David Diop’s At Night All Blood is Black is on the Man Booker International Prize 2021 shortlist announced on April 22, 2021. The Man Booker…
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Bernardine Evaristo, Maaza Mengiste on Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2021 longlist.
Bernardine Evaristo and Maaza Mengiste are on the longlist for Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2021 announced on April 20, 2020. Gregor von Rezzori was an…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, David Diop on Man Booker International Prize 2021 longlist.
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and David Diop are on the longlist of the Man Booker International Prize 2021 announced on March 29, 2021. The Man Booker…
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English PEN Translates Awards feature African writers.
Books by Agnès Agboton, Djamila Morani, Ibrahima Balde and Amets Arzallus Antia feature on the English PEN Translates awards announced on February 10, 2021. PEN…
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Translations: Helon Habila, Max Lobe, Koleka Putuma, Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Translations for books by Helon Habila, Max Lobe, Koleka Putuma, and Sarah Ladipo Manyika are currently available for your reading pleasure. Title: Drei Weise Aus…
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Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation 2020 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation 2020 was announced on November 24, 2020. The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize is an annual…
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Kiswahili Day at Afrolit Sans Frontières African Languages Edition.
Kiswahili was the first language featured at the Afrolit Sans Frontières African Languages Edition on October 26, 2020. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival…
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Scholastique Mukasonga launches “Igifu” at Transnational Series Presents.
Scholastique Mukasonga launched Igifu at Transnational Series Presents on September 30, 2020. She was in conversation with Maaza Mengiste with translation by Omar Berrada. Scholastique Mukasonga…
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Aida Edemariam, Olivette Otele are International Booker Prize 2021 judges.
Aida Edemariam and Olivette Otele are on the judging panel of the International Booker Prize 2021 announced on September 7, 2020. The International Booker Prize…
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Translation: Bernardine Evaristo and Laila Lalami.
In which we recommend new titles from Bernardine Evaristo and Laila Lalami now available in translation. Translation is a vital aspect in the publishing arena…
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Translation: Bernardine Evaristo’s ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ now available in Greek.
Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other is now available in Greek. Girl, Woman, Other is the eighth novel written by Bernardine Evaristo, published…
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Maryse Condé, Stella Gaitano are English PEN Translation 2020 winners.
Maryse Condé and Stella Gaitano are among the nineteen winners of the English PEN Translation Awards 2020 announced on June 10, 2020. English PEN is…
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James Noël, Chigozie Obioma receive German Internationaler Literaturpreis 2020.
James Noël and Chigozie Obioma received the Internationaler Literaturpreis 2020 awarded by Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures) on June 6,…
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Christopher Mlalazi’s “Running With Mother” now available in Spanish.
Christopher Mlalazi’s novel Running With Mother is now available in Spanish from Mexican outfit El Sotano. Bulawayo-born Christopher Mlalazi is the writer of several titles…
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Bernardine Evaristo’s “Girl, Woman, Other” now available in Spanish.
Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker Award-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other is now available in Spanish from Alianza de Novelas. Bernardine Evaristo has been doing us proud for…
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