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‘Literature knows no frontiers…’ PEN International Charter 1926
The importance of the art of translation is at the heart of the PEN charter, which champions the unhampered transmission of thought within each nation and between all nations; beyond national and linguistic borders and beyond conventional literary expectations. Thank you to everyone who works on translation for PEN International.
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We are also very thankful for the following volunteer translators and their highly appreciated contribution to the work of PEN International:
French
Julien Faille-Lefrançois, Marie Madelain Brajeux, Maura Sanchez Rodriguez, Damien Allo, Anne-Laure Thomas, Aurore Thomas, Chloe Avonts, Leila Seiguin, Aurélie Héois, Camille Roch, Siham Zamouchi, Edwige-Renée DRO, Rini Jones, Sarah Phillips, Darius Sobhani, Jacob Strauss, Carla Taban, Clara Martinez, Marielle Raynal
Spanish
Jesús Bolaño, Alberto Quintero Soriano, Mónica Carpintero, Damaris Garzon, Franco Pesce, Eunice Cívico Cívico, Maura Sanchez Rodriguez, Mexitli Nayeli López Ríos, Alba Muñoz Pou, Mirian Moreno, Julieta de Bustos, Grainne Murphy, Maria Doglioli, Francisca da Gama, Laura Hargreaves, Tulio Labadie, Andra Emilia Fenton, Victoria Corbellini, Julia Opalinska, Eva Oddi, Florencia Timarchi, Denise Schalet, Lidia Morales Olivares, Sebastian Bekes , Darius Sobhani, Joao Correia, Laura Hayward, Carlos Sánchez, José Luis Muñoz
Arabic
Shatha Al-Eryani, Mahmoud Noralla, Rahma Henchiri, Amani Lazar
Russian
Alexandra Nikolaeva, Luba Penman, Ksenia Morozova
Italian
Giulio Zucchini
English (from French and Spanish)
Andrew Stoten