The Sheikh Zayed Book Award longlists in Literature, Translation, ‘Development of Nations,’ and Literary and Art Criticism are here.
Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre and Zayed Award Enter a UK Translation Partnership
The new partnership highlights the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s translation prize and funding and supports the UK’s National Centre’s work.
Nomadic Press Wins CLMP’s Inaugural Constellation Award
Nomadic Press, the publisher winning the first Constellation Award, is an independent house based in California.
Rights Edition: Finland’s Oulu Stages the 2022 ‘Books Meet Rights’
The northern-Finnish rights-trading program ‘Black Hole: Books Meet Rights’ has its second annual outing, February 11 and 12.
International Rights Roundup: ‘Wordless Comics’ and Cat Pictures
Today’s Rights Roundup features writings from France, South Africa, Greece, Finland, and the United Kingdom.
Translator Sarah Enany Wins the 2021 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize
Praised by the jury for ‘faithfully echoing the style’ of author Rasha Adly, translator Sarah Enany wins the £3,000 Banipal Prize.
Words Without Borders: ‘Our Nueva York’ in Translation
In New York City, writers working in Spanish today have built support networks, writes Ulises Gonzales at ‘Words Without Borders.’
PEN’s 2022 Longlists Include International Poetry, Prose in Translation
The 2022 PEN America Literary Awards will confer a total of more than US$350,000 in prize winnings.
English PEN Announces Its Year-End Translation Grant Recipients
Titles receive English PEN grants to support translation into English from Arabic, Farsi, Catalan, Spanish, French, Chinese, Hindi, more.
Russian Court Closes Memorial International, 2021 Michalski Prize Winner
In what France’s foreign minister terms ‘a terrible loss,’ Moscow’s high court closes the organization and publisher Memorial International.