Interviews Yasmine Seale is a writer and literary translator living in Istanbul. Her essays, poetry, visual art, and translations from Arabic and French have appeared widely, including in Harper’s, Apollo, Poetry Review, and the Times Literary Supplement. Her translation of Aladdin was published in 2018 by W. W. Norton, and she is currently working on a new translation of The Thousand and One Nights for the same publisher. Veronica Esposito: I’ve read that your translation of the One Thousand and One Nights will be the first translation by a woman, which I find astonishing. This fact points to a lot of the systemic inequalities that still exist in translation, despite it being a field with relatively good female representation. What new things do you hope to achieve with this new translation of a classic text? What do you believe you personally bring to the text, as a woman of French and Syrian background currently living in the Middle East? Yasmine Seale: There are many inequalities: not just around who gets commissioned to translate but also between translation strictly understood and other forms of response. I’m reading a great book called A People’s History of Classics, by Edith Hall and Henry Stead. Against the idea that the study of Greco-Roman antiquity was the preserve of British aristocrats, the book describes a rich tradition of working-class people, including many women, skirting official channels, engaging with... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Making Love to an Ancient Poem: In Conversation with Arundhathi Subramaniam, by Graziano Krätli Interviews [email protected] Mon, 11/18/2024 - 07:26 In this interview focused on devotional Indian poetry (bhakti), Arundhathi Subramaniam (b. 1973)... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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From Classroom to Conference: Insights from the American Literary Translators Association Meeting in Milwaukee, by Daria Shchukina From the Road [email protected] Wed, 11/13/2024 - 13:36 Photo by Daria ShchukinaUniversity of Oklahoma student Daria... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Born in Tehran: A Conversation with Porochista Khakpour, by Shohreh Laici Interviews [email protected] Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:04 In June 2024 Pantheon published Tehrangeles, Porochista Khakpour’s latest novel (see WLT, Sept. 2024, 73). The novel... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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The opening of the 43rd Sharjah International Book Fair included the Turjuman translation award and other honors in literary work. The post Sharjah’s 2024 Turjuman Translation Honor and Other Awards appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Veen Bosch & Keuning, the largest publisher in the Netherlands, has confirmed plans to trial the use of artificial intelligence to assist in translation of commercial fictionA major Dutch publisher plans to trial translating books into English using artificial intelligence.Veen Bosch &... Continue reading at The Guardian
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No Man’s Mare by Djuna Barnes Pauvla Agrippa had died that afternoon at three; now she lay with quiet hands crossed a little below her fine breast with its transparent skin showing the veins as filmy as old lace, purple veins that were now only a system of charts indicating the pathways where... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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Discuss our November book club selection, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel García Márquez, with the Book Review. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Want to discuss spoilers related to our November book club selection, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel García Márquez? Post them here. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Torino's international book fair presents its fourth annual conference for translators at the Frankfurt Book Fair, featuring Italian books. The post ‘From Italy to the World’: Torino’s Translation Conference at Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Discuss our October book club selection, “Intermezzo,” by Sally Rooney, with the Book Review. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Share recommendations of books you think would pair well with our October book club selection, “Intermezzo,” by Sally Rooney. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Want to discuss spoilers related to our October book club selection, “Intermezzo,” by Sally Rooney? Post them here. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Give me more Putinas, por favor: A Conversation with Giannina Braschi, by Sandra Guzmán Interviews [email protected] Mon, 09/23/2024 - 15:16 Photo by Laurent BadessiThe last time I saw Giannina Braschi was a year ago at the 92NY in New York City.... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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We spoke with Peter Brown about the experience of seeing 'The Wild Robot,' the first novel in his middle grade trilogy, adapted by DreamWorks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Sharjah International Book Fair translation grants drew 2,506 applications for these grants for publishers, to and from Arabic. The post Sharjah Book Authority Approves 303 Translation Grants appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Established in 2018, the US National Book Awards’ newest category, Translated Literature, this year drew 141 submissions. The post US National Book Award 2024 Longlists: Translation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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For this installment in a long-running series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with Srikanth Reddy. Reddy’s latest book of poetry, Underworld Lit, was a finalist for the Griffin International Poetry Prize, the Poetry Society of America’s T.S.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature. The ten titles were selected from a pool of 141 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Translated Literature are Aron Aji, Jennifer Croft,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Lit Hub is excited to feature another entry from Poets.org’s “enjambments,” a monthly interview series with new and established poets. This month, they spoke to Dunya Mikhail. Dunya Mikhail is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Tablets: Secrets of the Clay (New Directions, 2024).... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Discuss our September book club selection, “The Hypocrite,” by Jo Hamya, with the Book Review. Continue reading at The New York Times
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