Formerly the Center for Literary Translation (CLT)
Through courses for Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program MFA students, and events each semester with distinguished writer-translators from around the world, Literary Translation at Columbia (LTAC) seeks to increase awareness of the art of translation and how it enhances a writer's development and imagination.
Fall 2013 marks the fifth year of LTAC's joint concentration program, which offers MFA students the opportunity to pursue a joint course of study in both writing and translation, and to complete a thesis that includes both original writing and translations. The evolving curriculum for the joint concentration includes translation workshops, seminars, and master classes that explore the creative act of literary translation and its connection to creative writing.
Upcoming Events
**Save the date!**
Lydia Davis: On Translation
Tuesday April 23, 2013 7:30-9 PM
413 Dodge Hall
Past Events
Poet and translator Christian Hawkey reads original work and translations with students. | February 16, 2012
Poet and translator Valzhyna Mort reads original work and translations with translation students. | October 5, 2011
LTAC alumnus Lytton Smith ('07 SOA) appeared with current MFA students Daniella Gitlin, Sharif El Gammal-Ortiz, Tanya Paperny, and John James at the Underground NYC. | February 28, 2011