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Prix Médicis

       They've announced the winners of this year's prix Médicis, with the main prize going to Ann d'Angleterre by Julia Deck; see, for example, the Livres Hebdo report.        See also the Seuil...

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Can Xue profile

       At The World of Chinese Dylan Levi King profiles Can Xue: The Experimental Voice of Chinese Literature.

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'The Essay that Launched the Loebs'

       At Antigone they publish W.H.D. Rouse's Machines or Mind ? -- "commissioned for the newly-founded Loeb Classical Library Series, of which he was an editor".        Several Loeb titles are under...

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Goldsmiths Prize

       They've announced that Parade, by Rachel Cusk, "has won the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize for mould-breaking fiction".        I haven't seen this yet, but see, for example, the publicity pages at...

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Rushdie's The Satanic Verses not banned in India after all

       Salman Rushdie's notorious The Satanic Verses -- one of his better novels -- was banned in a number of countries, including in India, where in 1988 importation of the novel was prohibited (it...

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Q & A: Wu Qi

       Issue 169 of Granta, devoted to China, is now out, and among the pieces is a Q & A with Wu Qi, The Rules of the Game, offering an interesting overview of literature and writing in...

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Q & A: Esther Kinsky

       At hlo Stephanie Newman has a Q & A with the German author and translator, Esther Kinsky: When I came to Hungary in 2005, it was a post-traumatic society.        Kinsky's Seeing Further is...

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Bayerischer Buchpreis

       Clemens Meyer threw a hissy fit when he didn't win the German Book Prize a few weeks ago -- see my previous mentionk --, complaining especially about not being able to cash in. The Bavarian...

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A City on Mars review

       The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of the collection of Kelly and Zach Weinersmith considering Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought...

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Festival Neue Literatur

       This year's Festival Neue Literatur -- "the first and only festival to spotlight German-language and American fiction together" -- kicks off tomorrow in New York, and while it's not a packed...

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Crossword Book Awards shortlists

       They've announced the shortlists for this year's Crossword Book Awards, an Indian book prize with five categories, including for works in translation; see, for example, the Scroll.in report....

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Jürgen Becker (1932-2024)

       German poet Jürgen Becker has passed away; see, for example, Zum Tod von Jürgen Becker – Was man verschieben kann und was nicht by Martin Oehlen in the Frankfurter Rundschau.        Becker won...

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Emmanuel Carrère profile

       At The Guardian Mark O'Connell has a profile of the author, in ‘Why do I have an interest in such horrible things?’: Emmanuel Carrère on the Paris terror attacks trial.        Carrère's V13 is...

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'Globalizing' Korean literature

       Grabbing the moment and the momentum, New LTI Korea president aims to globalize Korean literature following Han Hang's Nobel win, as Lee Gyu-lee reports in The Korea Times; among the ambitions:...

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AI and translation

       Another article finding ‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators ? -- this one by Keza MacDonald at The Guardian.        MacDonald does suggest that: "There are however some...

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Grand prix de littérature américaine

       Should we leave it up to the French to chose the best American novel ? In case you want to, they've now decided to award this year's Grand prix de littérature américaine to the French...

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Booker Prize

       They've announced the winner of this year's Booker Prize, the leading English-language novel prize, and it is Orbital, by Samantha Harvey.        I've been curious about this one, but I haven't...

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The City and its Uncertain Walls review

       The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Murakami Haruki's latest, The City and its Uncertain Walls, just (about) out in English, from Alfred A. Knopf in the US and...

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Neal Stephenson Q & A

       The latest of Tyler Cowen's 'Conversations with Tyler' is episode 226, Neal Stephenson on History, Spycraft, and American-Soviet Parallels.        Among the interesting responses: Man, I don't...

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NBA finalists Q & As

       At the Literary Hub they have "Quick Questions for the Year's Best Writers, Poets, and Translators" in Meet the 2024 National Book Award Finalists.

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GGs

       The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the winners of this year's Governor General's Literary Awards, in seven categories each in English and in French.        The English fiction winner...

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Premio Cervantes

       They've announced the winner of this year's Premio de Literatura en Lengua Castellana Miguel de Cervantes, the leading Spanish-language author prize, and it is Álvaro Pombo.        He does not...

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Oddest Book Title finalists

       The Bookseller has announced the finalists for its Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year -- six titles, all from American university presses.        The winner will be announced on 6...

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NIF Book Prize

       They've announced the winner of this year's Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize, a leading Indian non-fiction book prize, and it is the B.R.Ambedkar-biography by Ashok Gopal, A Part Apart;...

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Melbourne Prize for Literature

       They've announced the winner of this year's Melbourne Prize for Literature, a triennial Australian author prize, and it is Alexis Wright.        Previous winners include Helen Garner (2006) and...

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AI-generated poetry

       Via and via, I'm pointed to the recent Scientific Reports paper by Brian Porter and Edouard Machery that found that AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is...

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Richard Flanagan Q & A

       At The Guardian Anthony Cummins has a Q & A with Richard Flanagan: ‘I’m not sure that I will write again’.        Among his responses: Do you think you’ll go back to writing novels of plot...

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Schweizer Buchpreis

       They've announced (warning ! dreaded pdf format !) the winner of this year's Swiss Book Prize -- the leading German-language Swiss book prize, paying out CHF30,000 -- and it is Seinetwegen, by...

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Peter Handke Q & A

       Nobel laureate Peter Handke (On a Dark Night I Left my Silent House, etc.) was awarded the Großes Goldene Ehrenzeichen des Landes Steiermark mit dem Stern (the 'Great Golden Badge of Honor of...

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Tanikawa Shuntarō (1931-2024)

       Japanese poet -- and Peanuts-translator -- Tanikawa Shuntarō has passed away; see, for example, the reports from Kyodo News and the AP.        Quite a bit of his work has been translated into...

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Brenner Prize

       They've announced the winner of this year's Brenner Prize, a leading Israeli literature prize, and it is שלושה ימים בקיץ, by Yossi Avni-Levy; see also Neria Barr's report in The Jerusalem Post,...

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Cercador Prize

       They've announced the winner of this year's Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation -- recognizing: "works of literature in translation as selected by a committee of independent...

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Österreichischer Buchpreis

       On Sunday they announced the Swiss Book Prize -- see my mention -- and yesterday it was the turn of the Austrian Book Prize: they announced the winner, and it is Brennende Felder, by Reinhard...

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Giller Prize

       They've announced the winner of this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize -- a ... big Canadian prize, recognizing: "excellence in Canadian fiction -- long format or short stories" -- and it is Held,...

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Baillie Gifford Prize

       They've announced the winner of this year's Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction -- "The UK's premier annual prize for non-fiction books" -- and it is Question 7, by Richard Flanagan.

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Cold Enough For Snow review

       The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Jessica Au's Cold Enough For Snow.        This won the inaugural, 2020 (but announced in 2021 ...) The Novel Prize, a prize...

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Prix du Meilleur livre étranger

       They announced the winners of this year's prix du Meilleur livre étranger, a leading French prize for works in translation; see, for example, the Livres Hebdo report.        Both prizes went to...

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Writers' Trust of Canada Awards

       They've announced the winners of this year's seven Writers' Trust of Canada Awards. Unfortunately, you have to click through each of the prizes to see who won at the official site --...

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(American) National Book Awards

       The National Book Foundation has announced the winners of this year's National Book Awards.        The National Book Award for Translated Literature went to Lin King's translation of Yáng...

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