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Host Laura López speaks with Croatian author Lada Vukić and translator Christina Zorić, who also serves as live interpreter in this conversation. They discuss their shimmering novel, Special Needs, as well as the situation of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian translation in literature. This episode has been kindly shared by Trafika Europe - https://www.trafikaeurope.org/podcast/women-in-translation

'The Fig Tree' by Slovene author Goran Vojnović is an intergenerational family saga, set against the backdrop of the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Host Joe Williams talks to Goran and translator Olivia Hellewell about the book’s narrative structure and themes, and the challenges of reproducing the Balkan context of the book for an English-language audience

This podcast is re-posted here from Trafika Europe Radio · literary livestream: https://trafikaeurope.org/go/radio

For decades, Mitja Čander has been one of the most influential figures in Slovenia’s literary and publishing world – even though his literary debut, Blind Man(Slepec), appeared only in 2019. An editor and literary critic, the co-founder and director of Beletrina Academic Press, essayist, screenwriter, dramaturge, columnist, and candidate for national chess master. 
Here in conversation with the translator of his novel, Rawly Grau, Mitja talks about his life and his motivation for writing.

On the occasion of International Holocaust Memorial Day 2021, we launch a new collection of stories from the Romanian/Jewish writer, Ludovic Bruckstein. Erased from the national literature when he moved to Israel in the 70s, Bruckstein’s plays and prose writing remained undiscovered for half a century. We talk to his son about the life and work of this father's extraoridnary legacy.

The author of THE MASOCHIST talks about her writing, the publication of her fist novel and the sense of home for a person who lives abroad
This episode was recorded as part of Trafika Europe Radio's The Middle Ground series, exploring the literature of Central and Eastern Europe.
See more at https://www.trafikaeurope.org/podcast/the-middle-ground/?c=04007ae3e449

Catherine's trajectory in life is accompanied by failures in love, family traumas and an incredible romance with the handsome Siniša. The novel takes us through turbulent times in the Balkan region, from the eighties to the present day, portraying growing up in the twilight of Tito's Yugoslavia, and giving intimate insights into all that happened to the region after that.
Find out more about the book, about life and love and Montenegro, and how the story arrived in English thanks to the work of its dedicated translators.