Jonathan Galassi’s Tribute to Edith Grossman
This tribute was written by Jonathan Galassi. He is the President and Publisher of Farrar Straus & Giroux, and the translator of Giacomo Leopardi's Canti et al. More
Daniel Shapiro’s Tribute to Edith Grossman
This tribute was written by Daniel Shapiro. He is a poet and author of The Red Handkerchief. He is also the translator of Tomás Harris's Cipango et al., and… More
Robert Weil’s Tribute to Edith Grossman
This tribute was written by Robert Weil. He is the Editor-in-Chief and Publishing Director of Liveright, W. W. Norton & Company. More
Four Questions for Katrina Dodson, Winner of the 2016 PEN Translation Prize
I’ve thought often about how translation requires extreme humility, to be able to recede into the shadows and let one’s style be subsumed by another’s. Translators work hard not… More
Four Questions for Sawako Nakayasu, Winner of the 2016 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
"The Sagawa book presented a special challenge, which was that the Modernist sensibility and language, especially in this particular Japanese context, was unlike anything I had ever seen, and… More
The PEN Ten with Philip Metres
"I think we Americans have to flip the question and ask, in what ways are we ourselves in a condition of carceral submission, surveilled and made docile? How much… More
The PEN Ten with Michael F. Moore
As an interpreter I’m a bit of a stage mother, pushing the writer or director for whom I’m interpreting to jump into the conversation (Forza! Dai! Sfondi! I whisper).… More
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