Via literalab I learn that the European Society of Authors announced their Finnegan's List 2013 (warning ! dreaded pdf format !) at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
This is a list that a committee of authors -- among them ones with books under review at the complete review such as Alberto Manguel, Oksana Zabuzhko, Arnon Grunberg, and Georgi Gospodinov -- puts together, "of undertranslated or forgotten works".
Only two of the titles are under review at the complete review -- Dolly City by Orly Castel-Bloom and The Faculty of Useless Knowledge by Yury Dombrovsky -- and I'd certainly love to see some more of these (many of which aren't available in English translation yet).
This list is a great idea -- I hope they're able to publicize it well.
Only two of the titles are under review at the complete review -- Dolly City by Orly Castel-Bloom and The Faculty of Useless Knowledge by Yury Dombrovsky -- and I'd certainly love to see some more of these (many of which aren't available in English translation yet).
This list is a great idea -- I hope they're able to publicize it well.