At its fundraising gala this autumn, the nonprofit organization behind the magazine ‘Words Without Borders’ will honor the University of Rochester’s Chad Post for his longtime leadership in the American translation and publishing community.
Women in Translation Month: Three Percent’s Chad Post Runs the Numbers
‘Keep an eye on Danish,’ Open Book and Three Percent’s Chad Post advises. ‘That seems to be the hot language for women writers’ in translation.’
‘Ghettoizing the Translations’: Chad Post on Marketing Books in Translation
What’s done to help sell standard books, but not to help sell books in translation? In a telling interview, Chad Post talks about differences in marketing.
Are We Publishing Too Many Literary Translations?
Alex Zucker, translator and co-chair of the Translation Committee at PEN, wonders whether more focus on fewer translations would help the books sell better.
Open Letter Book’s Chad Post on the State of Translation
Open Letter Books publisher Chad Post talks with Caitlyn Christensen at Sampsonia Way about the contemporary literary scene, publishing and translation.
Announcing Three Percent’s ‘World Cup of Literature’
This June and July, Three Percent—the University of Rochester’s resource for international literature—will be holding their first ever World Cup of Literature.
Krasznahorkai and Stanescu Win the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards
A pair of Eastern European authors — Laszlo Krasznahorki and Nichita Stanescu — take home the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards.
Winners of Best Translated Book Award 2012 Announced
The Best Translated Book Award, founded by Three Percent and sponsored by Amazon, honored a book of fiction and a book of poetry on May 4.
The Three Percent Problem Available as an E-book, Buy on Friday
The Three Percent Problem: Rants and Responses on Publishing, Translation, and the Future of Reading is now available as a $2.99 e-book.
Fiction Longlist Announced for 2011 Best Translated Book Awards
By Hannah Johnson Now in its fifth year, the Best Translated Book Awards (BTBA) fiction longlist highlights 25 translated works of literature published in the United States in 2010. The longlist represents authors from 19 countries writing in 12 languages. The award was started in 2007 by Three Percent, a blog about literature in translation from Open Letter Press. Co-founder …
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