New Languages/Old Worlds: the Self in Translation

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October 6, 2020

New Languages/Old Worlds: the Self in Translation

Presenter: Jhumpa Lahiri

Discussant: Daria Colombo MD

Jhumpa Lahiri, a self-described “linguistic exile” who grew up in the interface between
her mother tongue, Bengali, and English, her acquired language which became her
dominant one, recently switched to only writing and reading in Italian. In discussion with
Italian/American psychoanalyst Daria Colombo, this acclaimed novelist considers the
complex trajectory of her ongoing linguistic odyssey.