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PEN Center USA Translation Award to Suzanne Jill Levine

The 2012 winners of the PEN Center USA Literary Awards were announced Wednesday, and I’m extremely glad to see that Suzanne Jill Levine won in the translation category for her work on José Donoso’s The Lizard’s Tale, which came out late last year from Northwestern University Press. Unfortunately, we ...

Some Other Literary Awards [Part I]

The ten-title shortlist for the 2011 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Awards (caps ALL theirs) was announced yesterday. It’s a strange list, one that, for an international award, is remarkably English . . . 1. Galore by Michael Crummey (Canadian). Doubleday Canada 2. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver ...