Literature gives voice to different people, beliefs and ideas, while translation helps it reach new languages, places and interested audiences. But will the literary world be open to all who want to be part of it?

The discussion about the place of women in translated literature is not new and it starts well beyond literarytranslation: in the publishers, in the publishing or not of the works of female authors and their dissemination in other languages.

But it also includes the translation (or not) of books written by women. So, August is the month to reflect on the role of women in literature and their presence in the literary world, as authors and translators. More.

See: TraductaNet

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