September 2021 translation news roundup

The longlist for the 2021 National Book Awards(opens in a new tab) were announced; Elvira Navarro’s Rabbit Island is among the books longlisted for the award for Translated Literature.

2021 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize(opens in a new tab) winners include three print magazines and two digital publications.

The 2021 MacArthur Fellows(opens in a new tab) include artists, writers, scientists, and creative thinkers who are redefining what’s possible.

Wolfgang Hilbig’s The Interim, translated by Isabel Fargo Cole, is a November IndieNext Pick(opens in a new tab).

Booker International Prize-winning translator Jennifer Croft explains why translators should be named on books covers.(opens in a new tab)

Washington, D.C. has a new arts and culture funding strategy(opens in a new tab) designed to increase equity and support small and medium organizations.

Afghan artists and cultural workers face life under Taliban 2.0(opens in a new tab).

In Louisiana, Cajun French is being introduced to a new generation(opens in a new tab).

A library dedicated to Japanese author Haruki Murakami(opens in a new tab) will open in Tokyo on October 1.

Hispanic Heritage Month runs until October 15th! Check out educational resources(opens in a new tab) covering history, art, national parks, and more.

Forbes magazine interviewed translators Jennifer Croft, Anton Hur, and Arunava Sinha for National Translation Month. They discussed good translations, royalties, book cover credit and the business of translation(opens in a new tab).

Kaya Days appears in this NPR profile of Fall 2021 books where great translations make all the difference.(opens in a new tab)

Author Kate Zambreno’s introduction for Maria Judite de Carvalho’s Empty Wardrobes is excerpted in The Paris Review.(opens in a new tab)

In case you missed it, we shared children’s and YA books in translation to read for #WorldKidLit Month and National Translation Month.

We asked Cristina Rodriguez and Emma Ramadan, the reading minds behind the Trove(opens in a new tab) newsletter, what works in translation they’re looking forward to this Fall.

Eight newly published and forthcoming works from African and African descent writers to add to your Fall reading list.

If you’re missing #Women in Translation Month, check out this list of 10 books by Malaysian women writers to read now.(opens in a new tab)

Translator Jeffrey Zuckerman interviewed Kaya Days author Carl de Souza about Mauritian history, multilingualism, and the real-life events that inspired the book(opens in a new tab).