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 Edinburgh International Book Festival today (13th June) launched its 2017 programme, boasting a line-up including Ian Rankin, Zadie Smith and Roxane Gay. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book People has acquired gift company Qwerkity, heralding its “natural” expansion into the gift market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Eagle in the Snow follows in the footsteps of Shadow, Kensuke's Kingdom and Private Peaceful. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two of the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards judges, author Michael Rosen and journalist Nicolette Jones, talk about the importance of funny books and reading for pleasure. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate is to publish Alasdair Gray’s Dante's Sublime Comedy: A Paraphrase in Prosaic English Rhyme in winter 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An unlikely meeting brought us together,” says Heather Graham, the bestselling author of more than 100 books and novellas, explaining how she came to write a book with actor Chad Michael Murray. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paula Hawkins is treading water in the Weekly E-Ranking top 20, with Into the Water holding the top spot for the second week running. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scarborough-based indie Valley Press is to publish a seven-book series by "acclaimed" Chinese authors in an attempt to help "raise the profile of translated books in the UK". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is coauthor of 'Climate of Hope,' a solution-oriented book about what individuals and governments can and should be doing about climate change. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are being urged to reassess how they process personal data ahead of new European regulations set to come into force in May next year regardless of Brexit. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist of the second Klaus Flugge Prize reveals a global line-up of American and British publishers with illustrators also from Korea and Italy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A trio of promotions at Hearst moves Michael Sebastian up to site director of Esquire.com, Kate Storey to news director, Ben Boskovich to managing editor of Esquire.com and Megan Friedman to deputy news editor of the newsroom. Sebastian joined Hearst in 2015 from Ad Age as senior news editor at... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher said it is ending five of its mass market original series due to a shift in the “retail landscape and readership preferences” in the series market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Fine, Philip Gross, Judith Kerr and Lemn Sissay have all joined the Society of Authors as new council members. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canelo has acquired three original novels in a new series by author A L Michael. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NMD Trading Company has sold book supply company Mayfield Books & Gifts to Cornwall-based distributor Outstanding MD. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The finalists for the 10th annual Best Translated Book Awards were announced Tuesday morning, with 10 authors and translators nominated in the fiction category and five in the poetry category. The shortlists were first announced by the literary website the Millions. This year's finalists... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Robyn Travis and Kerry Young, and Cassava Republic publisher Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, are among the speakers at this year's Bare Lit Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US senator Bernie Sanders, Man Booker Prize winner Paul Beatty, veteran director Ken Loach and actress Charlotte Rampling are among the famous names on the line-up for the 30th Hay Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookTrust has announced the Honour Titles for In Other Words, its first children’s books in translation project. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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