20/08/2026
An exciting new article written by Liv Tane was published last week in the Romanian cultural magazine Matca. The piece, featuring an interview with Rene Karabash and Gergana Pancheva, covers topics from the process of writing a novel, translation, and connection with the reader to the future of Balkan literature in the international literary scene.
Rene’s novel “She Who Remains” has captivated readers with its unusual poetic form and plot. The act of writing in such a personal manner becomes the bridge between a writer and a reader. “The act of writing is deeply personal – it starts as a necessity, almost as a matter of survival. But once the text exists, it no longer belongs to me alone.”
The voices of new authors, considered marginal, reach the global scene with the help of people such as Gergana Pancheva, whose main job and mission is to find "the right home” for the books. “Being an agent for an underrepresented literature, without a developed tradition in rights sales, means that you have to approach this field with the firm conviction that you do not come from a literature considered marginal.”
Read the full article here:
https://matcaliterara.ro/literatura-din-balcani-noua-literatura-latino-americana/
