Trafika Europe Radio
Trafika Europe Radio hosts podcasts of anything and everything literary and cultural related to the continent of Europe. As an accompaniment to our quarterly literary journal and blog, you can access amazing content and riveting literary excerpts. TER began in 2020 with various series, including Women in Translation, French Forays, Eco-Lit, Turkish Sofa, Spotlighting the EU Prize for Literature, and much more! As of 2024, we have remodeled our setup and have done away with the larger themes. Here, you will listen to interviews and exposés about topics from across all of Europe. We look forward to including you in the community! Check out Trafika Europe's website or our Patreon page to become a member for bonus content and materials. This playlist is our current playlist full of all new episodes! You can check out the Archive here. Europe's literary radio station, free online
Episodes
In this episode, host Clayton McKee interviews Hungarian author Miklós Vámos and translator of Hungarian Ági Bori. They discuss Things to Do After My Death, a recent novel from Vámos translated by Bori. Hear about their working relationship as well as how they came into the arts of translation and writing.
Check out the original Hungarian excerpt as well as the English translation in our Spring 2024 issue, Trafika Europe: Recrude...
In this episode, listen to host Clayton McKee interview Basque author Itxaro Borda. This is a trilingual episode including Itxaro Borda in French, Sabrina Kennelly voicing Itxaro in Clayton McKee's English translation, and a reading in Basque by the author. Clay and Itxaro discuss Basque language, literature, and Itxaro's writing of a 30-year series of detective fiction.
Check out Itxaro Bordas's original Basque excerpt and Clayto...
In this episode, listen to host Veronika Miskowiec interview Lemko author Olena Duć-Fajfer. They discuss Olena's relationship to Lemko language and culture, Lemko literature, and Olena's writing.
Check out Olena Duć-Fajfer's original Lemko poems and their English translation by Elaine Rusinko and Bodgan Horbal published in Trafika Europe's New Essential Literature of Lesser-Known Languages of Europe.
In this episode, listen to host Joe Williams interview Irish author Máire Zepf and Irish author/publisher Micheál Ó Conghaile. They discuss the YA-verse novel Noínin / Daisy, written in Irish and translated into English by Máire Zepf. Máire and Micheál give great insight into the world of Irish literature and publishing.
Check out Máire Zepf's original and translation of Daisy published in Trafika Europe's New Essential Literatu...
In this episode, listen to Boris Sandler (voiced by Joe Williams) and translator of Yiddish Jordan Kutzik discuss Boris Sandler's life and their work on the short story "The Old Well Underneath the Old Walnut Tree." This is part two of a two-part episode. You can listen to part one of Jordan Sandler here.
Check out Jordan Kutzik's translation of Boris Sandler's story "The Old Well Underneath the Old Walnut Tree" published in Trafi...
In this episode, listen to translator of Yiddish Jordan Kutzik discuss the Yiddish language, culture, and publishing. Jordan gives many details about how he and various people are keeping the Yiddish language and literature alive. This is part one of a two part episode. Tune in on March 1, 2024 to hear about Jordan's experience translating Boris Sandler's short story. You can also hear responses from Boris Sandler shared about his ...
In this episode, listen to an interview between Clayton McKee and Breton author Mich Beyer. Mich discusses her life, how she became an author, and why she writes in Breton. She also provides insight into the state of Breton language and culture in France.
Check out Mich Beyer's excerpt published in Trafika Europe's New Essential Literature of Lesser-Known Languages of Europe. The written interview in French and in English can be ...
ELN took place in NYC on November 2, 2023 at the Ukrainian Institute of America in cooperation with Czech Center New York, EUNIC New York, the Ukrainian Institute of America, and PEN America. Part 2 begins with a tribute to Portuguese poets Natália Correia, Eugénio de Andrade and Mário Cesariny, performed by Pedro Henriques da Silva. The second panel focuses on the role of the past in the present, featuring the voices of Anna Frajl...
ELN took place in NYC on November 2, 2023 at the Ukrainian Institute of America in cooperation with Czech Center New York, EUNIC New York, the Ukrainian Institute of America, and PEN America. Part 1 includes the evening's opening by Andrew Horodysky and the first panel on the role of literature in times of global crisis features Kätlin Kaldmaa (EE), Anja Kampmann (DE), Andrey Kurkov (UA), Sanaë Lemoine (FR), and Kat Mustatea (RO...
Reading of "Karoshi" from the work Sabotage written by Jeff Schinker, in English translation by Alasdair Reinert. This is a teaser of the audio excerpts that will be reserved for AudioBook Listeners of Trafika Europe. Check out our Patreon page for information about tiers and benefits. All funds received from memberships go directly back into Trafika Europe to keep us operating.
Check out "Karoshi" in Essential New Literature of ...
Listen to Faroese author Kim Simonsen discuss his poetry and creative process. Poems in this interview came from What good does it do for a person to wake up this side of the new millennium and The biological composition of a drop of seawater in my veins. Poems are read first in Faroese by Kim Simonsen and then in English translation read by Randi Ward.
Check out Kim's poems and Randi's translations in Essential New Literature of...
Listen to Latgalian author Ligija Purinaśa and translator Jayde Will discuss the poetry collection Borderlands. They discuss their creative practices, provide insight into Latgalian, and share authors that inspire their work. This episode includes some poems being read in Latgalian by the author and in English by the translator.
Check out Ligija's poems and Jayde's translations in Essential New Literature of Lesser-Known Language...
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