In this Episode , Ross Benjamin spoke about his translation of Kafka's Diaries. Ross Benjamin is a translator of German-language literature living in Nyack, New York. His translations include Friedrich Hölderlin’s Hyperion, , Joseph Roth’s Job, Thomas Pletzinger’s Funeral for a Dog, and Daniel Kehlmann’s You Should Have Left and Tyll. His translation of Tyll was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker International Prize. He was awarded the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize, National...

In this episode, renowned Czech Translator, Alex Zucker spoke about his translated work , the novel - ' Life After Kafka'. The novel was originally written in Czech. Alex Spoke about the book, writer Magdalena, and about bringing the voice of characters into the English translation. Currently he is on a book tour with the author in the USA. There is a link provided in the show notes giving the details of the book Tour. Alex Zucker is a renowned translator of Czech literature into English....

'కథా నవీన్’ గా సుప్రసిద్ధులైన శ్రీ వాసిరెడ్డి నవీన్ గారు , తెలుగు కథతో పాటు గత నలభై ఏళ్ళు గా నడుస్తున్నారు. వ్యాసాలు , కథలూ , కవితలూ రాసారు. అనేక వేదికల్లో తెలుగు కథ గురించి విశ్లేషణాత్మక ఉపన్యాసాలు చేసారు. కేంద్ర సాహితీ అకాడమీ సభ్యులుగా అనేక సంవత్సరాలు సేవ చేశారు . 1990 లో ‘తెలుగు కథా సాహితి’ అనే సంస్థ ను ఏర్పాటు చేసి, గత ముప్ఫయి నాలుగేళ్ళుగా ప్రతి సంవత్సరం ప్రచురితమైన కథలనన్నిటినీ ప్రసిద్ధ కవి , రచయిత , పాపినేని శివశంకర్ గారి సహకారంతో చదివి , ఎన్నుకుని ఒక సంకలనంగా ...

Alistair Ian Blyth was born in Sunderland, England, and attended the universities of Cambridge and Durham, where he studied English and Latin. He has lived in Romania since 1999. He has translated numerous works of fiction and non-fiction from the Romanian, including works by many of the leading novelists writing in Romania and Moldova today. He is also the author of a novel, Card Catalogue, published by Dalkey Archive Press in 2021. In this episode, He spoke about Romanian Literary scene,...

'అమ్మవారి పాదం' కథ నెమ్మినీలం పుస్తకం లోనించి . సుప్రసిద్ధ తమిళ రచయిత జయమోహన్ అరం కథల సంపుటం లోనిది ,.తెలుగు లోకి అవినేని భాస్కర్ ఈ కథలను 'నెమ్మి నీలం' పేరిట అనువదించారు . 'నెమ్మి నీలం ' కొనడానికి - https://chaayabooks.com/product/nemmi-neelam/ * For your Valuable feedback on this Episode - Please click the link below. https://tinyurl.com/4zbdhrwr Harshaneeyam on Spotify App –https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/onspot Harshaneeyam on Apple App –...

Mark Harman is an Irish-born, US-resident academic described as “the finest living Kafka translator” into English. Harman studied at University College Dublin and Yale University, where he took his BA/MA and PhD, respectively. He has taught German and Irish literature at Dartmouth, Oberlin, Franklin & Marshall, and the University of Pennsylvania. He is editor and co-translator of Robert Walser and translator of Hermann Hesse, Soul of the Age.  Harshaneeyam invited him to speak about his...

పదకొండేళ్ళ రిషి హైదరాబాద్ లో 'సాధన ఇన్ఫినిటీ ఇంటర్నేషనల్ స్కూల్' లో ఏడో తరగతి చదువుతున్నాడు . 'ది బెటర్ మీ' అనే పుస్తకం ఆరు కథలతో రాసి పబ్లిష్ చేసాడు . రిషి వాళ్ళ స్కూల్లో ఇంగ్లీష్ టీచర్ దేబశీష్ మామ్ రెండో క్లాసునించీ పిల్లలకి కథలు ఎలా రాయాలో నేర్పిస్తున్నారు . రిషి తాను రాయడం పుస్తకం ప్రచురించడం, తాను రాయబోయే పుస్తకం వీటి గురించి తన ఆలోచనలను మనతో పంచుకున్నాడు . రిషి రాసిన పుస్తకం కొనడానికి షో నోట్స్ లో ఉన్న లింక్ ఉపయోగించండి -...

