August Translation News Roundup
Prizes
This year’s NEA Translation Fellowships(opens in a new tab) went to 25 translators working on projects from 17 countries.
72 booksellers have been awarded scholarships to Winter Institute in Albuquerque(opens in a new tab): we look forward to seeing them in January!
The first round of 2018 Hemingway Translation Grants(opens in a new tab).
You have only a few days left to apply for this year’s Emerging Translator Mentorships(opens in a new tab)!
News
All the buzz from East Africa’s biggest literary festival(opens in a new tab).
The English language is taking over the planet(opens in a new tab).
International literary giant V.S. Naipaul passed away(opens in a new tab).
Some statistics(opens in a new tab) for #WITMonth.
UC Berkeley professor David Bamman presents data showing men need to read more women(opens in a new tab).
Penguin recommended 9 classics(opens in a new tab) for #WITMonth.
The best of new translated Arabic lit by women(opens in a new tab).
Excitement builds(opens in a new tab) for Uwe Johnson’s 1800-page Anniversaries.
Reading List
Why do Americans read so few books in translation?(opens in a new tab)
A great review(opens in a new tab) for Lion Cross Point in the New Yorker.
Women on translating the classics(opens in a new tab).
A conversation(opens in a new tab) between Viet Thanh Nguyen and Arundhati Roy.
An early review(opens in a new tab) of My Struggle Book 6.
Why you should keep track of every book you read.(opens in a new tab)
An early look(opens in a new tab) at Wolfgang Hilbig’s The Females.
The latest issue(opens in a new tab) of World Literature Today.
A review(opens in a new tab) of Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights and a profile(opens in a new tab) of Tokarczuk.
An essay(opens in a new tab) on Korean author Han Kang.
Events
September 20 | Guadalupe Nettel at East Bay Booksellers in Oakland to discuss her novel After the Winter, translated by Rosalind Harvey.
September 23 | An Evening with Karl Ove Knausgaard in Los Angeles.
September 27 | The second annual Day of Translation with the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center in Fairfax, VA.
