Literary translator from Latvian and German into Macedonian in residency at the International Writers’ and Translators’ House in Ventspils, Latvia
Bio
Elizabeta Lindner is a literary translator, founder and editor of the multilingual online-magazine SlovoKult :: Literatur/a, publisher at a small publishing house with the same name and founder and artistic director of the biennial of contemporary arts :: SlovoKult :: literARtour. She graduated German language and literature and Slavic Philology in Skopje (Dipl. Phil., 2001) and Regensburg (M.A., 2005).
Elizabeta had ranslated about 30 books from German into Macedonian by the authors Thomas Bernhard, Benjamin Stein, Rainer Maria Rilke, Paul Celan, Heiner Müller, H.C. Artmann, W.G. Sebald, Judith Schalansky, Christian Kracht, among others. She got several awards for translation and many grants and residencies. Her works are published in selected magazines and are performed at events and venues in the independent scene.
Residency goals
During her residency stay at the International Writers’ and Translators’ House in Ventspils (Latvia), Elizabeta will be working on the translation of contemporary Latvian poetry into Macedonia.
Public events
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