On Translation Browsing a Copenhagen airport bookstore, a translator picks up a book. The journey between that impulse and his eventual translation of the memoir into English was both emotional and serendipitous. In the summer of 2016 I was passing through Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen with my wife, on our way home after a visit with family. We stopped to browse the bookstore, and I noticed a reprint of a book by Danish author Tove Ditlevsen called Gift, which had first been published in 1971. I hadn’t read much of her work, but I knew she was a big name, so I bought it, even though the cover was strange, a psychedelic skull on a gray background. It did not take more than a couple of sittings to devour this memoir of Tove Ditlevsen’s life from the ages of about twenty-three to thirty-five. It chronicles her rise as a best-selling author, while she also had four failed marriages, two back-alley abortions, and a five-year near-fatal addiction to the opioid Demerol. I distinctly remember laying the book down after the final page and thinking to myself, I think this is a masterpiece. This was an intuitive judgment, not a conclusion I had come to after analyzing the text. But looking back now, I think what caused me to deem this work a masterpiece is the combination of Ditlevsen’s writing style, which is concise, honest, and ironic, combined with the content of her story, which through her many troubling experiences pulls back the... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
[ World Literature Today | 2021-04-06 13:12:22 UTC ]
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The London Book Fair has unveiled its full 2019 programme, spanning seminars, panel debates, awards, author events and live podcasts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors including Eoin Colfer, PJ Lynch, Lisa Thompson and Alex T Smith are shortlisted for this year’s Children’s Book Awards, which are the only national children’s book prizes voted for entirely by children. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year’s London Book Fair will host a live podcast stage for the first time with a line-up featuring Ian McEwan, Caroline O’Donoghue, Daisy Buchanan and many more. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has signed the memoir of ex-England cricket captain Sir Alastair Cook, revealing the story of his landmark 33rd Test hundred and the “intimate tale of his life”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For people who love food and cooking, certain spaces are sanctuaries. We gravitate to cramped kitchen corners rather than dining room tables and to seats near a restaurant’s stoves, as if drawn to the warmth of the fire. Aisles filled with cookbooks are another kind of oasis — quieter and cooler... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A graphic novel has won an award for the first time at the Society of Authors’ Translation Prize ceremony. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Verso Books, an independent publisher of works on radical politics, is launching Verso Fiction, a new imprint focused on translated fiction that will release its first two titles in the fall of 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society and Warner Bros. have acquired the film rights to the epic fantasy novel “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” by Marlon James. The first novel of the Dark Star trilogy, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” is based on African mythology. Set in a world of competing kingdoms and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking will publish Philippe Besson's award-winning novel Lie With Me, translated by actress and author Molly Ringwald. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ian McEwan will join writers James Ellroy, Jeanette Winterson and Robert Macfarlane on the Southbank Centre’s Summer 2019 Literature Season, with a packed programme of more than 25 events taking place from April to August. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Translation now has its own official representative at the London Book Fair, with Jeremy Tiang as the first named to the honor. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘In a Time of Increased Division’ f the name is ringing a bell, it may be that you’re recalling our August... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Book Fair's Trailblazer Awards have honored 20 young publishing standouts in four years. And the GLLI YA Translated Book Prize goes to a PRH work. The post Industry Notes: London Book Fair’s 2019 Trailblazers; GLLI’s First YA Translation Winner appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After successful collections for Harry Potter, Looney Tunes and Trolls, winter has come to the Danielle Nicole brand. Founder and Ellicott City native Danielle DiFerdinando has joined forces with HBO for GOT X DN, a collection inspired by the book and TV series “Game of Thrones.” In hues of red,... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's executive publisher Ann-Janine Murtagh has acquired world rights to four books - two novels, a novella and an illustrated gift title - by Michael Morpurgo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The lengthy list of Youth Media Awards from the ALA includes the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for young readers' content translated into English. The post American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards Include Daciūtė’s ‘Fox’ in Translation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Translations from Portuguese, German, and Italian open the new imprint from Amazon Publishing. Releases in July, September, October. The post New Amazon Crossing Kids: Translating Picture Books Into English appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jamie Oliver’s first cookbook celebrates its 20th anniversary this year: Michael Joseph is reissuing The Naked Chef along with a raft of the celebrity chef’s other works to mark the occasion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chelsea Clinton’s 2017 New York Times bestseller, “She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World,” is heading from the page to California stages next month. Announced on Wednesday, “She Persisted, the Musical” will be brought to life by Bay Area Children’s Theatre in its world premiere... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic novels, poetry and art history make up some of the Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes shortlists for 2019, with 31 translations from seven languages up for awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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