Between Ourselves, Between Cultures

Participants could work on individual projects and exchange insights: between ourselves, between cultures. Founding director Linda Gaboriau (Canada), outgoing director Pedro Serrano (Mexico), and past director Katherine Silver (USA), will discuss what made the program unique, including the focus on Indigenous languages, minority cultures, experimental genres, and BILTC’s trilingual advisory council with representatives from ALTA, LTAC, and Mexican associations.

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Moderator

Pedro Serrano is a Mexico City-based poet and translator. He translates poetry from English and French into Spanish. He teaches poetry and translation. He has translated Shakespeare’s King John and, among others, Edward Hirsch from the USA and Pierre-Yves Soucy from Canada. He was the last Director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre.

Presenters

Linda Gaboriau is a Montreal-based literary translator who translates from French and specializes in the translation of contemporary theatre. Her translations of plays by Québec’s most prominent playwrights have been produced across Canada, in the US, and internationally. She was the founding director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre.

Katherine Silver is a literary translator and writer based in the San Francisco area. Her most recent and forthcoming publications include works by Juan Carlos Onetti, Maria Sonia Cristoff, César Aira, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, and Verónica Zondek. She is a former director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre and the author of Echo Under Story.