The Unfaithful Translator
Fawaz Haddad
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The Unfaithful Translator, by Syrian author Fawaz Haddad, tells the story of a translator accused of betrayal due to his non-conformist views on the purpose of translation and the importance of creativity, thought, culture and civilisation. As a result, the translator builds a broad network of literary figures, journalists and critics in a campaign to establish that the art of writing – in its many forms – is essentially human and associated with freedom and life, and therefore rejects submission or subjection to exploitation, negotiation, opportunism or extortion.
Nomination
2009 Shortlist