2011 Nordic Council Literature Prize [Other Awards: Part III]
As announced yesterday, Icelandic author Gyrðir ElÃasson has won the 2011 Nordic Council Literature Prize for his short story collection Milli trjánna. From the Adjudicating Committee (! — great name . . . we don’t use the word “adjudicating” near enough in our modern vernacular): “The ...
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2011 IFFP Shortlist [Some Other Awards: Part II]
The Shortlist for the 2011 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was announced on Monday and is a really interesting group of six titles: Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky from the German Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras, translated by Frank Wynne from the Spanish The Museum of Innocence ...
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Some Other Literary Awards [Part I]
The ten-title shortlist for the 2011 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Awards (caps ALL theirs) was announced yesterday. It’s a strange list, one that, for an international award, is remarkably English . . . 1. Galore by Michael Crummey (Canadian). Doubleday Canada 2. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver ...
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The Leg of Lamb: Its Life and Works
“The President of the Republic could be seen in the distance, dressed in a diving suit and accompanied by the King of Greece, who seemed so young that one had the urge to teach him how to read.” The defining traits-cum-pleasures of surrealism—hallucinatory imagery, dark humor and irreverence toward ...
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Ernesto Cardenal Reading Tour
Where: Denison University, Denison, Ohio in the Burton D. Morgan Welsh Hills Room Poet Erenesto Cardenal’s first stop of his 12-city tour in North America. The tour coincides with the release of his latest work The Origin of Species and Other Poems. Cardenal will be reading from his new collection. Please contact ...
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A Thousand Peaceful Victories
On Sunday, the Northern California Book Awards took place, and David Frick won for his translation from the Polish of Jerzy Pilch’s A Thousand Peaceful Cities. In honor of this accomplishment, we’re going to spend the day here at Open Letter with “a billion barrels of beer.” No, but seriously, we will. ...
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Second Annual Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize
Details about the Second Annual Young Translators’ Prize (brought to you by Harvill Secker and Foyles) are now available online: The Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize was launched in 2010 as part of Harvill Secker’s centenary celebrations. It is an annual prize, which focuses on a different language ...
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