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Scott Shanahan

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Scott Shanahan

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Scott Shanahan is a translator of Spanish, Catalan, and Galician. He lives and works in Spain.

Articles by Scott Shanahan

Writing Against Estrangement in Galicia

By Scott Shanahan

No doubt a few Galicians will think it in very bad taste to inaugurate this issue with a likeness to their higher profile southern neighbors, but because there may be a great many glad for the comparison,…

Alberte Merlo’s Horse

By Álvaro Cunqueiro

So began many long months of conversation between Alberte and his horse.

Translated from Galician by Scott Shanahan

On Translating Lies in Borja Bagunyà’s “You’ve Likely Never Been to a Party This Big”

By Scott Shanahan

Scott Shanahan’s translation of Borja Bagunyà’s “You’ve Likely Never Been to a Party This Big” appears in the April 2017 issue: You Will Not Be Born Again: Catalan…

You’ve Likely Never Been to a Party This Big

By Borja Bagunyà

In a house like this you imagined all the stories had happy endings.

Translated from Catalan by Scott Shanahan