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Mikhail Shishkin Wins Major International Prize

By mbs | Published: June 21, 2011

Maidenhair, by Mikhail Shishkin, which I am currently translating for Open Letter Books, has just won the International Literature Award for its German translation. My publisher at Open Letter, Chad Post, writes: Every year, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the foundation “Elementarteilchen” award the International Literature Award to the best book translated into [...]

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Mikhail Shishkin’s Maidenhair

By mbs | Published: March 28, 2011

Shishkin has won both the National Big Book Prize (2006) and National Bestseller Prize (2005) for Maidenhair, which I am now translating for Open Letter, with publication slated for 2012. The book has also won prizes in France, Italy, and China. My favorite review of the original Russian text comes from Yana Sokolova, “Chitalny zal”: [...]

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Reading the World Conversation Series, Wednesday, October 1, 2008

By mbs | Published: September 29, 2008

I’m going to be featured in this Translators Roundtable, discussing obstacles and opportunities related to literary translation. The roundtable also includes Edward Gauvin, translator of French graphic novels filmscripts; Michael Emmerich, translator of young Japanese writers; and Martha Tennent, who translates Catalan literature. This event is free and open to the public. Reading the World [...]

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