FESTIVAL 2025  •  Sat, Nov 1  •  4pm

Literature in Translation: Ryad Assani-Razaki, Lin King & Jeremy Tiang

Free panel on the art of translating books

Fiction
Conversation
Free Event
No pass required
 
 

FESTIVAL 2025  •  Sat, Nov 1  •  4pm

Literature in Translation: Ryad Assani-Razaki, Lin King & Jeremy Tiang

Free panel on the art of translating books

Fiction
Conversation
Free Event
No pass required

About

Translation is an art of carrying voices across borders. In this literary conversation, three accomplished translators, Ryad Assani-Razaki, Lin King, and Jeremy Tiang gather to discuss the challenges and rewards of their craft, capturing tone, rhythm, and cultural nuance while bringing new life to literature in another language. How do translators find balance between the original work and something new? Where does interpretation end and invention begin? Through dialogue and shared experiences, the translators reveal the hidden artistry behind their work, offering audiences fresh insight into how stories transform as they travel. A must for readers, writers, and lovers of language alike.

Lin King’s appearance is supported by the Taipei Cultural Centre.

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Ryad Assani-Razaki was born in 1981 in Cotonou in the West African state of Benin. In 2009, his short story collection Deux cercles was awarded the Trillium Book Award.

Credit John Bregar

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Lin King is a writer and translator based in Taipei and New York. Her fiction has appeared in One Story, Boston Review, and Joyland, among others, and has received the PEN/Robert J.

Credit Annette An Jen Liu

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Jeremy Tiang is a novelist, playwright and translator from Chinese. He was awarded the Singapore Literature Prize for his novel State of Emergency and for his translation of Zhang Yueran's Cocoon, and he recently won an Obie Award for his play Salesman之死.

Dates & Times

Sat, Nov 1
4:00pm
5:00pm
A book signing will follow this event

Tickets

This is a FREE event

Venue

Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003

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