Translating History.

Cole, Isabel Fargo; Women authors; Women translators; Das Gift der Biene (Book); Fiction writing

An interview with writer and translator Isabel Fargo Cole is presented. Cole discusses whether political activism plays an equally important role for her characters in the novel "Das Gift der Biene," the personal qualities that are the most important for a translator to have, and moments of historical discovery that were the most central while writing "Das Gift der Biene."