7 Issues of International Women’s Writing to Read on #IWD2021
Image: Farazeh Syed, Attire (cropped), acrylic on canvas, 4 x 5 ft, 2016. By arrangement with the artist.
Happy International Women s Day! In celebration of this special day, we ve selected seven outstanding issues of women s writing in translation from the WWB archives. Featuring work from Sudan, Hungary, Taiwan, Tunisia, China, and more, these issues offer a glimpse of the range and diversity of contemporary women s writing from around the globe.
Image: Yasmeen Abdullah, “The Butterfly Effect.” By arrangement with the artist.
Very little writing from Sudan is translated into English, and even less of it is written by women. In this issue, guest editor Sawad Hussain introduces five female Sudanese novelists you should know, all of whom made their English-language debut in WWB.