Theatre of War: In conversation with Andrea Jeftanovic and Frances Riddle

Join us for this special event with Chilean author Andrea Jeftanovic and translator Frances Riddle to discuss her debut novel and first to be translated into English, Theatre of War published in 2020 by Charco press and translated into English by Frances Riddle.

They will delight us with bilingual readings from Theatre of War and will answer questions from the audience. Don't pass up this opportunity!

Andrea Jeftanovic is a Chilean fiction and non-fiction writer. She is considered one of the most prominent authors of her country. She is the author of the novels Theatre of War (2020) and Geografía de la lengua (Love in a Foreign Language, 2007), and of two volumes of short stories: No aceptes caramelos de extraños (Don’t Take Candy from Strangers, 2013) and Destinos errantes (2016).

Jeftanovic has Jewish and Serbian ancestors. She earned a PhD in Latin American Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, after studying sociology at the Catholic University of Chile. She has won a number of awards, including the Chilean Art Critics Circle Award, the Pen Translates Award, National Book and Reading Council Award and the Reading Council Award, for Theatre of Ward as the best book of the year.

She will talk about her creative process, how it feels to be read in other languages, and her upcoming projects.

Frances Riddle is a Spanish to English translator. She holds an MA in Translation Studies from the University of Buenos Aires and a BA in Spanish Literature.

Riddle's recent book-length translations include Cockfight by María Fernanda Ampuero, Slum Virgin, by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, and Violeta by Isabel Allende. Her translations, interviews, articles, and reviews have appeared in a variety of publications, including The White Review, Electric Literature, Asymptote, The Short Story Project, The Portable Museum, Palabras Errantes, and The Argentina Independent to name a few.

She will talk about her translation process of Andrea's novel and some of her favourite projects to date and would give some advice to future translators.

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