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Translation events at 20th Festivaletteratura (Mantua, 7-11 September 2016)

Translation events at 20th Festivaletteratura (Mantua, 7-11 September 2016)

The 20th Festivaletteratura, Italy’s most important literary festival, will be held from 7 to 11 September in Mantua.

This year’s translation slam (10 September at 3 pm) features the Spanish-Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II and two of his many Italian translators, Gina Maneri and Silvia Sichel, who will joust over an unpublished piece of journalism by the author. […]

Tracing history through translation: International workshop on translation history in Oslo, Norway

The Society of Authors Translation Prizes 2015

On 25 February the Translation Prizes of the Society of Authors were presented in an award ceremony at Europe House, London.

The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize (£3,000) for translation from the Arabic was awarded to Sinan Antoon for his translation of his own novel The Corpse Washer. […]

The Glass Translator – ‘Weltlesebühne’ celebrates International Translation Day in Germany and beyond

On the occasion of St Jerome’s Day (30 September), ‘Weltlesebühne’, an organisation founded by members of the German Literary Translators’ Association (VdÜ),  has arranged a series of events all over Germany. In cooperation with the Robert Bosch Foundation and the German Goethe Institute the programme also offers events in a number of cities around the world.

Tracing history through translation: International workshop on translation history in Oslo, Norway

Tenth anniversary of Translation House Looren marked with literature and music

Since 2005, Translation House Looren in Switzerland has been hosting literary translators, organising workshops in literary translation, and providing readings for the general public.

To mark its 10th anniversary, actors Claudia Carigiet and Jürg Kienberger have created a multilingual literary and musical program entitled Teufelsbrücken (‘Devil’s Bridges’). The programme will have its premiere on 5 September in Looren, and will then tour Switzerland until 17 December 2015. […]