Trials of Translation

Andreea Răsuceanu is a Romanian novelist and author of three novels, all nominated for and awarded some of the most important Romanian prizes for fiction. An Unknown Form of Life 2018 won two literary awards and was selected at the Festival of the First Novel in Chambéry, France, and published in French, Nouvel Attila-Seuil, 2024, and Bulgarian, 2024. The Wind, the Spirit, the Breath 2020 won four literary awards, including the Romanian Writers’ Union Prize for Fiction 2021 and the Romanian Academy Award for Fiction 2022. The novel was shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Fiction 2022 and was published in Spain and Bulgaria. The Kármán Line 2023 explores immigration across time and the relationship with the Other.

Andreea Răsuceanu adalah novelis asal Rumania dan penulis tiga novel yang seluruhnya pernah dinominasikan maupun meraih sejumlah penghargaan sastra bergengsi di Rumania. An Unknown Form of Life terbit 2018, memenangkan dua penghargaan sastra, terpilih dalam Festival of the First Novel di Chambéry, Prancis, serta diterbitkan dalam bahasa Prancis oleh Nouvel Attila-Seuil di 2024 dan dalam bahasa Bulgaria di 2024. The Wind, the Spirit, the Breath terbit 2020, meraih empat penghargaan sastra, termasuk Romanian Writers’ Union Prize for Fiction di 2021 dan Romanian Academy Award for Fiction di 2022. Novel ini juga masuk daftar pendek European Union Prize for Fiction di 2022 serta diterbitkan di Spanyol dan Bulgaria. Sementara itu, The Kármán Line terbit 2023, mengangkat tema imigrasi lintas waktu dan relasi dengan Sang Liyan.

Deepa Bhasthi is an acclaimed Indian writer and literary translator, and the first Indian translator to win the International Booker Prize 2025 for her translation of Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq. Her columns, essays, and cultural criticism have been published in India and internationally. Her published translations from Kannada include a novel by Kota Shivarama Karanth and a collection of short stories by Kodagina Gouramma. Her translation of Banu Mushtaq’s stories has won her the English PEN Translates award.

Deepa Bhasthi adalah penulis dan penerjemah sastra India ternama yang mencatat sejarah sebagai penerjemah India pertama yang memenangkan International Booker Prize 2025, berkat terjemahannya atas Heart Lamp karya Banu Mushtaq. Tulisan-tulisannya telah dimuat di berbagai publikasi, baik di India maupun di luar negeri. Ia telah menerjemahkan sejumlah buku dari bahasa Kannada, salah satu bahasa utama di India, termasuk sebuah novel karya Kota Shivarama Karanth dan kumpulan cerita pendek karya Kodagina Gouramma. Atas karyanya menerjemahkan cerita-cerita Banu Mushtaq, ia juga dianugerahi English PEN Translates Award.