Alison Anderson

Finalists for the 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize, 14 refugee tales for Refugee Week, and more

June 17, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature jury and finalists were announced this week. For the first time ever, the finalists are all women. Author Alexander...
Dubravka Ugrešić’s stories about refugees, why the world needs translators, and more

May 27, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews Via Utne Reader, 2016 Neustadt Prize laureate Dubravka Ugrešić shares about the experience of being a finalist—and then winner—for a big literary prize, her st...
Dubravka Ugrešić Announced as 2016 Winner of Prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature

October 23, 2015 | WLT

Dubravka Ugrešić. Photo by Judith Jockel. Novelist and essayist Dubravka Ugrešić has been named the 24th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature....
Finalists Announced for the 24th Neustadt International Prize for Literature

May 27, 2015 | WLT

An international, nine-member jury of accomplished writers have selected the shortlist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, with their sole criterion for nominating finalists being di...
The 2016 Neustadt Prize Jury Announced

May 18, 2015 | WLT

The 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature jury panel features nine writers: Alison Anderson, United States/Switzerland Porochista Khakpour, Iran/United States Valeria Luiselli, Mexico/Uni...
Soundtracking The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery

September 29, 2014 | Jen Rickard Blair

Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog, translated by Alison Anderson, is a pairing of two witty, charming protagonists: Renée, a fifty-four-year-old con...