S5E7 - Ruth Martin on Translating 'The Nights are quite in Tehran' (Nominated for the International Booker Prize-2026)
Published: March 16, 2026
Duration: 34:12
Today's Guest on Harshaneeyam is Ruth Martin.
Ruth Martin studied English literature before gaining a PhD in German
She has been translating fiction and non-fiction books since 2010, by authors ranging from Joseph Roth and Hannah Arendt to Volker Weidermann and Shida Bazyar.
She has taught translation at the University of Kent and the Bristol Translates summer school, and is a former co-chair of the Society of Authors Translators Association.
She translated Shida Bazyar’s The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran from German to English – the novel was longlisted for the International Book...