependence, casting dreams and desires aside for another person, erasing yourself in the name of love. More
Announcing the 2017 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants
From a vast field of applicants, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Advisory Board has selected 15 projects, spanning 13 different languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Nepali, and more. More
Bridging French Modernism: On Translating Marcel Schwob
Marcel Schwob's Vies Imaginaries (1896) is a collection of 22 fictio-documentary stories blending the fantastic and the biographical, and which would later influence Borges' A Universal History of Infamy. More
Absurdity ad Absurdum: On Translating Gaston de Pawlowski
Written amidst the depths of World War I and society's growing faith in science, Pawlowski's absurdities are an elegant, far-sighted critique of the church of innovation. More
New Inventions and the Latest Innovations
Published in French in 1916, Gaston de Pawlowski’s book is a catalog of absurd imaginary gadgets and “improvements,” and an early satire on consumer society and the cult of… More
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