Judit Urquijo Pagazaurtundua, “Estación de buses,” Sri Lanka, September 2011After spending time in Sri Lanka and traveling easily in a country that was fractured until only a few years ag…
Novels
October 12, 2016
July 18, 2016Ever since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2014, a deluge of Patrick Modiano’s work has found its way into English translation. Modiano’s novels have averaged at least two or three pub…
May 25, 2016Mario Vargas Llosa / Courtesy of ExpansiónTo celebrate the eightieth birthday of 2004 Neustadt Prize nominee and 1977 Puterbaugh Fellow Mario…
January 13, 2016Gisela HeffesAfter translating Ischia (2000), the novel by Argentine writer Gisela Heffes, I sat down with her to discuss how the novel—about a young female narrator on a journey…
October 7, 2015We are told to look on the bright side of life, but sometimes the world is a dark place. No one understands better than these authors, whose characters encounter horrors from open-plan offices to Ukra…
September 16, 2015Drew Wilson, “End of Amnesia,” 2009 1. Kazuo Ishiguro’s long-awaited The Buried Giant (2015), his first novel in ten years, is set in a mythologized fifth-century Britain in which pixies,…
September 11, 2015Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo by Christine Zenino/FlickrNews, Reviews, and Interviews The Reykjavik International Literary Festival continues this weekend and features authors recently featured or re…
July 1, 2015Granada, Spain. Photo by Allie Caulfield. In this excerpt from Luis García Montero’s third and latest novel, Someone Speaks Your Name, Granada is gray, sad…
February 12, 2015Mohamed Nedali’s debut novel, Morceaux de choix: les amours d’un apprenti-boucher, was selected by Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio as the winner of the Prix Grand Atlas in 2005. I recen…- January 9, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsIn an announcement before the holidays, the Anton Chekhov Foundation revealed that it is working to translate over 500 of Chekhov’s earliest works into En…
December 5, 2014Photo by Zeynel AbidinTurkish writer Elif Shafak conquers the task of crossing both cultures and genders in her latest novel, The Architect’s Apprentice (London: Viking, 2014), in which…- December 23, 2014Literary translation again filled the news in 2014. There were firsts to celebrate—the earliest-known Arabic stories were finally translated into English, and Deep Vellum Publishing, a new translation…
December 1, 2014Photo by Catherine Hélie / Courtesy Editions GallimardBefore he was named winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, Patrick Modiano had already received many awards: ten or twelve of them, includi…
November 7, 2014Maaza Mengiste. Photo by Shevaun WilliamsNews, Reviews, and InterviewsMaaza Mengiste spoke with Mantle contributor Emmanuel Iduma this week about her photogr…- August 15, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsAll of us wish a huge congratulations to the recently named NEA Literary Translation Fellowships, including past WLT contributors Wendy Call, Ale…
August 12, 2014By My Hand: A Commissario Ricciardi Mystery by Maurizio de GiovanniTranslated by Antony ShugaarGifted with the ability to see and hear the final moments of murder victims’ lives, a commission…
July 15, 2014Invisible Love by Eric-Emmanuel SchmittTranslated by Howard Curtis. Europa Editions.This newest collection of short stories from Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt examines the facets of love through a va…
July 10, 2014In the middle of the nineteenth century, both Gustave Flaubert and Florence Nightingale traveled in Egypt. Enid Shomer imagined them meeting, and the result is her debut novel, The Twelve Roo…- June 27, 2014We’ll be taking a two-week summer break from our Friday Lit Links, returning on Friday, July 18th. In the meantime, you can follow us on Twitter @worldlittoday to keep up with all the latest…
June 18, 2014Often called Australia’s “queen of the short story,” Cate Kennedy is the award-winning author of novels, poetry, short fiction, and travel memoir. Her…
April 29, 2014Every month, new English translations appear. Here are three of April’s offerings.Navidad & MatanzaCarlos Labbé. Will Vanderhyden, tr.(Open Letter)In Chilean writer Carlos Labbé’s short metaf…
March 25, 2014The following four titles are new translations released this month and are ready to jump onboard your spring or summer reading lists. StoriesJoaquim Maria Machado de Assis, …
March 18, 2014New Vessel Press recently released The Good Life Elsewhere, Vladimir Lorchenkov’s scathing satire from Moldova. Born and currently living in Moldova, Lorchenkov is a laureate of Russia’s…
February 18, 2014A Conversation with Ross UfbergToday is the release date for The Good Life Elsewhere, Vladimir Lorchenkov’s scathing satire from Moldova. Born and currently living in Moldova, Lorchenkov is a…- February 15, 2013What a busy week—two holidays! This week’s links look across the globe at recent happenings, including literature festivals and upcoming events. Enjoy!News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe…
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