{"id":207163,"date":"2019-11-04T10:31:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/?p=207163"},"modified":"2019-11-05T09:30:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T14:30:23","slug":"pulitzer-prize-winning-author-jhumpa-lahiri-on-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/2019\/11\/04\/pulitzer-prize-winning-author-jhumpa-lahiri-on-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Jhumpa Lahiri on Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/inserra-chair\/events\/2019-20-events\/jhumpa-lahiri-on-translation\">evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri on translation<\/a> as a creative and political practice: <strong>\u201cOnly translations can expand the literary horizon, open doors, and knock down walls,\u201d<\/strong> she claims. After learning Italian, living in Italy for a while, and publishing in Italian, Lahiri has embraced translation as an activity to rethink herself as a person and a writer at a time in which valuing plurilingualism is more pressing than ever. <div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/chss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/210\/2019\/11\/lahiri_ItalianShortStoriesCover.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/chss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/210\/2019\/11\/lahiri_ItalianShortStoriesCover.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"front cover of Lahiri&apos;s book &quot;Italian Short Stories&quot;\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column two-thirds\">\n<p>Moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=fiorete\">Teresa Fiore<\/a> (Inserra Chair) with opening remarks by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=kingstonep\">Peter Kingstone<\/a> (CHSS Dean). Mon. Nov. 18 6:30-8pm (University Hall 7th Floor).<\/p>\n<p>Followed by the signing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/602664\/the-penguin-book-of-italian-short-stories-by-edited-by-jhumpa-lahiri\/\">Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories<\/a>, edited (and in part translated) by Jhumpa Lahiri.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this collaborative interdisciplinary event which should be of interest to students, faculty, and staff in all colleges of our multi-lingual campus, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/inserra-chair\/events\/2019-20-events\/jhumpa-lahiri-on-translation\">webpage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/inserra-chair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2019\/10\/Jumpha-Lahiri-flyer-2019.pdf\">flyer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1FiPoAGjPAhlGsQvBruSgbzMfRBm5UiNmOQCF0ZIq3Og\">RSVP HERE<\/a>. <\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri on translation as a creative and political practice: \u201cOnly translations can expand the literary horizon, open doors, and knock down walls,\u201d she claims. 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