What do the numerous untranslatables tell us—words that exist in one language but are absent in another? Are then slightly different realities meant, from language to language, from society to society? And what if the experiences of these societies differ radically? Can language reliably convey the experience of one to another?
Book Arsenal is an international event organized by the Mystetskyi Arsenal. The festival has been held since 2011, and has become one of the most influential literary and artistic events in Eastern Europe. In 2019, it won The Literary Festival Award of the International Excellence Awards. The mission of the International Book Arsenal Festival is to create such interactions between people, communities, institutions when the combination of aesthetic experience and intellectual inclusion in the context of a book strengthens the capacity of a person and society.
This year, Book Arsenal will be held from May 29 (the evening of the official opening) to June 1. The festival will consist of the program component and the book fair on the first floor of the Old Arsenal building. The festival’s focus theme will be curated by historian, professor of European intellectual history at Yale University Marci Shore, and writer, translator, publisher and member of PEN Ukraine Oksana Forostyna.
30 May, 11:30-13:00
Pitching of translations by CELA project participants. Moderated by Oksana Ziobro.
Translators who have translated excerpts of texts into Ukrainian as part of the CELA project will pitch them to Ukrainian publishers.
31 May, 12:00-13:00
Translator's dialogue: beginners and professionals. Differences in experience, challenges, fears, achievements, and tools.
Participants: Alla Tatarenko, Mariana Klymets, Yuliia Stakhivska, Oleksandra Laktionova. Moderated by Oksana Ziobro.
A conversation with the translators and mentors of the CELA project about their experience, challenges, fears, achievements, and tools in translation.
31 May, 13:00-14:00
Workshop for emerging translators “How to get a publisher interested?”
Speakers: Oksana Ziobro, Maximu Andre Martynenko Shchehlov.
A workshop by Oksana Ziobro, a literary consultant at the CELA project in Ukraine, on how young translators can find a publisher.
31 May, 14:30-15:30
Networking for emerging writers: readings of translations by CELA project participants.
Participants: Magdalena Sodomkova (Czech Republic), Julia Lukovniak (Slovenia), Olga Futoran, Yuliia Stankevych.
This is a reading of Ukrainian translations of excerpts from texts by Magdalena Sodomkova (Czech Republic) and Julia Lukovniak (Slovenia), with the participation of the authors and their translators.
More info and tickets: https://book.artarsenal.in.ua/en/