They've announced that Der Körper -- the German translation of the second volume of Mircea Cărtărescu's Orbitor-trilogy -- has been awarded the Internationale Literaturpreis - Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
With €25,000 for the author, and €10,000 for the translator -- not quite in the IMAPC-league (where the translator -- if there is one for the winning book (i.e. it wasn't written in English) -- gets €25,000, leaving the winning author with €75,000), but good money for a translation prize.
The shortlist included the German translations of Nádas Péter's Parallel Stories, and of Téa Obreht's book.
English-speaking readers will still have to wait a while -- but admirably Archipelago Books is bringing the trilogy out, beginning with Blinding (see their publicity page) -- though that's only due in ... December 2014.
The shortlist included the German translations of Nádas Péter's Parallel Stories, and of Téa Obreht's book.
English-speaking readers will still have to wait a while -- but admirably Archipelago Books is bringing the trilogy out, beginning with Blinding (see their publicity page) -- though that's only due in ... December 2014.