Archipelago Named a Top 25 Indie Press by Flavorwire!
Jason Diamond of Flavorwire writes: This New York-based nonprofit press started out in 2003 with a mission to publish the finest translated classic and contemporary world literature. A decade later, with titles originally written in Polish, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese, and just about
Mircea Cărtărescu Comes to North America!
This month we invite you to come out and help us welcome Mircea Cărtărescu as he journeys to North America to celebrate the launch of his remarkable novel Blinding, beautifully translated from the Romanian by Sean Cotter. Twin Cities, Minnesota - October 12, 10:30
We've just launched a KICKSTARTER!
Dear Friends: we've been hard at work creating a campaign to publish a SPECIAL HARDCOVER EDITION of Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle: Book One! Consider supporting our KICKSTARTER! With exciting rewards like: a copy of BOOK THREE one month before publication!a special POSTER of the cover
BLINDING included in The New Criterion’s Critic’s Notebook
Brian P. Kelly included Mircea Cărtărescu's Blinding in his Critic's Notebook on The New Criterion website for September: Fiction: Blinding by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter: A hallucinatory trip through the history of Bucharest, Cărtărescu’s novel follows its protagonist from his family’s early history, through his childhood
MY STRUGGLE on Flavorwire’s Top 50 Fiction Translations List
Jason Diamond of Flavorwire included My Struggle on his list of 50 Works of Fiction in Translation that Every English Speaker Should Read : One of the great ongoing literary events is the translation of this Norwegian author’s six autobiographical books that, yes,
Happy Birthday, Breyten!
Today is the birthday of South African writer and artist Breyten Breytenbach. Find more information on Breyten and his works here.
Monica Seger Reviews Antonio Tabucchi’s “The Woman of Porto Pim” in World Literature Today
The Woman of Porto Pim is an odd sort of treasure: a collage of literary fragments that together craft a portrait of both a place and a sentiment. Including letters, biographical entries, quotations from the likes of Melville and Michelet,
Elizabeth Harris, a 2013 PEN Award Winner, on Translating Tabucchi
Elizabeth Harris interviewed on the PEN American Center website: "My translation of Antonio Tabucchi’s Tristano muore (Tristano Dies) came about because I love Archipelago Books. I contacted Jill Schoolman, Archipelago’s publisher, and asked if she might consider me for a project;
David Colmer Interviewed in The American Reader
Jan Steyn interviews David Colmer in The American Reader: JS: Can you say a word or two about the place of Claus in Dutch letters and in translation before this volume? DC: If you talk about post-war Dutch-language literature, writers who emerged after the
Jan Steyn reviews Even Now in The Quarterly Conversation
"Hugo Claus (1928-2008) has with good reason been called the single most important figure in Flemish letters, a giant of Post-War European literature, and among finest to ever use the Dutch language. His acclaim is not limited to his native