October 2019 translation news roundup
October was chock full of literary awards and we’ve pulled together the latest about those prizes and literary translation happenings for you.
Prizes
The Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature(opens in a new tab) for both 2018 and 2019 because of internal controversies last year. The 2018 prize went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk (opens in a new tab)and the 2019 prize was awarded to Austrian writer Peter Handke(opens in a new tab).
The National Book Awards finalists(opens in a new tab) were announced. The award ceremony takes place on November 20.
The 2019 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation shortlist(opens in a new tab) was released. The winner will be announced November 20.
News
Although the Nobel Academy expressed a goal to move beyond “eurocentrism” in the Literature Prize, both prizewinners were from Europe(opens in a new tab).
They Will Drown in Their Mothers’ Tears author Johannes Anyuru writes that the Nobel Prize for author Peter Handke condones violence(opens in a new tab).
A lost chapter of The Tale of Genji(opens in a new tab) was found in a Japanese storeroom(opens in a new tab).
Two Lines has issued a call for submissions to Arabic translators!
A review of (opens in a new tab)They Will Drown in Their Mothers’ Tears(opens in a new tab) in Foreword Reviews (opens in a new tab)calls it “a rare, powerful multiverse novel that reflects the best and worst of human potential.”
At least 100 California indie booksellers have been evacuated(opens in a new tab) due to the recent and ongoing fires and power outages.
Reading List
The New Yorker(opens in a new tab) profiles Olga Tokarczuk and her writing.
Olga Tokarczuk is the dreadlocked feminist winner the Nobel Prize needed(opens in a new tab).
How do you translate Swiss author Robert Walser’s life into a dance?(opens in a new tab)
How sports and arts can help prevent youth homelessness(opens in a new tab).
An artist’s mix of film and sound examines the “global crisis of linguistic disappearance.”(opens in a new tab)
Earlier this month we posted an interview with author and artist Gina Jelinski and co-translators Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson about their translation of Mexican author Amparo Dávila’s The Houseguest.
The radical power of (opens in a new tab)Jane Eyre(opens in a new tab), according to 57 translations from across the world.
Lit Hub featured three Two Lines Press titles: Lord, Mina, and The Tidings of the Trees, on its Bookmarks list(opens in a new tab).
An interview with translation great Edith Grossman(opens in a new tab) at WWB Daily.
