NOTES ON MEMORABLE TRANSLATIONS — BY TRANSLATOR DEBORAH IWABUCHI

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May GLLI Blog Series:  Japan in Translation, No. 3 Editor's update:  A new source of interesting links, history and news about Japanese literature and Japanese literature-in-translation can be found at redcircleauthors.com.  See, in particular, its "factbook,"  which it describes as a "Dynamic Compendium of Interesting Japanese Literary and Publishing Facts."  Red Circle calls itself a hybrid … Continue reading NOTES ON MEMORABLE TRANSLATIONS — BY TRANSLATOR DEBORAH IWABUCHI

OUTSIDER STORIES IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE FICTION — by Kathryn Hemmann

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May GLLI Blog Series:  Japan in Translation, No. 2 Editor's note:  Even in 2018, many conversations about Japan begin by mentioning the nation's homogeneity before going on to discuss a group or individual who appears to be an exception. Japan is filled with such “exceptions,” however, and even the tiny percentage of Japanese fiction published … Continue reading OUTSIDER STORIES IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE FICTION — by Kathryn Hemmann

THE MIRROR OF HIS WORKS — Roger Pulvers on Ishikawa Takuboku

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May GLLI Blog Series:  Japan in Translation, No. 1 Editor's note:  Today begins a month-long series of posts about Japanese literature in translation.  Here in the United States it is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, and in Japan (through this weekend, anyway), it is Golden Week, the longest vacation period of the year for many Japanese workers. … Continue reading THE MIRROR OF HIS WORKS — Roger Pulvers on Ishikawa Takuboku

Translators Association – 60 Years of Classic Translations: The Leopard (1960)

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In our series of 60 classic first translations to mark the 60th anniversary of the Translators Association, 1960 is represented by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s THE LEOPARD, translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun. This great historical novel by the last prince of Lampedusa recounts the story of a Sicilian nobleman caught in the political … Continue reading Translators Association – 60 Years of Classic Translations: The Leopard (1960)

Minority Languages Translated Book Pick: I Stared at the Night of the City by Bakhtiyar Ali (Kurdish)

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Iraqi Kurdistan at the turn of the twenty-first century is a territory ruled by strongmen, revolutionaries, fixers, bureaucrats, and the "Barons" who control everything from livestock and land to Kurdish cultural life. Defying the absolute power wielded by the Barons, a band of friends led by an enigmatic poet embark on an odyssey to find … Continue reading Minority Languages Translated Book Pick: I Stared at the Night of the City by Bakhtiyar Ali (Kurdish)

Translators Association – 60 Years of Classic Translations: If This is a Man (1959)

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Next in the series of 60 classic first #translations celebrating 60 years of the Translators Association of The Society of Authors is IF THIS IS A MAN, Primo Levi's devastating account of his time in Auschwitz, first published in English in 1959 in a translation from the Italian by Stuart Woolf. Levi supervised the first … Continue reading Translators Association – 60 Years of Classic Translations: If This is a Man (1959)

Publisher Spotlight: The American University in Cairo Press + Hoopoe

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  This week’s Publisher Spotlight is all about the “leading English-language publisher in Egypt and the Middle East”—The American University in Cairo Press. AUC Press is a predominantly academic publisher that offers titles in twelve main categories, which include ancient Egypt, Islam and Coptic Studies, Middle Eastern art, and Arabic language learning, among other genres. … Continue reading Publisher Spotlight: The American University in Cairo Press + Hoopoe

Translators Association – 60 Years of Classic Translations: Dr. Zhivago (1958)

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Founded in 1958, the Translators Association of The Society of Authors (TA) is celebrating its 60th anniversary. For the next 60 weeks l will post and tweet a classic #translation for each TA year, and #namethetranslator who rewrote it so we could enjoy it in English. #TA60 Ready? Here we go! DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, Boris Pasternak's … Continue reading Translators Association – 60 Years of Classic Translations: Dr. Zhivago (1958)

International Publisher Spotlight: Rubinstein (The Netherlands)

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From the Rubinstein website: For over 30 years Rubinstein has been working with love and attention, expertise and craftsmanship on beautiful, often book related products. Rubinstein was founded in 1985 by Maurits Rubinstein as a publisher of audiobooks. A large number of audiobooks and music productions are still recorded and mastered in our own studio … Continue reading International Publisher Spotlight: Rubinstein (The Netherlands)

Publisher Spotlight: City Lights

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  National Poetry Month is in full swing, and it wouldn’t be a proper celebration at Publisher’s Spotlight without recognizing the revolutionary publisher City Lights. Though the San Francisco indie continues to produce provocative fiction, children’s titles (such as Rad American Women A-Z), travel writing, essay collections, literature in translation, and radical works from many … Continue reading Publisher Spotlight: City Lights