April 2021 translation news roundup

Emma Ramadan won the 2021 PEN Translation Prize(opens in a new tab) for her translation of Abdellah Taïa’s A Country for Dying.

The 2021 International Booker Prize (opens in a new tab)shortlist was announced on April 22 and features six books translated from Danish, French, Russian, and Spanish. The winner will be announced June 2.

All of the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist(opens in a new tab) authors were all first-time nominees for the award.

The 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (opens in a new tab)were also announced in April.

Granta magazine has named the best young Spanish-language writers(opens in a new tab).

The 184 2021 Guggenheim Fellows(opens in a new tab) included several translators and friends of literature in translation.

Hundreds of indie bookstores celebrated Independent Bookstore Day(opens in a new tab) on April 24.

The new in another voice(opens in a new tab) translation podcast has a translation contest(opens in a new tab) on now for French, Spanish, or Russian translators.

The New York Public Library shared a list of top checkouts in world languages(opens in a new tab).

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a wander through the Two Lines poetry archives and an excerpt of new Arabic poetry(opens in a new tab).

And wrap up National Poetry Month by reading about how poetry transforms learning.

A bookseller preview of Spring 2021 books in translation.

The 3rd annual Swahili Literary Festival happened in late March, with conversations about the craft, politics, and spirit of translating to and from African languages.

As students return to in-person school, a reminder that the arts are vital to education(opens in a new tab).

With theaters still closed, fans have started doing play readings on Zoom(opens in a new tab).

How the 1918 pandemic changed American public libraries(opens in a new tab).

French publishing house Gallimard asks would-be authors to stop sending manuscripts(opens in a new tab).

New research suggests that the Aztec writing system was one of the most sophisticated in human history(opens in a new tab).

L.A. poets talk about their hopes for readings and events as the city reopens.(opens in a new tab)

How did a self-taught linguist come to “own” an indigenous language?(opens in a new tab)