Translators and Writers: Translation and Fictionality

Name: Translators and Writers: Translation and Fictionality
Start: 2014-03-04T15:55:00+0000
End: 2014-03-04T15:55:00+0000

04 March 2014

Mr Peter Ghosh, a historian and translator of Max Weber, and Dr Jonathan Katz, a classicist and translator of Joseph Roth, explore how the distinction between fiction and non-fiction might matter to translation. Chaired by Patrick McGuinness.

Jonathan Katz's handout is available here and Peter Ghosh's handout is available here.

A recording of this event is available here.

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