Translating the World with Rainer Schulte
by Rainer Schulte
The podcast highlights translators who give presence to foreign writers in English, interviews with writers and their translators, portraits of contemporary international writers, and bilingual readings of poetry. The Podcast is for people who are interested in international literature and cultures. A podcast of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Episodes
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Ep. 32: Will Evans
In this new episode, join host Rainer Schulte as he sits down with Will Evans, an award-winning publisher of Deep Vellum Publishing (2013), writer, translator, bookstore owner of Deep Vellum Books (2015), professor, and literary arts advocate. His expertise in publishing translations gives…
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Ep. 31: Heather Cleary
In this new episode, join host Rainer Schulte as he sits down with Heather Cleary, an esteemed translator who has played a pivotal role in bringing Latin American literature to English-speaking audiences, translating works by celebrated authors, and helping to bridge cultural divides. Her…
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Ep. 30: Luise von Flotow
In this new episode, join host Rainer Schulte as he virtually sits down with Luise von Flotow, Translator and Professor of Translation and Interpretation at the Univeristy of Ottawa in Canada. You will hear about Luise’s journey teaching about the setbacks she’s faced as translator and the...
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Ep. 29: Peter Filkins
In this new episode, join host Rainer Schulte as he virtually sits down with Peter Filkins, Translator and Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Bard College at Simon's Rock. You will hear about Peter's journey teaching his translation course at Bard's College and his experience...
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Ep. 28: Edward Burke
In this new episode, join host Rainer Schulte and guest co-host Shelby Vincent as they virtually sit down with Edward Burke, a literary magazine flash fiction writer who goes by the anonym "strannikov". You will hear about Edward's journey as a writer, his experiences with poetry, and his...
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Ep. 27: Sean Cotter
In this new episode, join host Rainer Schulte and guest co-host Shelby Vincent as they virtually sit down with Sean Cotter, Translator and Professor of Literature and Translation Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas in the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology. You...
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Ep. 26: Carmen Boullosa
In this new episode, join host Rainer Schulte and guest host Shelby Vincent as they virtually sit down with renowned author Carmen Boullosa. You will hear about Carmen's journey as a Mexican writer, and gain insights into her visionary perspective on the future of writers and readers. Carmen...
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Ep. 25 Mark Polizzotti
In this new episode, host Rainer Schulte sits down with Mark Polizzotti for a virtual conversation about poet Arthur Rimbaud. Most recently Mark Polizzotti published The Drunken Boat by Arthur Rimbaud. In this volume, renowned translator Mark Polizzotti offers authoritative and inspired new...
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Ep. 24 Louis Menand
In this new episode, host Rainer Schulte sat down with Harvard Professor Louis Menand for a virtual conversation on the future of the humanities. In December 2021, Menand published an essay in The New Yorker titled “What’s so Great about Great-Books Courses,” which is certain to be of interest to...
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Ep. 23: Benjamin Moser
In the season finale, Sarah Valente sat down with Pulitzer Prize winning author Benjamin Moser, for a virtual conversation about their shared love of Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector. Ben is responsible for making Clarice widely available in translation in the English-speaking world. Because of...
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Ep. 22: Claudia Hamm and Johnny Becker
When reading a text in translation are you reading the author’s writing or the translator’s writing? Listen to this thought-provoking conversation in which author Claudia Hamm and translator Johnny Becker discuss Claudia's essay entitled, “Who does a translated text belong to?” published in...
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Ep. 21: Julia Leverone
In this episode, we speak with poet, translator, and professor Julia Leverone. Julia is the creator and editor of AzonaL, an online poetry-in-translation magazine. She has an MFA in poetry from the University of Maryland and a PhD in Comparative Literature with a primary focus on Latin America…
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Ep. 20: Samantha Schnee
In this episode, guest host Shelby Vincent speaks with translator, writer, and editor Samantha Schnee. Schnee's translation of Carmen Boullosa’s penultimate novel, The Book of Anna, was published by Coffee House Press last year, and her translation of Boullosa’s Texas: The Great Theft was...
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Ep. 19: Sam Hazo
Spanning six decades and circling the globe, Dr. Samuel John Hazo’s creative work includes poetry, fiction, drama, essays, and various works of translation. Listen to his conversation with Sarah and Rainer to learn about the remarkable founder and director of the International Poetry Forum, which...
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Ep. 18: Javier García del Moral
As civil engineer in Madrid since 2003, Javier García del Moral built highways and bridges in Spain, Ireland, the Middle East and the US. Then, he began to build cultural bridges through his love of books, literature, and languages. In 2014, Javier founded The Wild Detectives bookstore bar in...
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Ep. 17: Rick Wallace
In this new episode, host Sarah Valente interviews multi Emmy-award winning American film director Rick Wallace. Learn about his decades of experience directing almost 100 hours of prime time television, both series and movies for television, and also producing over 250 hours of television. Some…
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Ep. 16: New Poetic Visions: Stéphane Mallarmé
In this new episode of the New Poetic Visions series, Professor Rainer Schulte introduces one of the most influential writers of the nineteenth-century: Stéphane Mallarmé. His poetic creations deeply influenced the poetic thinking of twentieth-century poets. Listen to learn about the French poet...
