World Book Day: Gabi Reigh and Sean Cotter on Romanian Classics in English

While foreign translations still make a fraction of the titles published in the US and the UK, the library of Romanian books in English is growing nonetheless and recently has been enriched with two perennial classics, Ciuleandra by Liviu Rebreanu (Cadmus Press) and Rakes of the Old Court by Mateiu Caragiale (Northwestern University Press). On World Book Day, we celebrate their arrival in the company of translators Gabi Reigh and Sean Cotter with a conversation about the relevance of these major books for their American and British readers as well as the meaning of this true editorial coup for the overall circulation of Romanian literature in the English-speaking world.

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Gabi Reigh moved to the UK from Romania at the age of 12 and teaches English at a college in Hampshire. In 2017, she won the Stephen Spender Prize…