Where is “World Literature”?

“World Literature” suggests a territory without borders, where writers and their readers enjoy international mobility and intelligibility. The judges of the Man Booker International Prize 2015 discuss the meaning of a term coined to cover contemporary developments in fiction and the changing map of literature. They ask whether writers can and should go global, like other travelling goods, and explore how translation affects writers, their work, and their audiences.

Panelists

Wen-Chin Ouyang Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, University of London

Nadeem Aslam Novelist

Elleke Boehmer Novelist; Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford

Moderated by

• Marina Warner, Chair, Man Booker International Prize 2015; Professor of English and Creative Writing, Birkbeck College, University of London