asmaa al ghul

Reflections on the free movement of people and stories, to mark the first ten years of English PEN's Writers in Translation programme

Writers in Translation, established in 2005 and supported by Bloomberg and Arts Council England, champions the best literature from around the world. To mark the programme's tenth anniversary, ten leading writers from around the world, many of whom have been supported in their work by English PEN, explore the themes of movement, freedom and narrative. Introduced by Amit Chaudhuri, the collection includes contributions from:

Asmaa al Ghul

Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Chan Koonchung

Hanna Krall

Andrey Kurkov

Andrés Neuman

Alain Mabanckou

Elif Shafak

Samar Yazbek