Lit_cast Slovakia #13 with Marie-Theres Cermann

In Lit_Cast Slovakia #13 translator Marie-Theres Cermann talks to Julia Sherwood about persuading German-language publishers to give Slovak writers a chance, about the joys and challenges of translating Balla, Marek Vadas and Ivan Medeši and why she believes the plight of refugees remains relevant even during the pandemic.

Background notes

Marie-Theres Cermann (video greeting in Slovak)

Balla

V mene otca (In the Name of the Father / Im Namen des Vaters)

Veľká láska (Big Love)

Marek Vadas

Útek (The Escape / Die Flucht)

Liečiteľ (The Healer)

Tomáš Forró

Donbas: Svadobný apartmán v hoteli Smrť (Donbass: A Honeymoon Suite in Hotel War)

Ivan Medeši

Jedenie (Eating)

Katarína Kucbelová

Čepiec