Book Discussion: The Tears and Smiles of Things, by Andriy Sodomora, Translated by Roman Ivashkiv and Sabrina Jaszi

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Description

This roundtable discussion will focus on the translation of the Ukrainian writer, translator, and scholar Andriy Sodomora's collection of short stories, published by Academic Studies Press in February 2024. The roundtable gathers the two translators, editors, and Sodomora experts to address the challenges of producing this collection and to highlight the benefits of bringing one of the most prominent Ukrainian authors to anglophone readers for the first time.

Sub Unit

• Linguistics/Language Pedagogy/Translation

Chair

• Oleksandra Wallo, U of Kansas

Roundtable Members

• Markiyan Dombrovskyi, Ivan Franko National U of Lviv (Ukraine)

• Roman Ivashkiv, U of Alabama

• Sabrina Jaszi, UC Berkeley

• Erín Moure, Independent Scholar

• Kate Tsurkan, Kyiv Independent

Session Manager

• Leah Valtin-Erwin, Association for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies