Translating life
With the aim of raising the profile of writers committed to values such as the culture of peace, freedom of expression and freedom of creation, the PEN Català and the CCCB are launching a series of conversations between different authors and their translators.
Vera Pàvlova and Xènia Dyakonova
Letters to the next room
Vera Pavlova, one of the most important poets in Russian literature, talks to writer and translator Xenia Dyakonova about her literary career and the influence of her work on subsequent generations.
Denise Desautels and Antoni Clapés
Literature: to translate or to be translated
Denise Desautels, one of the most important voices in contemporary Quebec poetry, talks to the poet Antoni Clapés, her translator into Catalan, about their shared literary connections.
Petros Màrkaris and Quim Gestí
Greece... what now?
The writer Petros Markaris, a great modern-day storyteller and a leading figure in European crime novels, talks to Quim Gestí, his translator into Catalan for over twenty years, about the relationship between his literary work and the craft of translating.