Translated by Michael Hofmann, it’s the first novel originally written in German to win the major literary award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-05-21 23:13:25 UTC ]
The honors for Jenny Erpenbeck's novel, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann and published by New Directions, come with a £50,000 cash prize, which is split equally between the author and translator. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Montréal is a city of parallel universes, often most at ease ignoring each other. Across linguistic, cultural, and generational orbits, it’s also a city that’s shown tremendous appetite for German author Jenny Erpenbeck’s work, in great part due to De Stiil, an anglophone bookstore in the heart... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-11-15 10:00:51 UTC ]
Jenny Erpenbeck’s Kairos, Deborah Levy’s August Blue, and Frieda Hughes’ George: A Magpie Memoir all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s “Rotten Tomatoes for books.” * Fiction 1. Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck (New Directions) 10 Rave • 3... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-09 08:53:52 UTC ]
Bethanne Patrick's 10 recommended books for June include long-awaited fiction from Lorrie Moore and Jenny Erpenbeck, strong debuts and surprising histories. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-31 13:30:42 UTC ]
Interviews Barbara Epler started working at New Directions after graduating from college in 1984, and she has been its president and publisher since 2011. In 2015 Poets & Writers awarded Epler their Editor’s Prize, and in 2016 Words Without Borders... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-01-11 14:39:22 UTC ]
Granta Books has bought two books by the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize-winning author Jenny Erpenbeck. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 05:32:17 UTC ]
Granta Books has acquired the rights to publish a new collection of poetry by "acclaimed" poet Ben Lerner, and a "powerful" new work by Cynan Jones. Meanwhile Portobello has bought a new novel from Jenny Erpenbeck, this year's winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The programme for this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival’s 2015 has been revealed, with speakers coming from over 55 countries. The festival has an international focus this year, with speakers including American author Marilynne Robinson, Spain’s Jaume Cabré, multi-award winning... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]