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Austin Woerner

Contributor

Austin Woerner

Austin Woerner is an editorial and publicity intern at Words Without Borders. He recently graduated from Yale University with a degree in East Asian Studies, and is now working as a freelance writer and Chinese–English translator in Brooklyn, NY. He is translating a novel, Tropic of Shadow, by the expatriate author Su Wei, a tale of sexual and supernatural intrigue set in southern China during the Cultural Revolution.

Articles by Austin Woerner

PEN World Voices Festival: Defiance: The Spirit of ’89

By Austin Woerner

Under the familiar image of the man staring down the tank, 10 writers and activists presented readings in honor of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movements at Joe’s Pub this Thursday. Excerpts from…

PEN World Voices Festival: Writers Who Are Translators and On Translation

By Austin Woerner

Translating a novel, or a poem, takes serious artistic acrobatics–one couldn't have staggered out of yesterday's back-to-back double feature of “Writers Who Are Translators”…

PEN World Voices Festival: Leaps, Fits, and Starts: The Evolution of a Children’s Book Writer

By Austin Woerner

At Thursday night’s panel, moderator Andrea Davis Pinkney did not waste much time before asking the three children’s book authors on the panel the inevitable question: what was your favorite…

On Kaspar Hauser

By Austin Woerner

A piece in this month’s issue of WWB, by the Greek writer Dimitris Chatzis, compared the plight of the immigrant to the legend of Kaspar Hauser. For those who haven’t heard of Kaspar, a brief…

Plumbing the Haunted Imagination of Yoko Ogawa

By Austin Woerner

Austin Woerner reports on the discussion between Stephen Snyder and Allison Powell at the Idlewild bookstore last Thursday, January 8, in New York City. You can find the video from the event at the Words…