Absolute Solitude longlisted for National Translation Award
Dulce María Loynaz's collection of prose poems, Absolute Solitude, translated from the Spanish by James O'Connor was recently longlisted for the 2017 National Translation Award in Poetry. Absolute Solitude is the first major selection dedicated to Dulce María Loynaz's prose poetry. Susan
Daniel Hahn to establish First Translation Prize from his International DUBLIN Literary Award Winnings
Daniel Hahn plans to donate half of his winnings from the International Dublin Literary Award to fund a new prize for debut translators. José Eduardo Agualusa and Daniel Hahn were recently awarded the prestigious prize for Agualusa’s groundbreaking novel, A
José Eduardo Agualusa and Daniel Hahn win International DUBLIN Literary Award
José Eduardo Agualusa and Daniel Hahn have won the International Dublin Literary Award for the brilliant translation of Agualusa's novel, A General Theory of Oblivion. This is the sixth book on which Agualusa and Hahn have collaborated. Hahn says: “My career began with Agualusa.”
Karl Ove Knausgaard Named 2017 Laureate for Jerusalem Prize in Literature
This year’s Jerusalem Prize for literature will be awarded to the Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard, who is known chiefly for My Struggle, a six-book series of autobiographical novels. The prize is awarded every two years to a writer whose work,