2006 Translation Fund Grants
WinnersJohannes Goransson for his translation from the Finland-Swedish of The Collected Poems of Henry ParlandVictoria Haggblom for her translation from the Swedish of To Mervas, a novel by Elizabeth… More
2006 PEN/Nabokov Award
WinnerPhilip RothThe PEN/Nabokov Award is given to a living author whose body of work, either written in or translated into English, is of enduring originality and consummate craftsmanship. The… More
2006 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
WinnerLinda GreggThe PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, established by a bequest from Hunce Voelcker, will be presented for the seventh time in 2006. The award is given to a poet… More
2006 Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation
WinnerEdith Grossman, who has translated major works by Miguel de Cervantes and Gabriel García MárquezThe Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation is given every three years to a translator whose… More
2006 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir
WinnerGregory Rabassa for his memoir If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents (New Directions)The PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir is given to an American… More
2006 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction
WinnerThe 18th annual PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction will be given to both Amy Butler Greenfield for A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color… More
From Real Karaoke People
Summer evenings around a picnic table metropolis’d with food and condiments, the man’s fingers sweep the moon from his wife’s black mane, humming of lovers in an oarless boat on the East Sea… More
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
The scrawny street vendor in Hanoi studies my eyes, my lips. “Brother,” he says, “yours is not a Vietnamese face. It’s a face that has not known suffering.” Then… More