Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
Via I learn that they've announced that Charles Simic has won this year's Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award; last year it went to W.S.Merwin. Seems a good choice, as: The...
View ArticleThe Tale of Genji: Translation, Canonization, and World Literature review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Michael Emmerich's The Tale of Genji: Translation, Canonization, and World Literature. (Yes, it's a study of The Tale of Genji: I...
View ArticleFrankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honor 2016
As I recently mentioned, they recently announced that, after this year's 'Guest of Honour' at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Finland, and 2015 Guest Indonesia, Georgia was signed up for 2018. The...
View ArticleAndrew Wylie on Amazon.com as publisher
'Literary' agent Andrew Wylie (of The Wylie Agency) weighs in on Amazon.com's recently announced plans to play at being a publisher in Germany in an entertaining (he's always good for that)...
View ArticleLaurent Binet Q & A
At Sampsonia Way Olivia Stransky has a Q & A with the HHhH-author (mainly about that work), "I Enjoy Correcting Myself": An Interview with Author Laurent Binet. Admissions such as:...
View ArticleBest Translated Book Award longlisted books - covered
As noted last week, the longlist for the Best Translated Book Award has been announced -- and, of course, the fun doesn't stop with the announcement. - At BTBA headquarters, Three...
View ArticleA Sentimental Novel review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Alain Robbe-Grillet's A Sentimental Novel, forthcoming from Dalkey Archive Press. This 2007 novel was Robbe-Grillet's...
View ArticleCrime fiction from ... Poland
In The International New York Times Ginanne Brownell suggests: Move Over Scandinavian Noir, Here Comes the Polish Gumshoe, as the Polish market has moved from four thrillers being released in...
View ArticleVladimir Lorchenkov Q & A
Vladimir Lorchenkov's The Good Life Elsewhere just came out from New Vessel Press -- a rare Moldovan novel (albeit written in Russian) to make it to the US -- and at the World Literature Today...
View ArticlePlato at the Googleplex review-overview
The most recent addition to the complete review is a review-overview of Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on Why Philosophy Won't Go Away, in Plato at the Googleplex. I had high hopes for this...
View ArticleInternational Ibsen Award
They've announced that Austrian playwright and author Peter Handke has been awarded this year's International Ibsen Award, which: "aims to honour an individual, institution or organisation that...
View ArticleLost in translation (and foreign editions)
Despite my great interest in foreign fiction -- and, necessarily, my reliance on translation to make much/most of that accessible to me -- I continue to have and occasionally express strong...
View ArticleKhushwant Singh (1915-2014)
Noted Indian literary figure Khushwant Singh has passed away, at the age of ninety-nine. A very active writer, he is probably best-know for his novel, Train to Pakistan (get your copy at...
View ArticleThe case for Leg Over Leg winning the BTBA
As I've mentioned, at Three Percent all twenty-five Best Translated Book Award longlisted titles are being introduced individually in near-daily 'Why This Book Should Win'-posts -- and mine, on...
View ArticleChinua Achebe's influence
At the BBC Jane Ciabattari asks: Was Chinua Achebe Africa's most influential author ? With qualifications, I'd say: of course. Certainly, he remains a great father-/founder-figure of...
View ArticleDavid Bellos Q & A
At the French-American Foundation they have a Q & A with David Bellos (who very deservedly won their translation prize back in 1988, for his translation of Georges Perec's classic,...
View Article'A Culture of Translation'
Quite a few interesting translation-related pieces in the new issue of The Brooklyn Quarterly, in particular: I Want You To Start Your Own Publishing House by Deep Vellum's Will Evans The...
View Article'Immigrant literature'
At DeutscheWelle Jochen Kürten profiles Sigrid Löffler, whose new book apparently looks at The global expansion of immigrant literature. Yeah, there's a term I'm hoping catches on ........
View ArticleRossica Translation Prize
They announced the winner of the 2014 Rossica Translation Prize on Thursday -- though not yet on the official page, last I checked; indeed, the only place I could find the announcement was at...
View ArticleNazis in the Metro review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Didier Daeninckx's Nazis in the Metro, just out from Melville House. After two Daeninckx re-issues in the past few years,...
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