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Egan Garr’s Choice: Radna Fabias and Simone Atangana Bekono
4 June 2024
Every month, a translator of Dutch into English gives literary tips by answering two questions: which translated book by a Flemish or Dutch author should everyone read? And, which book deserves an English translation? To get publishers excited, an excerpt has already been translated. American-born q
Hitting Back. ‘Confrontations’ by Simone Atangana Bekono
13 February 2024
After her well-received poetry collection hoe de eerste vonken zichtbaar waren, the Dutch author Simone Atangana Bekono wrote her debut novel Confrontations in 2020. Four years later, an English edition has now been published. Themes like racism return in this book, but why was poetic language given
Simone Atangana Bekono’s ‘Zo Hoog De Zon Stond’ Translated Into English
5 May 2023
In February and March of this year, students from The University of Sheffield and University College London embarked on a collaborative project to translate an excerpt from Zo hoog de zon stond (2022), Dutch poet and writer Simone Atangana Bekono’s second novel, following on from the success of he