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The Writing Life

The Writing Life

Arts:Books

Translation as activism with Anam Zafar & Meena Kandasamy

Translation as activism with Anam Zafar & Meena Kandasamy

2022-02-07
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Translator and editor Anam Zafar and poet, novelist and translator Meena Kandasamy discuss translation as activism and helping under-represented communities to tell their own stories. Anam was mentored by Meena on...

Translator and editor Anam Zafar and poet, novelist and translator Meena Kandasamy discuss translation as activism and helping under-represented communities to tell their own stories. Anam was mentored by Meena on NCW's Emerging Translator Mentorship programme, supported by Visible Communities.

We have a discount for Writing Life listeners, courtesy of our friends at Bloomsbury! Until 1 March 2022 anyone in the UK can get 25% off the workbook as long as you buy through the Bloomsbury website. The code is AWJW25 and can be used here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writers-journal-workbook-9781472987365/ 

Find out more about what we do: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/

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Music by Bennet Maples.

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