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Nordic Translation conference

The second Nordic Translation Conference will take place Thursday 4 - Saturday 6 April 2013 at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, as part of the university's 50th anniversary celebrations. The keynote speakers are Andrew Chesterman, Riitta Oittinen, Ástráður Eysteinsson, and Anna Mauranen.

Reading the Target: Translation as Translation

The fifth Postgraduate Translation Symposium at the University of East Anglia aims to examine translation as a form of literature in its own right. The symposium aims to explore the following questions: what are the effects of cultural contexts, literary systems and philosophical and ideological cues on the appreciation of translated literature? What are the power structures and hierarchies that translated literature must negotiate in order to achieve acceptance? What are the benefits to a...

Cafe Conversations - Literature, Culture & Language Series

Location : White Lion Cafe (NR2 1PX) Date : 19 Nov 2012 – 15 May 2013, 2pm Contact : BJ Epstein A free series of lunchtime workshops in Norwich city centre. Download full details on the series .

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A D Miller in Conversation

Catch-up with a video recording of A D Miller's visit to the University of East Anglia on Monday 12 November 2012

Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of Snowdrops, A D Miller in conversation with Henry Sutton (LDC)

Monday 12 November 2012
In association with the Booker Prize Foundation

Born in London in 1974, A D Miller studied literature at the University of Cambridge and Princeton University. From 2004 to 2007 he was Moscow correspondent for the EconomistSnowdrops, his first novel, was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, the CWA Gold Dagger and the James Tait Black prize for fiction, and is translated into 25 languages.

Snowdrops is a riveting psychological drama that unfolds over the course of one Moscow winter, as a young Englishman’s moral compass is spun by the seductive opportunities revealed to him by a new Russia: a land of hedonism and desperation, corruption and kindness, magical dachas and debauched nightclubs; a place where secrets – and corpses – come to light only when the deep snows start to thaw...