Marian Schwartz » AATSEEL http://marianschwartz.com Translations from the Russian Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:12:32 +0000 en hourly 1 White Guard Wins AATSEEL Prize http://marianschwartz.com/2009/12/white-guard-wins-aatseel-prize/ http://marianschwartz.com/2009/12/white-guard-wins-aatseel-prize/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:14:32 +0000 mbs http://marianschwartz.com/2009/12/white-guard-wins-aatseel-prize/ I’m thrilled to announce that my translation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s White Guard has won the 2009 AATSEEL Award for Best Translation into English.  The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL), founded in 1941, “exists to advance the study and promote the teaching of Slavic and East European languages, literatures, and cultures on all educational levels, elementary through graduate school,”  and the AATSEEL seal of approval ensures that this translation will be used in classrooms for many years to come. 

Kudos to Yale University Press and its then senior editor Jonathan Brent for conceiving of the project and producing such a fine edition, with a serious and essential introductory essay by Professor Evgeny Dobrenko of the University of Sheffield in the UK.

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