Olga Slavnikova Reading
Where: Museum of Russian Art (MoRA), 80 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Causa Artium is proud to announce a Reading, Meeting and Discussion with Olga Slavnikova, one of the Crucial Figures in Russian Literature. Event is free and open to the public. Both English and Russian speakers are encouraged to ...
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Granta: The Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists
Where: Busboys & Poets, Washington D.C. (T) 202-387-7638 www.busboyandpoets.com Featured Authors: Andrés Barba (Spain), Javier Montes (Spain), Alberto Olmos (Spain), and renowned American authors: Peter Mauseau and Azar Nalisi. Moderators: Marie Arana, Writer-at-Large of The Washington Post and Valerie Miles, ...
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Hocus Bogus
Romain Gary was an immigrant from Russia, writer of the heroic Depression and World War II generation. He came to France with his mother in the 1930s. He attended law school in Provence and joined the Air Force in that decade. When the war broke out and France was occupied, he escaped and joined the free French army of ...
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And in Other Translation Prizes . . . [Polish Translations]
Last week, the Instytut Ksiazki announced that this year’s Transatlantyk Award was to Vlasta Dvořáčková, who translates Polish literature into Czech. Vlasta Dvořáčková is the most important Czech translator of Czesław Miłosz, Tadeusz Różewicz, Wisława Szymborska, and Zbigniew Herbert. Ever since having ...
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2011 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize
Earlier this week, the Goethe Institut in Chicago announced that Jean Snook was this year’s winner of the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for her translation of Austrian writer Gert Jonke’s The Distant Sound, which was published by Dalkey Archive Press. Here’s what the jury had to ...
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Europa Editions Celebrates 100
Where: R.J. Julia Booksellers, 786 Boston Post Rd, Madison, CT 06443 Europa Editor-in-Chief Michael Reynolds tells the stories behind the publication of Europa’s best known books and discusses highlights from the upcoming summer and fall ...
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Granta: The Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists
Where: The Cervantes Institute Chicago, Chicago (T) 312-335-1996 www.chicago.cervantes.es Featured Authors: Andrés Barba (Spain), Javier Montes (Spain), Alberto Olmos (Spain), editor of Granta John Freeman, and renowned American author of Bosnian origin, Aleksandar Hemon. Moderators: Valerie Miles, Publishing Director of ...
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