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Stephen Henighan

Contributor

Stephen Henighan

Canada

Stephen Henighan is General Editor of the Biblioasis International Translation Series. His translation of Transparent City by the Angolan writer Ondjaki was a long-list finalist for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. Henighan is the author of four short story collections and six books of literary criticism and reportage. His sixth novel, The World of After, will be published by Cormorant Books in 2021.

Articles by Stephen Henighan

The Sky’s Seams Burst

Rain was no longer rain!

Translated from Portuguese by Stephen Henighan

A Form of African Identity

By Germano Almeida

It was only very gradually that we came to understand that the Europeans, out of malice or simple ignorance, had instilled in us our reluctance to accept our condition as Africans.

Translated from Portuguese by Stephen Henighan

Cabo Verde Is the Center of the World

By Germano Almeida

In those days the island of Boa Vista was the whole world.

Translated from Portuguese by Stephen Henighan

The Hungry Years in Catalonia: An Interview with Peter Bush about “Black Bread”

By Stephen Henighan

Black Bread, one of the major novels of Catalan literature, makes its appearance in English in the Biblioasis International Translation Series this month, in a translation by Peter Bush. Series editor…

Comrade António and the Cuban Teachers

“But Comrade António, don’t you prefer to live in a free country?”I liked to ask this question when I came into the kitchen. I’d open the refrigerator and take out the water bottle.…

Translated from Portuguese by Stephen Henighan

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