ఈ రోజు హర్షణీయంలో మన అతిధి - తమిళ తెలుగు అనువాదకులు అవినేని భాస్కర్ . గత వారం బెంగుళూరులో జరిగిన బుక్ బ్రహ్మ ఫెస్టివల్‍లో భాస్కర్ తమిళం నించి తెలుగులోకి అనువదించిన 'నెమ్మి నీలం ' కథల పుస్తకం ఛాయా పబ్లికేషన్స్ ద్వారా విడుదల అయ్యింది . తమిళంలో ఈ కథలను రాసింది సుప్రసిద్ధ తమిళ రచయిత జయమోహన్ . ఈ పుస్తకం తమిళంలో గత పది సంవత్సరాలలో అనేక పునర్ముద్రణలకు నోచుకొని పాఠకుల విశేష ఆదరణకు నోచుకుంది. ఈ సంభాషణలో భాగంగా భాస్కర్ 'నెమ్మి నీలం' పాఠకుడిగా, అనువాదకుడిగా తన అనుభవాల గురించి, తనకిష్టమైన సాహిత్యం...

Guest For this Episode is Harsha Raghuram from Vienna, Austria. He is a PhD scholar at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria and his area of Research is Material Science. He was born and raised in Bengaluru, India, and has a keen interest in languages and linguistics. He can speak over six languages in addition to his mother tongue Kannada. He is trained in Karnatic Classical Music and performs regularly on various prestigious forums. He has translated Caroline Wahl's best-selling...

The guest for this Episode is Vineet Gill. He spoke about his pursuit of literature, the Hindi Writer Nirmal Verma, and the State of Literary Translations in India. A well-known name in Hindi literature, Nirmal Verma is known mainly for his fictional works. Born on April 3, 1929, he obtained an M.A. in history from Delhi University. He studied Czech at the Oriental Institute in Prague and has been a Fellow of the International Institute for Asian Studies. Nirmal Verma is a recipient of...

Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a nation-state of their own.  The Kurds live in a geo-political area called "Kurdistan", the land of the Kurds, which straddles four different countries in today's Middle East: Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Today’s Guest is Kareem Abdulrahman. Kareem Abdulrahman is a translator and Kurdish affairs analyst. From 2006 to 2014, he worked as a Kurdish media and political analyst for the BBC, where translation was part of his job. In 2013,...

Susan Bernofsky is an American translator of German-language literature and author. She is best known for bringing the Swiss writer Robert Walser to the attention of the English-speaking world translating many of his books and writing his biography. She has also translated several books by Jenny Erpenbeck and Yoko Tawada. Her prizes for translation include the  Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Prize,  Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.  In 2017 she won the Warwick Prize for Women in...

The guest for this Episode is Carolin Duttlinger. She spoke about Kafka's allure, Kafka as a reader and Kafka Oxford Research Center. Carolin Duttlinger a Professor and tutor in German at Wadham College, Oxford. She teaches German literature, film and culture from the eighteenth century to the present, as well as translation. A particular focus of Carolin’s research is the writer Franz Kafka. She is co-director of the Oxford Kafka Research Centre, which hosts conferences, and workshops and...

Today We have Benjamin Balint with us speaking about his book 'Kafka's Last Trail'. Kafka’s Last Trial begins with Kafka’s last instruction to his closest friend, Max Brod: to destroy all his remaining papers upon his death. But when the moment arrived in 1924, Brod could not bring himself to burn the unpublished works of the man he considered a literary genius—even a saint. Instead, Brod devoted his life to championing Kafka’s writing, rescuing his legacy from obscurity and physical...

మధురాంతకం నరేంద్ర గారు తన రచనా వ్యాసంగాన్ని నలభై ఆరేళ్ళ క్రితం ప్రారంభించారు. వారిది సాహిత్య కుటుంబం. వారి తండ్రి గారు మధురాంతకం రాజారామ్ గారు , సోదరుడు మహేంద్ర గారు కూడా సుప్రసిద్ధ తెలుగు కథా రచయితలు. వృత్తిరీత్యా ఆంగ్ల అధ్యాపకులు. మన సమాజంలో, మన వ్యక్తిత్వాలలో వుండే వైచిత్రిని , అనేక రకాలైన సంఘర్షణలని అతి సుతారమైన తనదైన శైలిలో , అత్యంత సహజంగా చిత్రీకరించడమే ఆయన రచనలలో వుండే ప్రత్యేకత. ఒక సకారాకాత్మకమైన మార్పు , కథ చదివే ప్రతి వ్యక్తిలో, తద్వారా మన సమాజంలో తీసుక రావాలని ఆశించే రచయిత....

