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Making a living as a literary translator with Ekaterina Petrova
FromThe Writing Life
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39 minutes
Released:
Dec 5, 2019
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Podcast episode
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On the pod today we have literary translator and non-fiction writer Ekaterina Petrova. Ekaterina is from Bulgaria, and was our visiting resident for 10 days thanks to support from the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation.
A big part of the conversation is about the challenge of making a living from being a literary translator - which, as you can imagine, is even harder than making a living from being a writer.
Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna.
Find out more about our work: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
Read a translated extract by Ekaterina: http://www.eurolitnetwork.com/from-traveling-in-the-direction-of-the-shadow-by-iana-boukova-translated-by-ekaterina-petrova/
Don't miss Ekaterina's contribution to the Walking Norwich collection: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/walking-norwich/stranger-on-a-walk/
Music by Bennet Maples.
A big part of the conversation is about the challenge of making a living from being a literary translator - which, as you can imagine, is even harder than making a living from being a writer.
Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna.
Find out more about our work: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
Read a translated extract by Ekaterina: http://www.eurolitnetwork.com/from-traveling-in-the-direction-of-the-shadow-by-iana-boukova-translated-by-ekaterina-petrova/
Don't miss Ekaterina's contribution to the Walking Norwich collection: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/walking-norwich/stranger-on-a-walk/
Music by Bennet Maples.
Released:
Dec 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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