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Tess Lewis

Tess Lewis

Tess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German. Her translations include works by Peter Handke, Walter Benjamin, Montaigne and Philippe Jaccottet. Her awards include the 2017 PEN Translation Award for her translation of Maja Haderlap’s novel Angel of Oblivion and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her essays and reviews have appeared in a number of publications including Granta, Bookforum, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She is an Advisory Editor for The Hudson Review and co-curator of the Festival Neue Literature.

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Our events, classes, and seminars bring the community together to hear, learn, and discuss the most compelling issues and ideas of our day. We hope you will join us in our downtown Literary Arts space, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.

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Jun 10

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Poetry in Translation: Reading & Conversation with PEN Award Finalists

A reading and conversation with the 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation Winner and Finalists. PEN award poets from Chile, Haiti, Iran, the Slovenian-Austrian border, and Bolivia read by their U.S. translators, followed by Q&A. Click here to register for this event. The Loose Pearl, Paula Ilabaca Nuñez (Coimpress), translated from Spanish by Daniel

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