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January 2025 Translation News Roundup
Feb 6, 2025 |
By Giovanna Lomanto
Our monthly roundup of translation and publishing news, plus updates in literature and arts education you may have missed!
News
- Introducing… the finalists of this year’s National Book Critics Circle Awards! Read about them all (opens in a new tab)(and a special congratulations to the finalists in the Barrios Book in Translation category).
- Deep Vellum—publisher and bookstore in Texas(!)—has acquired the UK publisher Fum D’Astampa.(opens in a new tab)
- Korea recently passed a revision to their current laws(opens in a new tab), paving the way to create a degree-granting program for literary translation.
Prizes
- Be sure to check ALTA’s Opportunities board(opens in a new tab)—where they continuously post about calls for submission, graduate school application deadlines, and grant opportunities!
- Looking for a translation residency to send in your application? There are three options open for you—in Slovenia.(opens in a new tab)
- The Ukrainian Book Institute is offering funding(opens in a new tab) for publishers to bring Ukrainian literature to other languages.
Recommended reading
- Damion Searls, translator extraordinaire, sat down with The Nation(opens in a new tab) to chat about his new book The Philosophy of Translation, which argues that reading like a translator unlocks a new understanding of the original text.
- Looking for some new translation releases to bookmark in 2025? Book Riot has got you covered.(opens in a new tab)
- Thank you, Tess Lewis!(opens in a new tab) In The Arts Fuse, she writes a book column spotlighting masterful literary translations.
- A retrospective of Vigdis Hjorth, Norwegian literature, and womanhood in The London Review of Books.(opens in a new tab)
Author
Giovanna Lomanto
Giovanna Lomanto is a poet and essayist with a tendency to play the same song on repeat until she has memorized every last note. She received her BA in English at U.C. Berkeley and finished her MFA at NYU, during which time she published two poetry collections and two mixed media chapbooks.
