The late Sonny Mehta’s widow, Gita, has endowed graduate writing study programs in England and in the United States.
Author H.M. Naqvi on the Complexities of Translating Urdu
‘Contemporary Urdu literature largely languishes,’ says the author H.M. Naqvi. And yet, he concedes, translating it poses ‘multifarious challenges.’
A True Passion Project: “Les Misérables” Translated Into Urdu
Les Misérables has been translated into some 20 languages, but since 1927 readers of Urdu have had to make due with a severely abridged edition, until now.
Urdu Publishing is Up, But Copyright Problems Persist
2013 was a good year for Urdu publishing, with several notable titles hitting bookstores, but unlicensed reprinting of copyright protected works persists.
NYRB Brings Back Pakistani Partition Novel Basti, A Tricky Translation
Recently reissued Basti by Pakistani Intizar Husain, arguably ‘the finest novel on Partition,’ underscores the numerous difficulties of literary translation.
Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu…Who Knew?: Words Without Borders’ Surprise Hit
By Chip Rossetti Last fall marked the release of Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, an anthology of modern Middle Eastern literature in translation that has had a surprising success in the American market. Tablet & Pen represents a fruitful collaboration between the literature-in-translation online magazine Words Without Borders and anthology editor Reza Aslan, author of …