Gregory Rabassa: Selections
Excerpts from two novels Gregory Rabassa introduced to the English-speaking world. More
Translating Pussy Riot
Susan Bernofsky reports on how the closing statements by members of Russian punk band Pussy riot made it into English. More
2011 PEN Translation Fund Recipient Featured in Zeitgeist Festival
I hadn't been meaning to write about the Zeitgeist Festival—which presents staged readings of the work of younger playwrights from German-speaking countries—since the festival's materials exclude the names of… More
Can an Author Relinquish Control?
Trusting one’s translators to be masters of their craft and do their jobs well is pretty much the best an author can do to help assure the quality of… More
The Russians are Writing! The Russians are Coming!
Guest post by PEN Translation Committee member Ronald MeyerBook Expo America (BEA) kicks off on June 4th at the Javits Center, and Russia is both this year’s guest of… More
Burton Pike Wins Wolff Prize
I could not be more delighted by the news that PEN Translation Committee Member Burton Pike has been selected for the 2012 Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize, an annual prize… More
2010 PEN Translation Fund Recipient Daniel Brunet Presents Dea Loherƒ??s Bluebeard
Daniel Brunet received a PEN Translation Fund Award in 2010 to support his translation of Dea Loher’s play The Last Fire. He has continued to translate Loher’s work, and… More
Poetry and Globalization at NYU
So next week the Liberal Studies Program at NYU will be presenting a panel on Poetry and Globalization that sounds like a don’t-miss-it event for translation enthusiasts in the… More
Best Translated Book Award 2012 Shortlists
it’s time to find out which books have been selected for this year’s poetry and fiction shortlists. Both lists were announced last night at a ceremony in Rochester,… More
A Symposium on Translating the Literature of the Middle East
On Wednesday, March 28, the MFA program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Queens College will present a symposium on the literature of the Middle East and those… More