Dalkey goes Korean
In The Korea Herald Claire Lee reports that American to publish Korean literature series in U.S., as Dalkey Archive Press has teamed up with the Korea Literature Translation Institute to...
View ArticleConstantijn Huygens-prijs to A.F.Th.van der Heijden
The Jan Campert-Stichting's Constantijn Huygens-prijs -- the leading Dutch author-, rather than book-prize -- has been awarded to A.F.Th.van der Heijden, the super-prolific and prolix Dutch...
View ArticleForthcoming Gombrowicz Diary re-issue
Great to hear that Witold Gombrowicz's Diary, in Lillian Vallee's translation, is finally being re-issued -- finally in a single-volume edition, too ! Yale University Press is publishing...
View ArticleAutobiographical Israeli fiction ?
In Haaretz Eilat Negev considers The thin line between fiction and autobiography in Israeli novels, noting that: In the hundreds of interviews I have conducted with writers in Israel and around...
View ArticleGuadalajara International Book Fair
The Guadalajara International Book Fair -- "the most important publishing gathering in Ibero-America" -- runs through 4 December, and with Nobel laureates Mario Vargas Llosa and Herta Müller in...
View ArticleIndira Goswami (1942-2011)
Leading Assamese author Indira Goswami has passed away; see, for example, Nilim Dutta's Incomplete Dossier of an Extraordinary Life: Mamoni Raisom Goswami in Tehelka, as well as the obituaries...
View ArticleDecember issues
Among December issues now available online: - Words without Borders' The Fantastic issue - Open Letters Monthly's December issue
View ArticleClarice Lispector redux
At Publishing Perspectives Benjamin Moser writes about how Brazil's Clarice Lispector Gets a Second Chance in English, with new editions and in most cases new translations forthcoming from New...
View ArticleZoo City review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Lauren Beukes' Zoo City. By the way, I think this is the first book that I've bought and paid list or near-list price for...
View ArticleHari Kunzru Q and A
In Outlook India Neha Bhatt has 10 Questions for Hari Kunzru -- mainly about his new novel, Gods Without Men (coming to the US only in March -- pre-order your copy at Amazon.com, or get your...
View ArticleDebating literary criticism
In A crisis in literary criticism ? at Moby Lives Ellie Robins discusses Winston Manrique Sabogal's interesting piece from El País, Radiografía de la crítica literaria -- which includes...
View ArticleNicanor Parra awarded Premio Cervantes
They've announced that poet Nicanor Parra has won the leading Spanish-language author prize, the Premio Cervantes (apparently they were unwilling to wait another three years, when Parra would...
View ArticleWriting in ... Pakistan
In The Express Tribune Peer Muhammad reports on Literary matters: 'Pakistani novelists taking over their Indian counterparts', as they get some validation from a foreigner, David Waterman, who...
View ArticleMemories Look at Me review
Tomas Tranströmer picked up his Nobel Prize yesterday, and the most recent addition to the complete review is my review of A Memoir by him, Memories Look at Me -- out in an appealing little...
View ArticleMore 'best books of the year' lists
Slate has their: 'writers and editors pick their favorites', in Best Books of 2011. (Showing yet again how completely out of the loop and out of date I am, I have not received a review copy or...
View ArticleFive Point Someone review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of the immensely popular Chetan Bhagat's debut, his novel about What not to do at IIT, Five Point Someone.
View ArticleForeign best book lists: France
Lire has its annual list of Les 20 meilleurs livres de l'année 2011 -- which is actually a 'best book in twenty categories' list. Among the titles judged best in their respective...
View ArticleNew issue of The Quarterly Conversation
A sizable batch of reviews (and a few other odds and ends) to keep you busy for a while: the Winter/2012 issue -- number 26 already ! -- of The Quarterly Conversation is up.
View ArticlePrizes: Finlandia-Palkinto
They've announced that the Finlandia-Palkinto -- the Finlandia Prize, Finland's top book award -- goes to Hytti nro 6 by Rosa Liksom. See also the WSOY publicity page, and the Helsingin...
View ArticleTranslating from ... Korean
At Yonhap News Agency Charles Montgomery profiles Please Look After Mom-translator Kim Chi-young, in Translator tries not to take everything literally. I still haven't seen the Shin...
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