A writer, a vision, a journey: a conversation with Hartmut Fähndrich

Venue: Arab World Books Online

Date: September 23, 2023

This event took place on  23 September, 2023. You may now watch it here:
 

Through this series of in depth conversations with Arab and international authors, arabworldbooks.com aims to explore the vision, motivation, process, and of course, the outcomes of a writer's journey. These conversations will, hopefully, shed some light on the values and experiences that are common to writers and readers across the world, while taking into account their respective idiosyncrasies and cultural specificities.

We are delighted to feature Hartmut Fähndrich in this event.  Hartmut Fähndrich is a German scholar and translator living in Switzerland since 1972. He specialises in translation of Arabic literature into German and has translated more than 70 titles of contemporary Arabic literature into German so far. His most recent book Kleine Festungen or Small Fortresses is a collection of fifty stories about Arab children and young people, from a dozen different Arab countries.

Read more about Hartmut Fähndrich, his books and writing.

You can watch our previous episodes @ArabWorldBooks


Comments received on the chat during the webinar.

19:42:35 From Omayma : سؤال . بعد ترجمتك للأدب العربي و اطلاعك على الكثير من الأعمال في مختلف البلاد العربية . هل احببت الأدب العربي إلى حد الإعجاب الكبير . ام كانت الترجمة بغرض المعرفة الإنسانية و اكتساب المعلومات عن المجتمعات العربية. شكرا
19:48:03 From Amani Amin : Hartmut Fähndrich Bio
https://www.arabworldbooks.com/en/authors/hartmut-faehndrich
19:48:26 From Amani Amin : Kleine Festungen book of the month file
https://www.arabworldbooks.com/en/books/kleine-festungen-small-fortresses
19:48:45 From Ghada Gad : Thanks so much for this opportunity
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19:52:17 From Omayma : Reacted to "سوف يطرح السؤال شكرا" with ❤️
19:59:10 From Youssef Wahsh : thank you very much i have to leave
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20:07:23 From Amani Amin : book of the month archives 2001 - 2023
https://www.arabworldbooks.com/en/books/archives
20:07:50 From Amani Amin : You may watch this later and all previous episodes on our youtube channel here
https://www.youtube.com/@ArabWorldBooks?sub_confirmation=1
20:11:30 From Wallis’ iPad : Have to leave. Thanks for very stimulating questions and detailed answers. We need to continue the issues raised.
20:13:25 From Antelak Mohammed Almutawakel : Im Antelak almutawakel from Yemen. Thank you for the valuable session. Did you translate any pieces of Yemen literature
20:22:39 From elizabeth lutz : Would you kindly say a few words about the most recent book you are publishing.
20:29:18 From Amani Amin : Kleine Festungen book of the month file
https://www.arabworldbooks.com/en/books/kleine-festungen-small-fortresses
20:35:28 From Salma's iPhone : How do you base your choice of the books you choose ?
20:36:00 From Salma's iPhone : I have a technical issue ?
20:36:19 From Amani Amin : Replying to "How do you base your..."

no worries

20:42:18 From Salma's iPhone : Thank you
20:43:07 From elizabeth lutz : Thank you very much for telling us about your recent books. I wish that I could read German because your project of the 50 authors is marvelous