Congrats to Francisco Goldman!
Francisco Goldman was the MC at the very first Best Translated Book Award ceremony, which took place at the fantastic Melville House offices. He gave a great speech about the importance of translation, and included an anecdote about translating a Gabriel Garcia Marquez story for Playboy . . . As many of you probably know, ...
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Dubravka nominated for Prix Femina Romans étrangers
I know we’re a bit late on this, but our own Dubravka Ugresic has been nominated for the Prix Femina Romans étranger for The Ministry of Pain. They announce the winner on Monday, so keep your fingers crossed. ...
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Prix Femina
The première sélection of the Prix Femina was announced today. It’s a long list because they give out two prizes for this one—one for French novels and one for le roman étrangers—so I won’t re-print it here, but one of my favorite authors, who I think is pretty big in France, made the foreign list, ...
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