Category: News Archive
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In Memory of George Craig
George Craig, Editor and French Translator of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, died on 6 March 2019. He tackled the arduous task of translating into English Samuel Beckett’s letters written in French with courage and a delight that befitted his own passion for language, and generously gave his “retirement” years to this effort. His translations…
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January – December 2019: Leading Chinese Translator of The Letters of Samuel Beckett at Emory
Dr. Bo Cao, professor of English Language and Literature at College of Foreign Studies, Hunan Normal University, Hunan Province, China, will be in residence at Emory University for 2019. He is the Chinese translator of the first volume of The Letters of Samuel Beckett to be published Hunan Literature and Art Press. He is working…
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2017
22-24 June, Association for Documentary Editing Annual Conference, Buffalo, New York Available or Understandable?, Annotation as the User’s Best Friend (Roundtable) Sherry Darling, Editor, The Mary Baker Eddy PapersDavid Nolen, Associate Editor, Ulysses S. Grant PapersLois Overbeck, Managing Editor, Letters of Samuel Beckett ProjectLynn Price, MA, Assistant Editor, Washington Family PapersVictoria Sciancalepore, Assistant Editor, The…
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2016
December 12 – New York The Letters of Samuel Beckett, a words and music evening to mark the publication of the fourth and final volume of The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, which shows the author struggling with ever-growing international fame, producing some of his finest stage, TV and prose works, and turning his attention…
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2015
March Dan Gunn, “Samuel Beckett Through his Letters, 1957-1964”. A reading and lecture at Harvard University. Dan Gunn and George Craig, “Translating Samuel Beckett,” Trinity College, Dublin. February Dan Gunn, “Editing as Translation”. A lecture at New York University. Dan Gunn and Joseph O’Neill, “Samuel Beckett’s Letters,” Albertine Books, New York.
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2014
October Dan Gunn, “Samuel Beckett Through his Letters, 1957-1964,” The Beckett International Foundation, University of Reading. Dan Gunn, “Samuel Beckett,” Round-table, Cheltenham Literary Festival. Emory Report: Emory celebrates new volume of Samuel Beckett’s letters
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2011
Emory Report: Beckett Letters Second Volume Debuts in America at Emory Emory Report: Beckett letters illuminate reclusive writer’s creative process