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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Submissions sought for the ArabLit Story Prize 2020 as judges announced.
The ArabLit Story Prize 2020, which is seeking submissions, announced on March 15 that this year’s judges are Sawad Hussain, Hilal Chouman, and Donia Kamal.…
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Yarri Kamara receives PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant 2020.
Yarri Kamara was announced as a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant 2020 recipient on December 23, 2019. The PEN/Heim Translation Fund awards grants to promote the…
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Chibundu Onuzo’s novel “The Spider King Daughter” now available in Italian.
Chibundu Onuzo’s debut novel The Spider King Daughter is now available in Italian as La figlia del Re Ragno. Chibundu Onuzo, who started writing at…
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Ben Okri novel “The Freedom Artist” available in Italian.
Ben Okri’s most recent novel The Freedom Artist has been available in Italian as La Liberta since July 4, 2019. Ben Okri is one of…
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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s “Season of Crimson Blossoms” Tamil translation feted.
The Tamil translation of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s debut novel Season of Crimson Blossoms was announced as Tamil’s best translation of the year on December 8,…
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Noviolet Bulawayo’s “We Need New Names” available in Italian.
Noviolet Bulawayo’s award-winning debut novel We Need New Names is available in Italian as C‘è Bisogno Di Nuovi Nomi. In 2011, Noviolet Bulawayo won the…
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A Igoni Barrett’s debut novel “Blackass” available in Chinese.
A Igoni Barrett debut novel Blackass has been available to Chinese readers since 2017. We have covered A. Igoni Barrett on this blog mainly because…
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South African Literary Awards 2019 winners announced in Johannesburg.
The winners of the South African Literary Awards 2019 have been announced in Johannesburg this evening, November 7, 2019. The South African Literary Awards, popularly…
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Yewande Omotoso’s “The Woman Next Door” now available in Catalan.
Yewande Omotoso’s second novel The Woman Next Door is now available in Catalan as La Veina De Costat. Yewande Omotoso is the writer of two…
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Najwa Bin Shatwan, Sawad Hussain are ArabLit Story Prize 2019 winners.
Najwa Bin Shatwan and Sawad Hussain have been announced as the winners of the ArabLit Story Prize 2019 for The Sharp Bend at Al-Bakur today…
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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s “Season of Crimson Blossoms” now available in German.
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Season of Crimson Blossoms is now available in German. It was translated by Susan Urban and published by Residenz. In 2015, Nigerian…
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