Translation

In 2006 Daniel Wells of Biblioasis asked Stephen to become General Editor of the Biblioasis International Translation Series.  You can link here to the talk about literary translation that Stephen gave to celebrate the launch of this series.

The second book in this series is Good Morning Comrades, Stephen’s own translation from the Portuguese of the novel Bom dia camaradas by the Angolan writer Ondjaki.

An excerpt from Good Morning Comrades can be read here.

Click here to read Stephen's translation of Ondjaki's short story "At the Crossroads".

The sixth book in the Biblioasis International Translation Series is Stephen's translation of The Accident  by the Romanian writer Mihail Sebastian.  This is the first work of Sebastian's fiction to appear in English.  To read an excerpt from this translation, click here.

Forthcoming BITS titles include books by Jaime Sabines, Liliana Heker and others.