The Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s 2020 literature longlist includes work from Iraq, Sudan, the UAE, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Tunisia.
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Arabic Literature: The 2020 Longlists
Five of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards’ nine categories are represented in longlistings reported from Abu Dhabi to date, with more to come.
Translator Marilyn Booth on World Arabic Language Day: ‘An Encouraging Sign’
Arabic-to-English translator Marilyn Booth tells us about the challenges and positive signals she sees for Arabic literature in translation to reach new readers.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s World Outreach Prompts Seven Translations from Arabic
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s international outreach and activities in 2019 have resulted in new rights deals for some of its winning titles.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The 2020 Longlist
Of 16 authors shortlisted for the 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, seven have been honored in the award cycles of previous years.
Kazakhstan’s Rollan Seisenbayev on Ecological Disaster: ‘I Heard My Heartbeat’
‘The Aral Sea did not dry up by itself. It was killed,’ says Rollan Seisenbayev, whose ‘The Dead Wander in the Desert’ is longlisted by PEN America.
PEN America Announces 2020 Longlists in Its $330,000 Literary Awards
Both the translation and poetry-in-translation prizes are included in the eight longlists released by PEN America for its 2020 literary awards program.
Canada’s 2019 Governor General’s Literary Awards Honor French and English Writings
The Canadian governor general welcomes winners of the 2019 prize cycle, which recognizes 14 titles from an initial submission of some 1,400 books.
Words Without Borders December: True Crime for the Holidays
In this ‘Words Without Borders’ issue on true crime, Susan Harris asks, for the reader, ‘Is this the truth of the case? And if not, how can I tell?’
India in Guadalajara: ‘Translation is Part of Our Mental Makeup’
India has sent Spanish translations and more than 100 authors to Mexico’s Guadalajara International Book Fair as the show’s guest of honor.