Virtual Event: David Colmer to be presented The James Brockway Prize
David Colmer has been recognized for his prolific poetry translations with the James Brockway Prize! The award, run by the Dutch Foundation for Literature, is valued at 5,000 euros and will be presented in Rotterdam at this week's edition of
David Colmer wins the 2021 James Brockway Prize
We are thrilled to share that David Colmer—translator of Dutch literature across the genres of literary fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and poetry—has been awarded the James Brockway Prize for 2021! The prize, which is run by the Dutch Foundation for Literature, recognizes
Review of Even Now in AGENDA (Belgium)
Belgian critic Michael Bellon reviewed Hugo Claus's Even Now, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer, for AGENDA: Colmer always opts to render the vitality and the natural power of the language rather than slavishly copying the rhymes, alliterations, and meanings. In the epilogue,