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14 Mar

Maryse Condé’s The Gospel According to the New World longlisted for Booker International

March 16, 2023
By Lydia Unsworth

We are delighted to announce that award-winning author Maryse Condé has been longlisted for the International Booker Prize for the first time. Her new novel, The Gospel According to the New World, ...

01 Dec

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The High-Rise Diver shortlisted for the Schlegel-Tieck Prize

December 1, 2022
By Lydia Unsworth

We are thrilled to announce that Sharmila Cohen's translation of The High-Rise Diver by Julia von Lucadou has been shortlisted for the prestigious Society of Authors Schlegel-Tieck Prize! The judge...

01 Nov

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Planet of Clay longlisted for Warwick Prize for Women in Translation

November 1, 2022
By Lydia Unsworth

We are happy to share that Planet of Clay by Samar Yazbek, and translated by the wonderful Leri Price, has been longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The winner will be announced ...

29 Sep

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Two translators on forthcoming publication Fowl Eulogies by Lucie Rico

September 29, 2022
By Lydia Unsworth

Sophie Lewis: Le Chant du poulet sous vide came to me by a fairly standard but nonetheless reliably exciting source: Lucie Rico’s publisher, Vibeke Madsen at Editions POL, highly recommended that I...

09 Jun

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Translator Arthur Reiji Morris interviews author Li Kotomi about her novel Solo Dance

June 9, 2022
By Lydia Unsworth

What was the spark of the idea for Solo Dance? I’ve always loved writing novels, but there was a period of my life where I fell into a slump and wasn’t able to write. Then, one day when I was c...

24 May

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On this day, which marks three months of war in Ukraine, we publish an excerpt from Adrift by Amin Maalouf

May 24, 2022
By Lydia Unsworth

From Adrift by Amin Maalouf: Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, had resolved to commit his country to a path of economic and political liberalization, and seemed prep...

17 May

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When I Look At You: Christine Otten on writing The Last Poets

May 17, 2022
By Lydia Unsworth

The living room provided a magnificent panoramic view of Harlem; the sun was just setting. Muttering under his breath in a warm, lilting voice Umar Bin Hassan dragged me into his world. “The Last Poet...

25 Apr

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Short Story: Grandma by Natalia García Freire

May 9, 2022
By Lydia Unsworth

Grandma By Natalia García Freire (tr. Victor Meadowcroft) My eternity died and I am keeping vigil over it. “The Violence of Hours” César Vallejo The last t...

10 Feb

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David Doherty wins the 2022 Society of Authors Vondel Translation Prize for his translation of Jaap Robben’s Summer Brother

July 20, 2022
By Lydia Unsworth

We’re thrilled to announce that the winner of the prestigious Society of Authors Vondel Translation Prize is David Doherty, translator of Jaap Robben’s Summer Brother, published by World Editions in 2...

27 Nov

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Mia Couto is one of the three finalists for the 2020 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature

November 27, 2020
By Lydia Unsworth

Mia Couto is one of the three finalists for the 2020 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature! http://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/en/prix-jan-michalski/edition-2020/12153/ The Jan Michalski Prize f...