Writing Across Worlds

Zusatztext 'Writing Across Worlds draws together some of contemporary literature's most perspicuous voices. It allows the reader the delight of an extended interaction with writers almost unmediated by critics.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement'Writing Across Worlds: Contemporary Writers Talk is a delight for academicians and even for bibliophiles.' - World Literature Today Informationen zum Autor Susheila Nasta Klappentext Writing is a form of cultural travelling: with words a means of making crossings and forging connections between apparently conflicting worlds. However! some writers have found it hard to reach an international audience: for decades the western literary establishment all too readily neglected work it variously labelled 'migrant'! 'multicultural' or simply 'other'. In 1984 the literary magazine "Wasafiri" was founded to promote the work of such writers. Ever since! it has provided a significant platform for those once dismissed as marginal! those who use words to cross borders of real and imagined worlds.To celebrate "Wasafiri's" twentieth anniversary! "Writing Across Worlds" brings together a selection of engrossing interviews with key international writers previously featured in the pages of the magazine. Conducted by distinguished critics! writers and journalists! the interviews offer a unique insight into the views and work of a remarkable array of authors. They also chart a slow but certain cultural shift: those who were 'other' have not only won the establishment's most revered literary prizes but have also begun to be seen as! quite simply! contemporary writers! writing across and into all our worlds.With an introductory comment by Susheila Nasta! editor of "Wasafiri!" this collection is essential reading for all those interested in contemporary literature. Zusammenfassung Writing Across Worlds brings together a selection of interviews with major international writers previously featured in the pages of the magazine. Conducted by a wide constituency of distinguished critics, writers and journalists, the interviews offer a unique insight into the views and work of a remarkable array of acclaimed authors. They also chart a slow but certain cultural shift: those once seen as 'other' have not only won many of the establishment's most revered literary prizes but have also become central figures in contemporary literature, writing across and into all our real and imagined worlds. With an introductory comment by Susheila Nasta, editor of Wasafiri , this collection is essential reading for all those interested in contemporary literature. Authors interviewed include: Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Monica Ali, Amit Chaudhuri, David Dabydeen, Bernadine Evaristo, Maggie Gee, Lorna Goodison, Nadine Gordimer, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Wilson Harris, Keri Hulme, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jackie Kay, Jamaica Kincaid, Maxine Hong Kingston, George Lamming, Rohinton Mistry, V.S. Naipaul, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Michael Ondaatje, Caryl Phillips, Joan Riley, Salman Rushdie, Nayantara Sahgal, Sam Selvon, Vikram Seth, Zadie Smith, Wole Soyinka, Moyez Vassanji, Marina Warner. Inhaltsverzeichnis Authors interviewed include: Chinua Achebe! Ama Ata Aidoo! Monica Ali! Amit Chaudhuri! David Dabydeen! Bernadine Evaristo! Maggie Gee! Lorna Goodison! Nadine Gordimer! Abdulrazak Gurnah! Wilson Harris! Keri Hulme! Kazuo Ishiguro! Jackie Kay! Jamaica Kincaid! Maxine Hong Kingston! George Lamming! Rohinton Mistry! V.S. Naipaul! Ngugi wa Thiong'o! Michael Ondaatje! Caryl Phillips! Joan Riley! Salman Rushdie! Nayantara Sahgal! Sam Selvon! Vikram Seth! Zadie Smith! Wole Soyinka! Moyez Vassanji! Marina Warner ...

Autorentext
Susheila Nasta

Klappentext
Writing is a form of cultural travelling: with words a means of making crossings and forging connections between apparently conflicting worlds. However, some writers have found it hard to reach an international audience: for decades the western literary establishment all too readily neglected work it variously labelled 'migrant', 'multicultural' or simply 'other'. In 1984 the literary magazine "Wasafiri" was founded to promote the work of such writers. Ever since, it has provided a significant platform for those once dismissed as marginal, those who use words to cross borders of real and imagined worlds.
To celebrate "Wasafiri's" twentieth anniversary, "Writing Across Worlds" brings together a selection of engrossing interviews with key international writers previously featured in the pages of the magazine. Conducted by distinguished critics, writers and journalists, the interviews offer a unique insight into the views and work of a remarkable array of authors. They also chart a slow but certain cultural shift: those who were 'other' have not only won the establishment's most revered literary prizes but have also begun to be seen as, quite simply, contemporary writers, writing across and into all our worlds.
With an introductory comment by Susheila Nasta, editor of "Wasafiri," this collection is essential reading for all those interested in contemporary literature.

Zusammenfassung
Writing Across Worlds brings together a selection of interviews with major international writers previously featured in the pages of the magazine. Conducted by a wide constituency of distinguished critics, writers and journalists, the interviews offer a unique insight into the views and work of a remarkable array of acclaimed authors. They also chart a slow but certain cultural shift: those once seen as 'other' have not only won many of the establishment's most revered literary prizes but have also become central figures in contemporary literature, writing across and into all our real and imagined worlds. With an introductory comment by Susheila Nasta, editor of Wasafiri, this collection is essential reading for all those interested in contemporary literature. Authors interviewed include: Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Monica Ali, Amit Chaudhuri, David Dabydeen, Bernadine Evaristo, Maggie Gee, Lorna Goodison, Nadine Gordimer, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Wilson Harris, Keri Hulme, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jackie Kay, Jamaica Kincaid, Maxine Hong Kingston, George Lamming, Rohinton Mistry, V.S. Naipaul, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Michael Ondaatje, Caryl Phillips, Joan Riley, Salman Rushdie, Nayantara Sahgal, Sam Selvon, Vikram Seth, Zadie Smith, Wole Soyinka, Moyez Vassanji, Marina Warner.

Inhalt
Authors interviewed include: Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Monica Ali, Amit Chaudhuri, David Dabydeen, Bernadine Evaristo, Maggie Gee, Lorna Goodison, Nadine Gordimer, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Wilson Harris, Keri Hulme, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jackie Kay, Jamaica Kincaid, Maxine Hong Kingston, George Lamming, Rohinton Mistry, V.S. Naipaul, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Michael Ondaatje, Caryl Phillips, Joan Riley, Salman Rushdie, Nayantara Sahgal, Sam Selvon, Vikram Seth, Zadie Smith, Wole Soyinka, Moyez Vassanji, Marina Warner

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