Author: Jenny Bhatt

Jenny Bhatt is a writer, literary translator, and book critic. She is the founder of Desi Books. Her latest book is a literary translation, The Shehnai Virtuoso and Other Stories by Dhumketu. Her writing has appeared in various venues in the US, UK, and India, including The Atlantic, The Washington Post, NPR, BBC Culture, Literary Hub, Longreads, Poets & Writers, and others. Having worked her way around India, England, Germany, Scotland, and various parts of the US, she now lives in a suburb of Dallas, Texas. Find her at: https://jennybhattwriter.com.

40. WAAT Session: Mithu Sanyal & Alta L. Price on Author-Translator Collaboration

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The WAAT Sessions is a new series of video conversations about literary translation. In WAAT Session 01, the German author Mithu Sanyal and the literary translator, Alta L. Price discuss their author-translator collaboration process for Alta's English translation of Mithu's novel, Identitti.

38. Your favorite translated book that deserves more attention?

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Please share your favorite translated work that isn't as well-known as it should be and deserves more attention. And what small step could you perhaps take to bring more attention to it? Also, read recommendations from other readers, writers, and translators about their favorite translated works that are still relatively unknown.