London as a second language
Sunday 28 October 2018, 15:00
Coronet Theatre, Studio
Three authors born outside of the UK, each with a different background, discuss what it means to become a Londoner. Being a foreigner, finding a home, embracing a different language along with the London state of mind – what does all this mean, especially if you’re a writer? The three authors are all included in Lucifer over London / London as a second language, a collection of short stories devised by Babel (Festival of Translation in Bellinzona, Switzerland) and published by Milan-based Humboldt Books.
This event will be in English.
Running time: 80 minutes.
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Speakers
Xiaolu Guo
is a Chinese-born author. Her novel A concise Chinese-English dictionary for lovers was translated into 26 languages. With her books she has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Costa Book Award, and has won the National Books Critics Circle Award.
Saleh Addonia
is an Eritrean-Ethiopian writer. He grew up in a refugee camp in Sudan, where he lost his hearing at the age of twelve. He then migrated to Saudi Arabia and to London some 20 years ago. His first collection of short stories, still unpublished in English, has been published in Italian translation under the title Lei è un altro paese (Edizioni Casagrande, 2018).
Vanni Bianconi
is a Swiss-Italian author, poet and translator. He was awarded the Schiller Prize, the Marazza Prize for translation, and was shortlisted for the European Poet of Freedom Prize 2016. He is the founder and artistic director of Babel festival.