{"id":791,"date":"2021-05-13T10:47:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T08:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/?p=791"},"modified":"2021-05-13T11:10:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T09:10:46","slug":"pittsburgh-international-literary-festival-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholastiquemukasonga.net\/en\/pittsburgh-international-literary-festival-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh International Literary Festival 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga and world literature professor \nJeanne-Marie Jackson will talk about literature and translation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabetcity.org\/litfest21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pittsburgh International Literary Festival. <\/a>&nbsp;The event is part of a 10-day exploration of books and ideas about literature and translation exploring \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/ae\/books\/2021\/04\/16\/City-of-Asylum-Pittsburgh-International-Literary-Festival-2021\/stories\/202104150152\">themes<\/a> of displacement, identity and migration in literature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The English translation of Scholastique Mukasonga\u2019s short story collection <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/igifu\/9781939810786\"><em>Igifu<\/em><\/a> was published last year by Achipelago Books to critical acclaim. The book, which was featured our <a href=\"https:\/\/brittlepaper.com\/50-notable-books-of-2020\/\">50 Notable<\/a> African Books of the Year and on our <a href=\"https:\/\/brittlepaper.com\/2020\/09\/eat-the-book-lemongrass-coconut-milk-soup-with-potatoes-carrots-and-greens-igifu-by-scholastique-mukasonga\/\">Eat the Book<\/a> Series, draws from her childhood experiences in Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jeanne-Marie Jackson<\/strong> teaches and researches on world\n literature at Johns Hopkins University. Her latest book titled The \nAfrican Novel of Ideas was published last year by Princeton University \nPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catch both of them in conversation May 16 @ 2:00 pm&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;3:00 pm Eastern Time (8pm WAT). The event, which will be streamed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcast.io\/coa\">Crowdcast<\/a>, is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga and world literature professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson will talk about literature and translation at the Pittsburgh International Literary Festival. &nbsp;The event is part of a 10-day exploration of books and ideas about literature and translation exploring \u201cthemes of displacement, identity and migration in literature.\u201d The English translation of Scholastique Mukasonga\u2019s short story&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[23,149,78,102,148,147,146],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pittsburgh International Literary Festival 2021 - 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