-Translation Workshop, Turkey
Yaprak Oz, photographed by Anahit Hayrapetyan
21st - 27th June,
Buyukada Island, Turkey
Word Express writers and translators Gokcenur Celebioglu, Baris Mustecaplioglu, Yaprak Oz, Igor Isakovski, Milan Dobricic Nurduran Duman Efe Duyan and Claudiu Komartin are meeting on the island of Buyukada in Turkey to work on translations of the work of authors involved in the project. We look forward to publishing some of these translations in the autumn. This workshop is organised by Delta Publications.
You can read some samples of the work of these and other Word Express writers on the participants pages
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