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INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH School of Advanced Study - University of London - EVENT POSTPONED - Encounters: Writers and Translators in Conversation Kerstin Hensel and Jen Calleja New date: 23 May 2018, 18.00 Venue: University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Room G34 (Ground Floor) The ‘Encounters: Writers and Translators in Conversation’ series brings together writers and their translators and provides a unique opportunity to experience author and translator reading from the text and discussing it. This allows fascinating insights into the working relationship between the two as well as the practical and theoretical aspects of translation. The events provide an opportunity to engage with texts in German and in English and can be enjoyed by an audience with little or no knowledge of German as well as those competent in both languages. This Encounter focuses on Kerstin Hensel’s narration Tanz am Kanal (1997) and Jen Calleja’s translation, published earlier this year as Dance by the Canal by Peirene Press. Dance by the Canal tells the story of a woman who fails to find her place in society – neither in the communist GDR nor in the capitalist West. Her refusal to conform to the patriarchal structures of both societies forces her into ever-increasing isolation. Kerstin Hensel was born in 1961 in Karl-Marx-Stadt in former East Germany and studied in Leipzig. She has published over 30 books: novels, short story collections, poetry and plays. She has won numerous prizes, including the Anna-Seghers prize as well as the Lessing prize for her entire body of work. Jen Calleja is a literary translator from German into English, a writer, editor and musician. She is currently Translator in Residence at the British Library. Registration ALL WELCOME Please register at the new event number: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/15669<https://sas.sym-online.com/CampaignEmails/link/3Okr7N6Bv8FeIWXt4Drnk82cLHgIZkaGZ2CvznEasKNAteflEsycF8NwDZBcqYAr/luy1ylcjNKIW81c1ODs5ZCpZ1Wdozj6jjxRBTmki4uLkxTiy6XssZDKCWSaSj3fV/> Institute of Modern Languages Research University of London School of Advanced Study Room 239, Senate House Malet Street, GB- London WC1E 7HU Telephone 0044 (0)20 7862 8966 Website http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk