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2016 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
WinnerSawako Nakayasu for The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa (Canarium Books) Read an excerpt »The $3,000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation is conferred every year in New York. The… More
Publishers’ Pledge on Chinese Translations
Twelve U.S. publishers have signed onto a PEN American Center pledge to monitor and address incidents of censorship in Chinese translations of books by foreign authors. More
Announcing the 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Series, featuring the recipients of this year’s Heim Fund grants
The 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Series showcases excerpts and essays from the recipients of this year's PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants. More
Published PEN/Heim Translation Fund Projects
The PEN/Heim Translation Fund was established in the summer of 2003 by an endowed gift of $730,000 from Priscilla and Michael Henry Heim in response to the dismayingly low… More
2015 PEN Translation Prize: Four Questions for Winner Denise Newman
"The great pleasure of translating is being able to enter into the timelessness of the text...there’s comfort in such concentrated work. It must be the language equivalent of what… More
2015 PEN Poetry in Translation Award: Four Questions for Winner Eliza Griswold
"We thought it would be a remarkable project to look at the impact that more than a decade of U.S. occupation had had on the lives and songs of… More
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A View from the United States: The PEN America Translation Committee
This is a fascinating time for literary translators into English, and a critical one. Where does the work of the PEN America Translation Committee fit into this changing landscape?… More
Shading and Retranslation: Translator Burton Pike’s Comments at BookExpo America
In recent years, literary translators have paid more attention to the shadings of the original work, whereas earlier translators were more focused on simply translating the story told rather… More
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Retranslating, Publicizing, and Pitching: PEN Translation Committee Brings Its Expertise to BEA15
Practical matters were the focus of the PEN America Translation Committee’s programming at this year’s BookExpo America, with panels on retranslating great works, publicizing international literature, and pitching translations… More
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