Archipelago’s Jill Schoolman in conversation with fellow independent publishers in Poets & Writers
Poets & Writers new issue has arrived, and includes a great roundtable conversation with independent publishers doing work in translation. Joining Archipelago's Publisher, Jill Schoolman, are editors and publishers from New Directions, Two Lines Press, Open Letter Books, and Europa Editions. The conversation
Ivan Vladislavić on flying, literary death, and Sherwood Anderson at Lit Hub
Archipelago author Ivan Vladislavić has a new essay featured on Lit Hub. Read it here. Vladislavić’s novel The Folly, our first fall book, is out now. The Folly is mysterious, lyrical and wickedly funny - a masterful novel about loving and fearing your neighbor. You can
Scholastique Mukasonga a finalist for FT/OppenheimerFunds’ Emerging Voices Award
We're pleased to announce that Scholastique Mukasonga, author of Our Lady of the Nile, has been named a finalist for FT/OppenheimerFunds' Emerging Voices Award. Read more about the prize and check out the list of other finalists in fiction here. Winners will be announced at
Looking Ahead to My Struggle: Book Six at Los Angeles Review of Books
At Los Angeles Review of Books Archipelago translator Morten Høi Jensen unpacks "The Name and the Number," Karl Ove Knausgaard's essayistic examination of Hitler in the sixth, and final book of the My Struggle series. "One of the most eccentric and fascinating texts
Corsino Fortes (1933-2015), renowned Cape Verdean poet, dies at 82
http://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/morreu-corsino-fortes-poeta-e-diplomata-de-cabo-verde-1703053
Scholastique Mukasonga & Elias Khoury Longlisted for the Emerging Voices Award
We're pleased to announce that Scholastique Mukasonga's Our Lady of the Nile & Elias Khoury's forthcoming novel Broken Mirrors were both longlisted for the FT/OppenheimerFunds' Emerging Voices Award. Read more about the award here.
Michael Biggins wins Lavrinova Diploma Award from Slovenian Literary Translators’ Association!
In June, Archipelago translator Michael Biggins was recognized for "his translation oeuvre, his aesthetic perfection, and his role as an intermediary between Slovenia and the English-speaking world" by the Slovenian Literary Translators' Association. The ceremony was held in Ljublana, Slovenia. Read
Karl Ove Knausgaard Interviewed for VICE
Watch the full interview with VICE, days before the release of My Struggle: Book Four, here.
Breyten Breytenbach Interviewed by Jeune Afrique
The French publication Jeune Afrique interviewed Breyten Breytenbach for its latest issue. Read the interview here.
Tess Lewis & Donald Nicholson-Smith Finalists for 2015 French-American Translation Prize
The French-American Foundation has just released its list of the 2015 Translation Prize Finalists. Among them are Archipelago translators Tess Lewis and Donald Nicholson-Smith. Lewis was nominated for her translation of Privy Portrait by Jean-Luc Benoziglio (Seagull Books), and Nicholson-Smith was