Kathmandu University to host literary translation workshop
Summary
Kathmandu University will host a three-day literary translation workshop in September in collaboration with the University of Chicago’s SALT initiative. International Booker Prize winners Daisy Rockwell and Deepa Bhasthi will lead the programme for selected translators working from Nepali and other South Asian languages into English.
Key Points
- Kathmandu University and the University of Chicago’s SALT initiative will jointly organize a free literary translation workshop from September 11 to 13 at KU’s Dhulikhel campus.
- The workshop will select 24 participants translating poetry or prose from Nepali or other South Asian languages into English.
- International Booker Prize winners Daisy Rockwell and Deepa Bhasthi will serve as lead mentors, joined by Jason Grunebaum and Daniel Hahn OBE.
- Organizers say it is the largest translation workshop ever held in Nepal and will help improve the quality of Nepali translations.
