tesslewis
@tesslewis94
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Translator from French and German, former Co-chair PEN Translation Committee, Advisory Editor at The Hudson Review.
New York, USA
Joined January 2017
It was a pleasure to talk to Ben about STAR 111 @nyrbclassics & @andothertweets , Bachmann's fiction @NewDirections, Cécile Wajsbrot @seagullbooks, Maja Haderlap @archipelagobks and so much more.
More new stuff ! Here is the brilliant @tesslewis94 speaking about her translation of Star 111 by Lutz Seiler Listen here or from your Soviet-made Zhiguli
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"[Gauß] ... successfully transports the reader to these unexplored spots as he weaves together the various elements of his subjects. Writers I probably would have never heard of otherwise are now on my list to read." Why else do we write or read? @seagullbooks link in comments
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Delighted to be speaking with Christine Smallwood and Cécile Wajsbrot about Virginia Woolf, translation and recuperation at Community Bookstore on Tuesday 22nd at 7 pm @seagullbooks
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Brooklyn's oldest operating bookstore. Serving Park Slope since 1971.
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My second @theartsfuse translation column shines a spotlight on a mind at work and play in three books by Giorgio Agamben @seagullbooks
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In three books of oblique self-reflection Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben explores and exposes the artistic and intellectual thresholds that have been central to his life and to the life of his...
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The view is always captivating from @On_The_Seawall . Grateful for their insightful review of Cécile Wajsbrot's NEVERMORE @seagullbooks
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I'm thrilled to be in such impressive company with Lutz Seiler's novel. Thank you @andothertweets @nyrbclassics @NYRB_Imprints
Today we're looking at Star 111 by Lutz Seiler, a nominee on this year's Dublin Literary Award Longlist. Translated from the German by @tesslewis94. Nominated by @stabi_bremen (Germany) & @ZBZuerich (Switzerland); published by @andothertweets. 🧵 1/3
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Nevermore and Evermore: Another fascinating interview by @ajbwells ranging from Virginia Woolf, climate catastrophe, history, memory to writing in @theberlinermag @seagullbooks
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Destruction, loss and time intertwine in Cécile Wajsbrot's novel, Nevermore, which masterfully frames translation as a journey of recovery.
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The G5A Life of the Mind Series, curated by @seagullbooks offers inspiring conversation. Don't miss it if you're in Mumbai!
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27 February. Live at Seagull. Calcutta.
No other book could capture the essence of reading and translating Virginia Woolf’s “To The Lighthouse” as good as this. Review soon. #books #booktwt #BookTwitter @seagullbooks
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My new bimonthly column for @theartsfuse shines a spotlight on exceptional translations. My first column lights up with works by @ranjithoskote Robert Chandler & Douglas J Penick @NYRB_Imprints @PushkinPress @PenguinIndia
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One of translation’s greatest powers -- its ability to take a text out of one historical period, literary tradition, language, and set of conventions and transplant it into another -- is a delicate...
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It's an honor to be in such impressive company. Congrats to all the authors and translators.
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Thrilled that my translation of Lutz Seiler's STAR 111 has been nominated for the Dublin Literary Award! https://t.co/NdaKt4w6qs
@NYRB_Imprints @andothertweets @suhrkamp
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Thrilled that my translation of Lutz Seiler's STAR 111 has been nominated for the Dublin Literary Award! https://t.co/NdaKt4w6qs
@NYRB_Imprints @andothertweets @suhrkamp
dublinliteraryaward.ie
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SPOTTED IN THE WILD: Cécile Wajsbrot's intricate novel about grief and translation, NEVERMORE, with @SunandiniBee's gorgeous cover @seagullbooks
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I wrote about some reading highlights of 2024 for @theartsfuse, @DanaGioiaPoet , Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Mark Haber, Becca Rothfeld and Edwin Frank
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.
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"An autobiographical picaresque that reconstructs the exhilarating yet often terrifying experiences of individual East Germans in that brief period between the collapse of the Communist regime and reunification." Lutz Seiler's Star 111: The Best Historical Fiction of 2024
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