Words Without Borders Announces 2020 Poems in Translation Contest. David Tomas Martinez to judge. Winning poems to be co-published in Poem-a-Day during National Translation Month. Winning Poems to Be Published on Poem-a-Day via The Academy of American Poets. More at https://bit.ly/WWBPoetry
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Until Next Year! Be Grateful: A Short Story by Éva Veronika Kalapos Translated from the Hungarian by Timea Balogh
The 7th edition of National Translation Month was a tremendous success! And we are very grateful to all the authors, translators, and event organizers who celebrated with us, and to our 6,000+ followers on social media whom we sought to inspire and engage. We close National Translation Month 2019 on a high note: September 30 […]
Be Grateful: A Short Story by Éva Veronika Kalapos Translated from the Hungarian by Timea Balogh
Today we’re delighted to share the frank and moving short story Be Grateful by Éva Veronika Kalapos translated from the Hungarian by Timea Balogh. The translator included a note on her process which gives some background on Kalapos’ work and speaks about the narrator’s “complicated relationship with her own body in a refreshing and refined […]
Spotlight on Women in Iranian Literature: The Book of Tehran (excerpt) Betrayal by Azardokht Bahrami Translated from the Persian by Poupeh Missaghi
Today, we continue National Translation Month’s tradition of featuring Iranian women writers and translators. We’re delighted to share an excerpt from the new collection of short stories The Book of Tehran published in March 2019 by Comma Press. We selected Betrayal by Azardokht Bahrami, translated by Poupeh Mizrahi, a short story that won the 2004 Sadeq […]
I’m Flying in the Airspace of a Room: Excerpt from Swedish by Gábor Schein Translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet
Today’s exquisite translation is an excerpt from the novel Swedish by the accomplished novelist Gábor Schein, translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet. Swedish narrates the story of an orphan, Ervin, given up for adoption by his fanatically Communist mother after the defeat of the Hungarian uprising by Soviet forces in 1956, and later consigned […]