July 2021 translation news roundup

The longlist for the 2021 Booker Prize(opens in a new tab) was announced earlier this month.

The 2021 National Book Awards(opens in a new tab) ceremony will be back in person in November.

The Two Lines Press Summer Sale ends August 8–don’t miss your chance to get 30% off all books and collections!

Bruno Lloret’s Nancy is a summer reading pick(opens in a new tab) from Oscar Villalon, San Francisco-based managing editor of the Zyzzyva literary journal.

Translators Anton Hur and Jeffrey Zuckerman will host a virtual Literary Translation Clinic at the Center for Fiction to explore “How Can We Pitch Books to Diversify Translated Literature?”(opens in a new tab) on August 19.

Women are leading the new Latin American literature boom(opens in a new tab).

Beyond Babylon author Igiaba Scego recounts her childhood experiences in the Italian educational system(opens in a new tab) in an essay translated by Aaron Robertson.

Forthcoming titles Kaya Days and Empty Wardrobes are featured in The Millions’s Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2021 Book Preview(opens in a new tab).

Empty Wardrobes is “a still, luminous book whose precise characters evoke broad truths about the human experience,” and gets a starred review in Kirkus Reviews(opens in a new tab).

Book Riot has a list of spectacular books by nonbinary authors(opens in a new tab) to celebrate International Non-Binary People’s Day on July 14.

International authors to read this summer(opens in a new tab).

10 questions for bestselling Japanese author Mieko Kawakami(opens in a new tab).

The new magazines and journals shaping Africa’s literary scene(opens in a new tab).

Translated Korean books are gaining a growing international audience(opens in a new tab).

How the U.S. covertly influenced Arab literature during the Cold War(opens in a new tab).

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