‘Words Without Borders’ September: Translating the Frankfurt-Bound Character of Georgia

'Our culture is perfectly compatible with the values of the free world.' Gvantsa Jobava is guest editor of the September issue of 'Words Without Borders,' as Georgia prepares to be Guest of Honor at Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post ‘Words Without Borders’ September: Translating the Frankfurt-Bound Character of Georgia appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Human rights lawyer's Parting Words sweeps through Europe

Sphere has done a string of "major" international rights deals for a memoir by human rights lawer Benjamin Ferencz, Parting Words, including a pre-empt in Germany. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Stanislaw Lem has finally gotten the translations his genius deserves

“The Invincible” is just one of the books worth reading that’s available in the U.S. for the first time in a proper Polish-to-English translation. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 2020 BookFest: Open for Publishers’ Submissions

With an emphasis on current affairs and diversity, the 2020 BookFest outreach program of Frankfurter Buchmesse is open for submissions. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 2020 BookFest: Open for Publishers’ Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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How Do You Translate Intergenerational Trauma?

E.J. Koh’s memoir The Magical Language of Others floats stunningly through the abandonment she experienced as a teenager. When she was fifteen, her parents returned home to South Korea for a more lucrative job opportunity, leaving her behind in the United States with her college-going brother. ... Continue reading at Electric Literature

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Indies increasingly dominating translated fiction

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Publishers Need to Translate More from Arabic

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Elisa Gabbert, author of The Word Pretty, is the new Times poetry columnist.

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Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Its Sixth Annual Free-Stand Competition

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Laura Lippman Finds Her Fighting Words

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Aspen Words $35,000 Literary Prize Names Its 2020 Finalists

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Fighting words: Journalism is under attack in Europe

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English PEN translation award winners revealed

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