Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation goes to Uta Szyszkowitz (Austria) and Ahmet Cemal (Turkey)

Jun 23, 2014 | Austria

Tags: AustriaAt the end of June, Austria’s most prestigious award for literary translators, the Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation,will be presented in Klagenfurt. The 2013 prize goes to Dr. Uta Szyszkowitz, Austrian translator from French and English and...

CEATL Annual General Meeting (4-7 June 2014, Berlin)

Jun 22, 2014 | Europe

Tags: EuropeFrom 4 to 7 June 2014 CEATL held its Annual General Meeting at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. CEATL welcomed the Icelandic Association of Translators and Interpreters, Bandalag þýðenda og túlka, as a new member. The association will be represented by...

Special award of Publishers’ Union of Turkey for imprisoned translator Tonguç Ok

Jun 18, 2014 | Turkey

Tags: TurkeyOn 4 June during its annual award ceremony for the Prizes for Freedom of Thought and Expression the Publishers’ Union of Turkey (Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği; TYB) awarded its Special Prize to translator Mr Tonguç Ok. Ok (40) started his career as a translator...

Round table on Spanish translations of Basque literature (Madrid, 6 June 2014)

Jun 17, 2014 | Basque Country

Tags: Basque CountryOn 6 June the Etxepare Basque Institute organised a round table with the title ‘Writing in Basque, publishing in Spanish’, which was held during the Madrid Book Fair and organized in collaboration with the Editors Guild of Euskadi. Participants...

Dublin IMPAC award for Juan Gabriel Vásquez and translator Anne McClean

Jun 13, 2014 | Ireland

Tags: IrelandThe 2014 International Impac Dublin Literary Award has gone to Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez for his novel The Sound of Things Falling (El ruido de las cosas al caer), translated by Canadian Anne McClean, and published in the UK by Bloomsbury....