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Encounters: Writers and Translators in Conversation Encounters bring together writers and their translators in front of an audience, providing a unique opportunity to hear both author and translator read from the text and in conversation, and allowing a fascinating insight into the working relationship between the two as well as the practical and theoretical aspects of translation. Translation competitions and workshops are organised from time to time to complement the conversations. Encounters are held in London or Nottingham, are open to all,and are usually free of charge. They provide an opportunity to engage with texts in German and English,and can be enjoyed by an audience with little or no knowledge of German as well as those competent in both languages. The next Encounter will take place on Tuesday, 19 May 2015, at 5.30 pm at the IMLR, University of London Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Angela Krauß and Margret Vince ‚Ich wollte die Welt werden, das All, der Traum, das Unendliche, ohne es vorher verstehen zu müssen.‘ [Im schönsten Fall (Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2011)] Known for her crisp, laconic style and her political engagement with Germany's recent past and present, Angela Krauß<http://angelakrauss.de/> (Leipzig) is a prize-winning German writer. Having worked in advertising before studying literature in Leipzig and becoming a freelance writer, her stories and novels display a detailed sceptical view of reality in the GDR before the fall of the Berlin wall. Author and translator will read from Krauß’s novel Im schönsten Fall (2011) in German and English translation. The reading will be followed by a workshop and in-depth discussion of practical and theoretical matters of translation. Margret Vince is a freelance translator based in Nottingham. Her work includes literary and philosophical as well as technical translations and transcriptions, and holding translation workshops. In 2014 she transcribed and translated letters and postcards written between 1938 and 1945 for a project honouring Austrian victims of the Holocaust as part of The Vienna Project<http://theviennaproject.org/education/> in cooperation with Austrian schools and universities. This event is sponsored by the Keith Spalding Bequest Fund Encounters events are run by the Institute of Modern Languages Research (University of London School of Advanced Study) in conjunction with the University of Nottingham,and are organised by Dr Heike Bartel (Department of German Studies, University of Nottingham) and Dr Godela Weiss-Sussex (IMLR, London). ALL WELCOME – PARTICIPATION FREE Jane Lewin IMLR Trusts Administrator/Events Manager Institute of Modern Languages Research (formerly IGRS) University of London School of Advanced Study Room 239 (new!), Senate House Malet Street, GB- London WC1E 7HU Telephone 0044 (0)20 7862 8966 Website http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk