J.M. Coetzee (Author) J.M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus, The Schooldays of Jesus and The Death of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.Mariana Dimópulos (Author) Mariana Dimópulos is an Argentine writer, translator, and teacher. Specializing in German philosophy and the work of Walter Benjamin, she has published four novels. The last of these, Quemar El Cielo (2019), was a finalist on the shortlist of the Fundación Medifé-Filba Novel Prize in the year of its publication. She taught at the University of Buenos Aires, and now lives in Germany.

A thoughtful, elegant dialogue… the rare treat of hearing an author and translator given nearly equal time and billing in open-ended conversation

J.M. Coetzee (Author) J.M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus, The Schooldays of Jesus and The Death of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.Mariana Dimópulos (Author) Mariana Dimópulos is an Argentine writer, translator, and teacher. Specializing in German philosophy and the work of Walter Benjamin, she has published four novels. The last of these, Quemar El Cielo (2019), was a finalist on the shortlist of the Fundación Medifé-Filba Novel Prize in the year of its publication. She taught at the University of Buenos Aires, and now lives in Germany.

A thoughtful, elegant dialogue… the rare treat of hearing an author and translator given nearly equal time and billing in open-ended conversation

J.M. Coetzee (Author) J.M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus, The Schooldays of Jesus and The Death of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.Mariana Dimópulos (Author) Mariana Dimópulos is an Argentine writer, translator, and teacher. Specializing in German philosophy and the work of Walter Benjamin, she has published four novels. The last of these, Quemar El Cielo (2019), was a finalist on the shortlist of the Fundación Medifé-Filba Novel Prize in the year of its publication. She taught at the University of Buenos Aires, and now lives in Germany.

A thoughtful, elegant dialogue… the rare treat of hearing an author and translator given nearly equal time and billing in open-ended conversation