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Featured Audio and Articles
THAT OTHER WORD | Episode 7 | Stephen HenighanMadeleine LaRue, November 26, 2012 02:49:00 PM
Scott Esposito speaks to Stephen Henighan, a novelist, critic, and translator from Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. Since 2006, Henighan has been general editor for the International Translation Series at the Canadian-based press Biblioasis. He talks about immigrant experiences in Canada and his own “deeply-rooted rootlessness,” the Canadian relationship to English and translation, and the challenges of procuring and producing translations for the Canadian market. He discusses Mia Couto’s “rural modernism,” his literary influences, and why the author travels well, despite being essentially “untranslatable.” Finally, Henighan tells the comical and haphazard story of how he came to learn Romanian, and describes the process of translating and trying to publish Mihail Sebastian’s The Accident.
Eduardo Milán: Selected PoemsScott Esposito, June 7, 2012 10:31:00 AM
The Center's own John Oliver Simon has a new book of translation out, along with translators Patrick Madden and Stephen J. Stewart. The book is Eduardo Milan's selected poems, published by Shearsman Books. Read more about it at the publisher's website.
TWO VOICES: An Evening with Lydia Davis, April 25, 2011 02:53:00 PM
We're proud to present audio of renowned author, translator, and MacArthur "Genuis" Lydia Davis, who discussed her acclaimed new translation of Madame Bovary last week as part of the Center's Two Voices events series in San Francisco.
Whereas so many writers seem to fall neatly into categories, Davis's career has more often than not defied categorization . . .
Upcoming Events
Celebrate The Launch of Two Lines Press
May 22, 2013
Join us to celebrate the birth of Two Lines Press, a new, expanded publishing venture from the Center for the Art of Translation.
A Celebration of 20th-Century Italian Poetry
June 5, 2013
Center for the Art of Translation and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura present A Celebration of 20th-Century Italian Poetry!
Audio Entries
All About the New TWO LINES: Passageways
Posted on September 25, 2012 by Scott EspositoEverybody who's curious about what's going on in international literature should check out the newest volume of TWO LINES, titled Passageways. Long-time Center friends will immediately notice the new trim—instead of the 8.5-inch wide x 5.5-inch tall that we used for a brave 18 years, for our 19th year we're going with a sporty 5 x 8 that you can see to the left.
As usual, the book comes packed with over 30 international authors, and this year we've done a special folio of up-and-coming Brazilian writers—9 in all, including translations by Margaret Jull Costa, Alison Entrekin (who just translated Clarice Lispector for New Directions), and Stefan Tobler (whose press, And Other Stories, was recently nominated for a Booker).
You can read excerpts of poems and stories on the book's page, as well as see a full table of contents and order the book for 30% off. The official release date isn't for a few weeks, but if you order through the Center's site right now, we'll ship it to you right away . . .
The book's co-editors are Portuguese superstar translator Daniel Hahn and award-winning poet Camille Dungy. In addition to the aforementioned, translators in Passageways include Forrest Gander, Lydia Davis, Peter Bush, Valzhyna Mort, Padma Viswanathan, Anna Rosen Guercio, Erica Mena, and Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren.
And you should absolutely not miss your chance to see launch events in New York City, San Francisco, and Berkeley, featuring, among others, Camille Dungy, Carolina de Robertis, Deborah Garfinkle, Naja Marie Aidt, and many more.