Teresa Fiore Publishes Translation of Essay by Sherry Simon and Accompanying Essay on Translation

Teresa Fiore, Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies (MLL Dept.), published the translation into Italian of Sherry Simon’s essay “German de Staël and Gayatri Spivak: Culture Brokers” as “German de Staël e Gayatri Spivak: Intermediatrici Culturali” in the volume Donne in traduzione (Women in Translation), edited by Elena Di Giovanni and Serenella Zanotti for the established Milan-based publishing house Bompiani (2018, pp. 159-89). In the same volume, Fiore published an essay on translation, “Tradurre Sherry Simon,” which functions as a commentary on Simon’s piece about trans-national and trans-language exchanges in the process of national formation. It also includes references to award-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri’s subtle vision of translation as a trans-national and trans-formative practice for national literatures, and ultimately for translators and writers alike (pp. 190-4).

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