Translation: An Unfolding Dialogue
Jewish Book Week
| Hephzibah Anderson | speaker |
|---|---|
| Shoshana Boyd Gelfand | speaker |
| Boyd Tonkin | speaker |
| Toby Lichtig | chair |
A conversation marking the first year of a new translation prize awarded by the Jewish Literary Foundation, in partnership with the TLS.
The Freudenheim Translation Prize – the most ambitious award in the Jewish Literary Foundation’s 75-year history – celebrates outstanding fiction and non-fiction in English translation. Following its inaugural year, judges Boyd Tonkin, Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand and Hephzibah Anderson join TLS fiction editor Toby Lichtig to discuss the art of translation and its vital role in carrying stories, ideas, and cultures across languages and borders.
This event will last approximately 1 hour, with no interval.
Sponsored by the Freudenheim Family in association with
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Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
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Green & Fortune Café
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Hephzibah Anderson
Hephzibah Anderson is Fiction Editor of the Mail on Sunday and a columnist for The Critic. She regularly writes for The Observer, Prospect magazine and BBC Culture.
Shoshana Boyd Gelfand
Shoshana Boyd Gelfand is a rabbi, author, radio broadcaster and leadership trainer for clergy of all faiths. She currently serves as Director of Leadership and Learning at Pears Foundation in London. She has written several books that strive to make Jewish tradition accessible to people of all faiths, including The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales and Scholastic’s All About Hanukkah.
Boyd Tonkin
Journalist, editor and writer awarded the Royal Society of Literature’s Benson Medal in 2020 for outstanding service. He writes on books and the arts for international media including FT, Guardian and TLS. Former Literary Editor of The Independent, he chaired the 2016 Man Booker International Prize, is a trustee of the Orwell Foundation, and wrote The 100 Best Novels in Translation.
Toby Lichtig
Toby Lichtig is the Fiction and Politics Editor of the Times Literary Supplement. He writes for a range of publications and has appeared as a guest critic on various television and radio programmes. He also freelances as a documentary producer. Toby was chair of judges of the 2018 JQ/Wingate Prize and of the EBRD Literature Prize 2020–23.