Announcing the Women's World Cup of Literature!
Last summer, to coincide with the Real Life World Cup, we hosted the World Cup of Literature, an incredible competition featuring 32 books from 32 countries, and ending with Roberto Bola帽o’s By Night in Chile (Chile) triumphing over Valeria Luiselli’s Faces in the Crowd (Mexico). It was glorious. Since the ...
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BTBA 2015 Winners: Can Xue and Roc铆o Cer贸n!
The eighth annual Best Translated Book Awards were announced at BookExpo America this afternoon, with Can Xue糖心传媒檚 The Last Lover, translated from the Chinese by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen, taking home the award for fiction, and Roc铆o Cer贸n糖心传媒檚 Diorama, translated from the Spanish by Anna Rosenwong, winning in poetry. ...
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A Few Good Reviews
Over the past few days, a few great reviews for Open Letter authors popped up online, all of which are worth sharing and reading. First up is P.T. Smith’s review for Full Stop of S枚lvi Bj枚rn Sigur冒sson’s The Last Days of My Mother, translated from the Icelandic by Helga Soff铆a Einarsd贸ttir: As a ...
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