The Guest for this Episode is Michelle Woods. She spoke about Analyzing translations, the 'Objective subjectivity' of translators, and different translations of Kafka over the years, and how each of these provided us with great insights into Kafka's work. Michelle Woods is a Professor of English at SUNY New Paltz. She is the authoer of Kafka Translated: How Translators Have Shaped Our Reading of Kafka (2014), Censoring Translation: Censorship, Theatre and the Politics of...

In this Episode, Harshaneeyam Speaks to Writer Jeyamohan on the eve of his 'Aram' Stories getting translated into Telugu. The book is titled ‘Nemmi Neelam’ and translated by Bhaskar Avineni. Chaaya Resources is the Publisher. Bhaskar Avineni is an acclaimed translator from Tamil to Telugu and it is his second Publication. Aram Stories were translated into English as ‘Stories of the True’ by Priyamvada Ramkumar shortlisted for the ALTA Prize in 2023. Writer Jeyamohan is highly regarded as one...

In this Episode, Harshaneeyam Speaks to Writer Jeyamohan on the eve of his Aram Stories getting translated into Telugu titled ‘Nemmi Neelam’ by Bhaskar Avineni.  It is Published by Chaaya Resources - Hyderabad. Bhaskar Avineni is an acclaimed translator from Tamil to Telugu and it is his second Publication.  Aram Stories translated into English as ‘Stories of the True’ by Priyamvada Ramkumar shortlisted for the ALTA Prize in 2023. Writer Jeyamohan is highly regarded as one of the most...

ఈ ఎపిసోడ్లో 2024 వ సంవత్సరానికి ఆటా (అమెరికన్ తెలుగు అసోసియేషన్) బహుమతి పొందిన "చెదరిన పాదముద్రలు" నవలపై రచయిత ఉణుదుర్తి సుధాకర్ గారితో ఏ కే ప్రభాకర్ గారి సంభాషణ మీరు వింటారు. రచయిత ఉణుదుర్తి సుధాకర్ గారి స్వస్థలం విశాఖపట్నం. సాహిత్య అభిలాషకు కారణం కుటుంబ వాతావరణం. స్కూలు చదువు శ్రీకాకుళం. ఉన్నత విద్య యూరోప్లో. వృత్తి రీత్యా మెరైన్ ఇంజనీర్. వీరి మొదటి నవల 'యారాడకొండ' కూడా ఆటా బహుమతిని పొందింది. తూరుపు గాలులు, చలిచీమల కవాతు వీరి కథాసంపుటాలు. వీరి కథల ఇంగ్లీష్ అనువాదం 'ఈస్ట్ విండ్'...

Kafka's Biography written in three parts in German by Reiner Stach is considered as one of the best Biographies published ever. Renowned translator Shelley Frisch rendered it into English with great dexterity and dedication. In this episode, she spoke about her affinity towards the translation of Biographies, Kafka's Allure, Challenges in translating Non-Fiction and how she handled this 3-part 1800-page work. Shelley Frisch taught German literature at Bucknell University, Columbia...

In this episode, Christopher Moseley talked about the state of the Estonian Language, Translations, his work on Minority and Endangered Languages and his Translation 'The Man Who Spoke Snakish' a Beautiful moving story of a boy who is tasked with preserving ancient traditions in the face of modernity written by Famous Estonian Author Andrus Kivirähk. Christopher Moseley has been the General Editor of the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger since 2008 and is now a member of the...

Today, we have Chad Post gracing Harshaneeyam. Chad W. Post is a powerhouse for promoting international literature. He leads Open Letter Books, publishing global voices. He is the managing editor of Three Percent, a blog and review site promoting literature in translation. He is home to the Translation Database (now housed at Publishers Weekly), the Best Translated Book Awards, and the Three Percent and Two Month Review podcasts. He is also the author of The Three Percent Problem: Rants and...

Today, We have Rawley Grau with us. Rawley Grau has translated numerous works from Slovenian, including novels by Dušan Šarotar, Mojca Kumerdej, Gabriela Babnik, Vlado Žabot, and Sebastijan Pregelj. Five of his translations were longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and his translations of Šarotar’s Panorama and Billiards at the Hotel Dobray were shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. He has also translated Ivan Cankar’s play Depravity in St. Florian Valley, as well as...

Today, we are privileged to host Ellen Elias-Bursac, an American Scholar and senior translator who has dedicated her career to the study and translation of South Slavic Languages. As the past president of the American Literary Translators Association ( ALTA), she has been a driving force in promoting Literary Translation. In this conversation, she shared her fascinating journey into Literature, her significant work in ICTY and ALTA, her translations of Dialect, and her translations of ...