September 2019 translation news roundup

September is Translation Month, and there’s plenty of news and updates to catch up on!

The National Book Awards longlist for Translated Literature(opens in a new tab) was announced.

Professor and Odyssey translator Emily Wilson is a 2019 MacArthur Foundation Fellow(opens in a new tab).

Spanish translator Edith Grossman is the recipient of the 2019 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature(opens in a new tab). Award ceremony is October 29 in New York City.

The 2019 Longlist for the National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose(opens in a new tab) was announced September 4. Winners will be announced at the annual ALTA conference in November.

Man Booker International Prize winning translator Jennifer Croft has published a new memoir(opens in a new tab).

Belgian author Georges Simenon’s ever-popular Inspect Maigret detective novels will soon all be available in English translation(opens in a new tab).

The San Francisco Chronicle reviewed Two Lines Press fall titles and considered how Two Lines Press is still expanding American literature(opens in a new tab).

Collette Fellous’s This Tilting World was on this list of Must-Read New Books of Fall 2019.(opens in a new tab)

And on Literary Hub’s list of 11 Books You Should Read This September(opens in a new tab).

Johannes Anyuru’s They Will Drown in Their Mother’s Tears (out Nov. 5) is on Book Riot’s list of 5 Fantastic Speculative Fiction Titles for Fall(opens in a new tab).

Here are 6 Female Translators You Need to Know About(opens in a new tab).

Music & Literature featured a conversation with Mexican author Guadalupe Nettel.(opens in a new tab)

Author Rivka Galchen on why she loves children’s literature in translation.(opens in a new tab)

On changing the literary default from English(opens in a new tab).

What Happens When A Language Bot Is Asked To Write Stories Based On Famous First Lines From Literature(opens in a new tab).

A 2-part series explores How Should We Review Translations (Part 1(opens in a new tab))? Here’s Part 2(opens in a new tab).

Korean Women’s Poetry and Literary Inheritance(opens in a new tab).

Author Imani Perry finds Marie NDiaye’s writing style(opens in a new tab) “(spare, eerie, symbolic) to be such a distinctive companion to the subject matter (race, assimilation, class, immigration).”