A Very Incomplete List of Books by Women in Translation in 2020 [#WITMonth]

I know that I’m a day behind—trying to make up for that right now—but my goal for Women in Translation Month 2020 is to post something each and every day of the month related to this topic. I’m inviting any and all readers, translators, publishers to contribute to this and, with a lot of luck a bit of work, we should have a full month of lists, reviews, interviews, video readings, excerpts, and the like. And, hopefully, not all from me. (But if need be, I can totally knock out 31 days of recommendations, responses, and data breakdowns.)

For this first kick off post though, I’m going to cheat a bit. Keeping up with the Translation Database during COVID-19 has been so tricky. We don’t get mail, I’m trying to enter in books based on iPage searches, PW reviews, email, and Twitter references, so I know this list is totally incomplete. (If you want to help me out—please! I need soooo much help right now—feel free to add all missing titles here.) But, here’s what I have, at this moment, for 2020 works of fiction and poetry in translation that were written by women. (Later in the month, I’ll run a list of all books translated by women, but I want to fill out my database more first.)

Fiction:

Poetry:

This is embarrassing to me. I know that I’m missing a TON of books—especially in the last half of the year. By the end of the month, these lists will be much closer to complete—I promise. But for now, if you’re looking for a new #WIT book to read this month, this list is a decent enough starting place!

More analysis to come next weekend, but for the rest of this week, let’s actually talk about specific books.