Review of The Dog of Tithwal in The Wall Street Journal
We are delighted to share that Boyd Tonkin's wonderful review of Saadat Hasan Manto's The Dog of Tithwal, translated from the Urdu by Khalid Hasan and Muhammad Umar Memon, was published today in The Wall Street Journal. Tonkin takes care to situate
Paulina Chiziane wins the 2021 Camões Prize
We're delighted to share that groundbreaking Mozambican writer, Paulina Chiziane, has won this year's Camões Prize. The Portuguese Culture Minister, Graça Fonseca, announced that “the jury unanimously decided to award the prize to Mozambican writer Paulina Chiziane, highlighting her vast
Allegria wins the 2021 National Translation Award in Poetry
We're thrilled to share that Geoffrey Brock has won the 2021 National Translation Award in Poetry for his translation of Giuseppe Ungaretti's Allegria! The National Translation Award, which is administered by the American Literary Translators Association, is the only national award
Every Song Mentioned in Moldy Strawberries
We're delighted to share a playlist of all the songs mentioned in Caio Fernando Abreu's Moldy Strawberries, translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato. Featuring music by Angela Ro Ro, Caetano Veloso, Dalva de Oliveira, Billie Holiday, and Carlos Vardel,
José Eduardo Agualusa wins the 2021 Portuguese PEN Prize for The Living and the Rest
We are delighted to announce that José Eduardo Agualusa has won the 2021 Portuguese PEN Prize for his novel, Os Vivos e os Outros (The Living and the Rest)! Archipelago is slated to publish the English translation of The Living and the
Maja Haderlap wins the 2021 Christine Lavant Prize
We're thrilled to share that Maja Haderlap -- writer, poet, and translator from German and Slovenian -- has won the 2021 Christine Lavant Prize for her extensive body of work! The prize honors a writer "who, like Christine Lavant, combines