Korean literature abroad
In The Korea Herald Literature Translation Institute of Korea-president Kim Seong-kon considers, yet again, ways of Raising the profile of Korean literature overseas. He notes: "my...
View ArticleWriting in ... Indonesia
At Qantara.de Wayan Sunarta 'sheds light on the history of modern Indonesian literature', in The island that literature forgot, a useful introductory overview.
View ArticleNot the Folio Prize
The Folio Prize was to be an alternative-Man Booker Prize. They handed out the prize in 2014 and in 2015, but sponsor Folio ditched them, and they apparently haven't been able to find a new...
View ArticleLooking forward to the Nobel Prize in Literature
It's that time of the year again, and the Nobel Prize in Literature may very well be announced one week from today, on 8 October. (The prize is always announced on a Thursday in October -- but...
View ArticleMan Tiger review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of the other Eka Kurniawan novel to appear in English last month, Man Tiger; I reviewed Beauty is a Wound a few weeks ago.
View ArticleVilas Sarang profile
Marathi- and English-writing Indian author Vilas Sarang passed away earlier this year (see my mention), and in The Caravan Mantra Mukim's extensive look at 'Vilas Sarang's bilingual modernism',...
View ArticleBookselling in ... Nigeria
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani has an interesting piece on the book business in Nigeria, The Secret of Nigerian Book Sales at The New Yorker's Currency-weblog.
View ArticleGoldsmiths Prize shortlist
They've announced the six-title strong shortlist for the Goldsmiths Prize -- "awarded to a book that is deemed genuinely novel and which embodies the spirit of invention that characterises the...
View ArticlePark Kyong-ni prize
The Park Kyong-ni prize is the big South Korean international literary award founded five years ago, and they've now announced this year's winner -- selected from five finalists: Isabel...
View ArticleSimone review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Eduardo Lalo's Simone, due out shortly from the University of Chicago Press. This book won the 2013 Premio Rómulo Gallegos...
View ArticleBiblioasis profile
In The Globe and Mail Mark Medley profiles publisher Biblioasis, in Biblioasis is no mirage. It's an impressive and deserved success story -- always great to see a small independent...
View ArticleBrian Friel (1929-2015)
Irish playwright Brian Friel has passed away; see, for example, obituaries in The Guardian (Richard Pine) or The New York Times (Benedict Nightingale), as well as a collection of reflections at...
View ArticleArchive: Ian Rankin
In the Daily Record they're reporting that Rebus author Ian Rankin aims to leave his literary archive to the National Library of Scotland. He kindly wants to donate his archive --...
View ArticleArchive: Maurice Blanchot
Via I'm pointed to the report at Harvard University's Houghton Library's weblog, Modern Books and Manuscripts, that Maurice Blanchot papers acquired by Harvard -- some twenty cartons worth....
View ArticleThe Folly review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Ivan Vladislavić's The Folly, which just came out from Archipelago in the US, and which And Other Stories is bringing out in the...
View ArticleFrench longlists
If they have reached a decision and are ready to announce the Nobel Prize in Literature this Thursday the Swedish Academy will announce that today; if they remain silent then the prize will be...
View ArticleGiller Prize shortlist
They've now announced the 2015 Shortlist for the (Canadian) Scotiabank Giller Prize -- including one translation, Arvida, by Samuel Archibald, one of two Biblioasis titles to make the final five.
View ArticleWilhelm Raabe-Literaturpreis
Clemens J. Setz's Die Stunde zwischen Frau und Gitarre -- see the Suhrkamp foreign rights page -- was longlisted for the German Book Prize, but didn't make the shortlist-cut -- but they've now...
View ArticleNagroda Nike
The Nike prize is the leading Polish literary award, and they've announced that Księgi Jakubowe, by Olga Tokarczuk has won the 2015 prize -- beating out shortlisted works by Magdalena Tulli,...
View ArticleHenning Mankell (1948-2015)
Leading Swedish crime fiction author Henning Mankell has passed away; see, for example, obituaries in The Guardian (Andrew Brown) and The New York Times (Jonathan Kandell). Best known...
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