Tags: HungaryThe Hungarian Translators’ Association mourns the death of its president, Professor István Géher. Poet, literary translator, essayist, critic, eminent Shakespeare scholar and Professor Emeritus at the Budapest University of Arts, Professor Géher died on...
Tags: SloveniaOn 14 June 2012 the most important literary translation prize in Slovenia, ‘Sovretova nagrada’ (Award Sovre) was awarded to Branko Gradisnik for his translation of a masterpiece by Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, and to Brane Senegacnik for his bilingual...
Tags: HungaryThe Association of Hungarian Literary Translators (MEGY) held its third annual Literary Translators’ Vocational Weekend between May 11th and 13th 2012, in picturesque Dobogókő, near Budapest. The get-together featured translators’ presentations and...
Tags: BulgariaThis month the winners of the annual national Hristo G. Danov award for contribution to Bulgarian literary culture were announced. In the field of literary translation the award was given to Yana Bukova for her translation of Pythian odes by Pindar. The...
Tags: ItalyStrade Magazine, the new webzine of the Syndicate of Italian Literary Translators (STRADE) was presented on 6 June at the “Casa delle Traduzioni” in Rome. The goal of the magazine is to promote a realistic vision of the trade and to claim a place for...