Translingualism

mspixieears (2): originally written in French while author was living there

spiphany (16): Kerouac was of Québécois background and wrote several novellas in French (including an early version of On the Road) before turning to English in his later work… (mais)

spiphany (52): An early version of "Night" was published in Yiddish; Wiesel later wrote a shorter version in French.

spiphany (17): This is the first of Kundera's novels written in French; his previous works were in Czech

spiphany (19): Russian-born Makine at first had to pretend that his French novels had been based on Russian manuscripts because the publishers didn't believe that he could have composed them in French… (mais)

Dilara86 (8): Translated from Kikuyu into English by the author

Dilara86 (10): Indian author who writes in French

Dilara86 (5): Ethnic Tuvan Mongolian author who writes in German.

spiphany (18): American and French author. His first novel, Bad Voltage, was written in English; Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones) in French

spiphany (21): Danish writer who lived in Kenya for nearly two decades. She wrote in English and self-translated into Danish.

spiphany (22): Potocki was a Polish nobleman; he was educated in Geneva and travelled extensively around Europe and Asia. He wrote in French.

spiphany (28): Although Wilde was an Anglo-Irish writer and published almost exclusively in English, he chose to write "Salomé" in French.

spiphany (25): Raised in China and wrote several novels in Chinese. Now based mostly in London. This was her first novel written in English.

spiphany (43): Brian O'Nolan used the pseudonym Myles na gCopaleen when writing in Irish and Flann O'Brien when writing in English. "The Poor Mouth" is his only novel in Irish.… (mais)

spiphany (69): Mexican writer living in the US. This is her fifth novel and the first written in English.

spiphany (6): Native language German; came to the US at 18, publications have been exclusively in English

spiphany (97): Wrote in Dutch and self-translated/rewrote in English.

spiphany (66): US writer of Bengali heritage. Author of several works in English, moved to Rome as an adult, learned Italian, and wrote this novel in that language.

spiphany (32): Afghan writer now living in France. Several early works in Dari. This is his first work written in French

spiphany (87): Finnish writer living in the UK. She wrote each of her novels in both a Finnish and an English version.

spiphany (74): Icelandic author of several novels in his native tongue. This novel was written in English.

Dilara86 (9): Author of Russian origin who moved to Germany as a teenager. She writes in German.

Dilara86 (11): French author who writes in English

spiphany (11): Although German was Rilke's primary language, he wrote about 400 poems in French (as well as a handful in Russian)

spiphany (30): Switched back and forth between his native German and English several times, depending on where he was living at the time.

spiphany (93): Wrote in French and sometimes in English, and self-translated several of his novels. Neither language was his mother tongue.

Dilara86 (6): The author wrote The Horse of Pride in Breton, then translated it into French himself.

spiphany (68): Author wrote first draft in English, then rewrote in German, then translated it back into English.

Dilara86 (7): Written in a mixture of French and Spanish.

spiphany (42): "The Hostage" was written in Irish; the author also wrote an English adaptation. Behan's other works are in English.

spiphany (27): Writes in Slovenian and German

spiphany (39): Born and raised in Japan, came to Germany as an adult. Writes mostly in German.

spiphany (48): Grew up in Germany, now lives in London and writes in English

spiphany (24): Swiss author. He has published mostly in German, sometimes in Swiss dialect. "Sez Ner" was written in Romansh and German.

spiphany (51): Medieval author who wrote in both Arabic and Catalan

spiphany (35): Wrote primarily in English, with the exception of this book, which was written in Irish.

spiphany (62): Fled Iraq due to political activities; now a German citizen who writes in German.

spiphany (49): American-born, educated in Taiwan and Japan as well as the US. Has written several novels in Japanese.

spiphany (34): First poems written in Chuvash, later switched to Russian; also published translations into Chuvash

Dilara86 (12): Japanese author - writes in French

spiphany (76): Argentinian/Chilean/American. Writes in both Spanish and English.

spiphany (4): Japanese-born author who came to Germany as an adult. She continues to write in both German and Japanese

spiphany (38): Turkish, came to Norway as a political refugee as an adult; author of one novel, written in Norwegian

spiphany (37): Wrote in Luo and English

spiphany (54): Swiss native now living in London. Published several novels in German prior to this English-language novel.

spiphany (46): Writes mostly in French, but also in Turkish and Kurdish

spiphany (73): Serbian-born author who immigrated to Austria. Novel was written partly in German and partly in Serbian.

spiphany (56): US writer and translator who lives in Berlin. "Die grüne Grenze" was written in German.