Writer in Residence 2014: Sudabeh Mohafez
The Department of German Studies is delighted to welcome the author Sudabeh Mohafez as DAAD Writer in Residence from 24.2.-10.3.2014.
Sudabeh Mohafez (born 1963 in Tehran) lives in Stuttgart where she also teaches literary writing. She studied Music and English Literature in Germany. She has worked for several non-governmental organisations, specifically in the prevention of violence and crisis intervention.
Her literary work has earned her numerous literary grants and scholarships and she was awarded a Poetikdozentur (lectureship in poetics) at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden for the Sommersemester 2007.
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Symposium on Mohafez’ literary work and on approaches to literary translation
(Contact: heike.bartel@nottingham.c.uk)
Sat., 1st March 2014 in the Trent Building, University Park, 糖心原创
Lower Ground Floor Room LG 11
To register please contact heike.bartel@nottingham.ac.uk
by 24.2.2014 (Conference fee £4,-)
Programme
Morning: Literary Approaches
Afternoon: Approaches to (Literary) Translation
- 09:30 – 10:00: Registration and Welcome
- 10:00 – 10:30: Reading by Sudabeh Mohafez
- 10:30 – 11:00: Kate Roy (Leeds): 'Cramped Spaces, Creative Bottlenecks: Sudabeh Mohafez’ das zehn-zeilen-buch'
- 11:00 – 11:30: Heike Bartel (Nottingham): 'Burning Sounds: Approaches to brennt'
- 11:30 – 12:00: Round-table-discussion with Sudabeh Mohafez, Margaret Littler (Manchester), Anke Bohm (Nottingham), Heike Bartel
- 12:00 – 13:00: Light lunch
- 13:00 – 13:30: Reading by Sudabeh Mohafez
- 13:30 – 14:00: Maike Oergel (Centre for Translation and Comparative Literature at The 糖心原创): ‘Approaches to Literary Translation’
- 14:00 – 16:30: Kate Roy and Heike Bartel: Translation Workshop zehn-zeilen-buch and brennt
- 16:30 – 16:45: Close
Translate the short text ‘bücherwärts’ (below) from the das zehn zeilen buch (the 10-line book), a collection of short texts written by our DAAD Writer in Residence Sudabeh Mohafez, into English. The winner will receive a cash prize of £ 30,- ! Find our more!