Say What? Translation as Creation: A Guest Lecture by Lisa Dillman

Join us on October 8 for "Say What? Translation as Creation," an interactive talk with Lisa Dillman, a literary translator and Professor of Practice at Emory University. Dillman has translated acclaimed authors such as Yuri Herrera, Pilar Quintana, and Sabrina Berman, and her work has received numerous honors, including the Best Translated Book Award, the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize,  and the 2025 Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Translation Prize for her translation of Season of the Swamp, by Yuri Herrera. 

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This is a unique opportunity to learn about the art and practice of literary translation, the challenges of bringing Spanish-language works to English-speaking audiences, and careers in translation and publishing.