This week, Peter Filkins, winner of the inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize, joins us with chair of the judges Boyd Tonkin to talk about the mercurial genius of Elias Canetti; and a poem in praise of Tuesdays by Jamie McKendrick.

'The Book Against Death', by Elias Canetti, translated by Peter Filkins

'Mardi Gras', by Jamie McKendrick

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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