Neologisms
This isn’t related to international literature per se, but Erin McKean’s Boston Globe column about what makes a word real is very interesting. And, maybe, tangentially related to issues translators face. (OK, it’s a stretch, although freeing themselves to come up with new words when necessary, could benefit ...
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Comments on Dimissing Translations
Yesterday’s post about how to dismiss translations caused a good deal of discussion in the comments section, ranging from Monica’s question about whether other cultures have this same authenticity/accuracy/I-can’t-judge-without-knowing-the-original language issues (I doubt it, but would love to hear from ...
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Javier Marias's Publishing Venture
Literary Saloon pointed us to this El Pais article entitled “Esta absurda aventura” (This Absurd Adventure) about Javier Marias’s Reino de Redonda publishing house. (For non-Marias fans, here’s a short history of the Kingdom of Redonda and Marias’s ties to it. It really is a fun story and cool ...
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Oscar Villalon and the S.F. Chronicle
This is pretty depressing news: San Francisco Chronicle books editor Oscar Villalon is leaving the paper, having taken a buyout. Buyouts have been looming at the paper, which has been suffering from worsening financial woes along with other major dailies throughout the country. Villalon’s last day will be Friday, and it is ...
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How to Dismiss Translations
I sort of understand what Daniel Green is trying to do in this post in which he explains why he doesn’t focus on translated fiction in his blog. And since it is his blog, I have no complaint about his not wanting to write about international literature (except on rare occasions like the piece about Tulli’s Flaw). ...
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Prix de la Traduction Litteraire
Given out annually by the French Community of Belgium, the Prix de la Traduction Litteraire honors translators who have helped disseminate Belgian literature written in French. This year the award has been given to Philip Mosley for his translation of Maurice Maeterlinck’s The Intelligence of Flowers, which is available ...
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The Invisible Library
Started in a post by Levi Stahl on Ivebeenreadinglately, the Invisible Library idea is catching on and now has it’s own website. Earlier this summer, inspired by book-filled novels by Graham Greene and Vladimir Nabokov, I hit upon the idea of using the Internet to start a catalog of books that exist only within ...
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