October 2023 translation news roundup
Our monthly roundup of translation and publishing news, plus updates in literature and arts education you may have missed!
Prizes
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature(opens in a new tab) was awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse.
Astrid Roemer’s On a Woman’s Madness is a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature(opens in a new tab). Don’t miss the awards ceremony on November 15!
16 titles have been longlisted for the 2023 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation(opens in a new tab). The longlist features work from 11 languages, including Vietnamese for the first time, Arabic, Chinese, Hungarian, Italian, and more.
Translator Ena Selimović, who works from Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian into English, is the 2023 Los Angeles Review of Books and Yefe Nof translation resident(opens in a new tab).
Linea Nigra translator Christina MacSweeney will participate in the National Book Critics Circle Barrios Book in Translation Roundtable on November 1(opens in a new tab) with fellow finalists for the inaugural Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.
News
Translator Emily Wilson talked about her new translation of the ever-relevant epic poem The Iliad(opens in a new tab) on the PBS Newshour.
On KQED’s daily Forum talk show, translators Jennifer Croft, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and Soje discussed the joys and challenges of literary translation(opens in a new tab).
Two Lines Press is seeking submissions of Romanian poetry in translation for a future collection.
Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa has announced that his next novel will be his las(opens in a new tab)t.
Recommended Reads
Emma Specter interviews author Jazmina Barrera in Vogue(opens in a new tab) in advance of the publication of her debut novel Cross-Stitch.
“Always acutely, beautifully written, and incredibly perceptive. Thank you so much to Two Lines for publishing this collection.” Powell’s Books featured Maria Judite de Carvalho’s So Many People, Mariana, translated by Margaret Jull Costa, in their New Literature in Translation roundup for October.(opens in a new tab)
Check out our post on notable translators of Edgar Allan Poe for some spooky literary inspiration in honor of Halloween.
Editor-in-chief CJ Evans sat down with Publishers Weekly at the Frankfurt Book Fair(opens in a new tab) to talk about what he’s reading and what he’s looking forward to.
Self-Portrait in Green author Marie NDiaye was profiled in Vulture(opens in a new tab) on the occasion of the release of her latest book, Vengeance Is Mine, both translated by Jordan Stump.
Erin Branagan has a lifelong interest in languages, literature, and the interrelation of countries and cultures. She speaks Spanish, French, and Japanese and has lived and traveled extensively outside the U.S.
