Category: Translation
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Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2025 longlist announced
Abigail Assor, Teju Cole, and Ferdia Lennon are on the Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2025 longlist announced on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Gregor von Rezzori was a novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, and author of radio plays, actor, journalist, visual artist, art critic, and art collector. He passed away in 1998, and his widow, Beatrice Monti della…
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Amira Ghenim wins Prix Fragonard de Littérature étrangère 2025
Amira Ghenim’s novel Le Désastre de la Maison des Notables won Prix Fragonard de Littérature étrangère 2025 in Paris, France on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Prix Fragonard de Littérature étrangère (English: Fragonard Prize for Foreign Literature) is a French literary prize that rewards a book written by a woman, translated into French and published in…
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2025 shortlists announced
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2025 shortlists were announced in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, March 3, 2025. The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is presented to Arab writers, intellectuals, publishers, and young talent whose writings and translations of humanities have scholarly and objectively enriched Arab cultural, literary, and social life. The categories awarded are…
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Book Digest: Baalu Girma, Canisia Lubrin, Daniel Black, Ibi Zoboi
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Baalu Girma, Canisia Lubrin, Daniel Black, and Ibi Zoboi. Oromay by Baalu Girma Publisher: Soho PressDate: February 4, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: English (Translated from Amharic)Where to find it: Penguin Random House, Baalu Girma Baalu Girma was one of Ethiopia’s greatest writers and Oromay was his most famous…
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Ahmed Naji wins Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation 2024
Ahmed Naji’s novel Rotten Evidence won the Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation 2024 on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize is an annual award for published translations from Arabic of full-length works of imaginative and creative writing of literary merit and general interest worth £3,000. Established in 2006 by Banipal Magazine…
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Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation 2024 shortlist announced.
The Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation 2024 shortlist was announced on Monday, December 2, 2024. The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize is an annual award for published translations from Arabic of full-length works of imaginative and creative writing of literary merit and general interest worth £3,000. Established in 2006 by Banipal Magazine and the Banipal…
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Amira Ghenim wins Prix de la Littérature Arabe 2024
Amira Ghenim’s novel Le désastre de la maison des notables won Prix de la Littérature Arabe 2024 on Monday, October 28, 2024. The Prix de la Littérature Arabe is awarded to a writer, a national of a member country of the Arab League, and an author of a published book – novel, collection of short…
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US National Book Awards 2024 finalists announced
The US National Book Awards 2024 finalists were announced on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nation’s National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s…
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Prix de la Littérature Arabe 2024 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Prix de la Littérature Arabe 2024 was announced on Saturday, July 13, 2024. The Prix de la Littérature Arabe is awarded to a writer, a national of a member country of the Arab League, and an author of a published book – novel, collection of short stories or poems – written…
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English PEN Translates 2024 winners announced
Abdel Aziz Baraka Sakin, Osvalde Lewat, and Shady Lewis are among the PEN Translates winners announced on Sunday, July 14, 2024. PEN Translates, with support from Arts Council England, has encouraged UK publishers to acquire more books from other languages since 2012. The award helps UK publishers to meet the costs of translating new works…
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Scholastique Mukasonga wins Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024
Scholastique Mukasonga’s novel Kibogo won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024 in Oxford, UK on Saturday, June 15, 2024. The Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize is awarded to book-length literary translations into English from any living European language. Worth £2000, it aims to honour the translation craft and recognise its cultural importance. It was founded by Lord Weidenfeld and…
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Noor Naga is Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2024 finalist
Noor Naga’s novel Come Dividere una Pesca is a finalist for Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2024; the announcement was made on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Gregor von Rezzori was a novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, and author of radio plays, as well as an actor, journalist, visual artist, art critic, and art collector. He passed away in…
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Itamar Vieira Junior on International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist.
Itamar Vieira Junior’s novel Crooked Plow is on the shortlist for the International Booker Prize 2024 announced on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world translated into English and published in the UK and Ireland. David Diop won the award…
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Sheikh Zayed Book Awards 2024 winners announced.
Reem Bassiouney, Dr Houssem Eddine Chachia, and Dr Ahmed Somai won at the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards 2024 on Thursday, April 4, 2024. The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is presented to Arab writers, intellectuals, and publishers as well as young talent whose writings and translations of humanities have scholarly and objectively enriched Arab cultural, literary…
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Translations: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Blaise Ndala, Djaïli Amadou Amal, Lisette Lombe
Translations for books by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Blaise Ndala, Djaïli Amadou Amal, and Lisette Lombe are available for your reading pleasure. La Femme Premiere by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Book: La Femme PremiereOriginal Title: The First WomanAuthor: Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiTranslator: Céline SchwallerPublisher: Editions MétailiéPublishing Date: March 1, 2024Language: English to FrenchWhere to Find it: Editions Métailié…