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Ep. 15: New Poetic Visions: Ingeborg Bachmann
In this new episode of the New Poetic Visions series, Professor Rainer Schulte discusses the influential Austrian poet and author Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973). A recipient of the Prize of the Group 47, Georg Buchner Prize, and Anton Wildgans Prize, Bachmann's poetry reflects the political...
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Ep. 14: New Poetic Visions: Octavio Paz
In this new episode of the New Poetic Visions series, Professor Rainer Schulte discusses the influential Mexican poet and diplomat Octavio Paz (1914-1998). Recognized as one of the major Latin American writers of the 20th century, Paz was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1981, the…
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Ep. 13: New Poetic Visions: Rainer Maria Rilke
In this new episode of the New Poetic Visions series, Professor Rainer Schulte discusses the influential Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), whose famous works include Duino Elegies (1922), Sonnet to Orpheus (1922), and Letter to a Young Poet (1929). In this…
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Ep. 12: New Poetic Visions: Ilse Aichinger
Today we introduce New Poetic Visions. In this new series, Professor Rainer Schulte presents 20th century modern poets whose works profoundly changed the way we interpret poetry and the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. In the second episode of this new series, Schulte discusses the…
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Ep. 11: Will Evans with Shelby Vincent
Listen to an invigorating conversation with award-winning publisher, translator, bookstore owner, writer, and literary arts advocate Will Evans. He is the founder and CEO of Deep Vellum Publishing, a nonprofit literary arts organization founded in 2013, dedicated to bringing the world into...
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Ep. 10: New Poetic Visions: Charles Baudelaire
Today we introduce New Poetic Visions. In this new series, Professor Rainer Schulte presents 20th century modern poets whose works profoundly changed the way we interpret poetry and the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. In the first episode of this new series, Schulte discusses the…
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Ep. 9: Kathy Lingo and Kirtana Kalavagunta
In this episode we discuss Improvisation with Kathy Lingo, a Theatre and Stage Film Actor and Director, Forensics Coach and is a Professor of Instruction teaching Acting for Screen, Improvisation, Reader’s Theatre and Oral Interpretation. She has taught at the University of Texas at Dallas for…
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Ep. 8: The Future of the Humanities with Dean Nils Roemer
We often hear about a "crisis in the Humanities". In this last episode of the season, Rainer Schulte speaks with special guest Nils Roemer, the dean of the School of Arts, about the current state of the Humanities. Listen to this insightful conversation that highlights the importance of…
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Ep. 7: Kendra Greene
Enjoy an illuminating conversation between writer and artist Kendra Greene and Rainer Schulte, as they discuss her latest book, The Museum of Whales You Will Never See (Penguin Books, 2020). Listen as they immerse into the fantastic world of museums, Giftschranks, and the wonders, that as Kendra...
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Ep. 6: Bernardo Kucinski
Listen to this insightful conversation with award-winning Brazilian writer Bernardo Kucinski, whose novel K garnered international critical acclaim. K is the story of a father who searches for his daughter, disappeared during the military dictatorship in Brazil. The first Brazilian edition sold…
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Ep. 5: Thomas Hoeksema
In this new episode, Dr. Rainer Schulte and Dr. Sarah Valente speak with Dr. Thomas Hoeksema, professor emeritus at New Mexico State University, about Bible translation and literature. Hoeksema is a founding member of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) and served as president of...
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Ep. 4: Christine Becker
In this episode, we speak with German publisher and editor Christine Becker about the life and works of her late husband Jurek Becker, the author of highly acclaimed works of literature, who garnered international acclaim with his debut novel Jacob the Liar, the first comic novel on the…
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Ep. 3: Juan Cárdenas & Lizzie Davis
In this episode, guest host Dr. Shelby Vincent, research associate in the Center for Translation Studies and lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas, interviews Colombian writer, art critic and curator, Juan Cárdenas and translator Lizzie Davis about...
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Ep. 2: Ellen Elias-Bursać
This new episode features Dr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, one of the most prominent translators of Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian of our time. Her well-known translation of David Albahari’s novel Götz and Meyer is one of the more outstanding that came into the picture in recent years and had a really…
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Ep. 1: What is Translation?
In this first episode of Translating the World with Rainer Schulte, guest host Sarah Valente interviews Rainer Schulte. They discuss the creation of ALTA, the American Literary Translators Association, which Rainer co-founded in 1978, and questions of translation studies, how translation has...
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Ep. 0: Introducing Translating the World
Introducing the new podcast
About this show
The podcast highlights translators who give presence to foreign writers in English, interviews with writers and their translators, portraits of contemporary international writers, and bilingual readings of poetry. The Podcast is for people who are interested in international literature and cultures. A podcast of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Rainer Schulte