PEN Grant for the English Translation of Italian Literature ($5,000)
The PEN Grant for the English Translation of Italian Literature awards a grant to a translator for a work-in-progress of a book-length translation of an Italian work into English. More
“No Language Has Power Over Another”: A PEN Ten Interview with Jhumpa Lahiri
"The process of translation makes clear that no one language has power over another." More
from A Walk in the Shadows
No threat or reprimand could calm our racing hearts and the restlessness spurred by a place where rules and prohibitions fell on us without weight, like a feather. More
Announcing the 2017 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants
From a vast field of applicants, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Advisory Board has selected 15 projects, spanning 13 different languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Nepali, and more. More
Lost Words
My mother held him back by his coattails. "Stay where you are," she whispered into his ear, "the last thing we need is to feel like we're not even… More
My Life, I Lapped it Up: On Translating the Poetry of Edoardo Sanguineti
Untitled, lowercased, long-lined, the poems in Reisebilder resemble pages in a flipbook, detailing brief encounters in restaurants, museums and hotel rooms. More
The Selected Poems of Edoardo Sanguineti
The first comprehensive English translation of one of post-war Italy’s most important poets. Edoardo Sanguineti’s oeuvre spans the avant garde of the early '60s to the more introspective romanticism… More
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