A recent essay appeared on Scroll.in about the distinguished poet Jayanta Mahapatra as a reader.
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One of the two 2023-4 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature has been awarded to our UI colleague, Associate Professor Kendall Heitzman, for his translation of the story collection Nails and Eyes by IWP alum Kaori Fujino. Congratulations to both!
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Halloween is the release day of Edward Carey’s stage-and-gore novel Edith Holler.
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An interview with alum Ma Thida in her role as the current Chair of the PEN Writers in Prison Committee has appeared on The First Person Substack.
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Amazingly, Pilar Quintana aces yet another National Book Award spot—this time as a 2023 Translated Literature finalist, for The Abyss, translated by Lisa Dillman.
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It is with genuine sorrow that we are learning of the sudden death of our alum, collaborator, and friend, the Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa. Lina Sinjab’s short film about him is one homage among many thoughtful recollections. RIP.
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The always-interesting Publishing Perspectives PRC bestseller list is currently topped by Chi Zijian, with recurrent appearances by Yu Hua and, inevitably, Mo Yan.
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...and the winner of Argentine’s 2023 Premio de novela Sara Gallardo is Derroche [Waste] by Maria Sonia Cristoff.
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Yamila Bêgné and María Sonia Cristoff are among the finalists for the 2023 Premio Nacional de Novela Sara Gallardo, awarded by Argentine’s Ministry of Culture.
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On the just-out longlist of the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature are Khaled Khalifa’s No One Prayed Over Their Graves (trs. Leri Price, from the Arabic) and Pilar Quintana’s Abyss (trs. Lisa Dillman, from the Spanish).
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