An Author's View To Be a Bridge between Cultures

This chapter highlights Zinaida Lindén's experiences of being a bilingual author and self-translator. Lindén, who lives mostly in Finland, has written three novels and four collections of short stories. She works in Russian (her mother tongue) and Swedish, which is one of the two national langu...

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Published inThe Aesthetics and Politics of Linguistic Borders pp. 130 - 138
Main Author Lindén, Zinaida
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2020
Edition1
Subjects
Helsinki University
Air Hostess
Swedish Language Schools
Young Man
Finsk Tidskrift
Andrei Tarkovsky
Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Tightrope Walker
Ny Tid
Vice Versa
Fairy Tales
Alfred De Musset
Vladimir Vysotsky
Finnish Translation
Russian Readers
Ilya Ilf
Swedish Literature
Hakuna Matata
Helsinki Region
Swedish Language
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Summary:This chapter highlights Zinaida Lindén's experiences of being a bilingual author and self-translator. Lindén, who lives mostly in Finland, has written three novels and four collections of short stories. She works in Russian (her mother tongue) and Swedish, which is one of the two national languages of Finland and spoken by a 5 per cent minority, publishing in both languages. She considers herself to be somewhat of a bridge between cultures, crossing borders and bringing different people closer to each other. Lindén ponders how her short stories and novels are perceived in Finland as well as in Russia. While the same story can be interpreted differently depending on the audience, some things get "lost in translation". Although both versions of her texts are to be considered as originals, Lindén emphasizes that they each create distinct effects and nuances.
ISBN:9780367203153
0367203154
DOI:10.4324/9780429260834-8