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Announcing the 2016 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize Shortlist!

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rcldaum

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is delighted to announce the 5-title shortlist for the 2016 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize. Lucien Stryk was an internationally acclaimed translator of Japanese and Chinese Zen poetry, renowned Zen poet himself, and former professor of … Continue reading →

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2016 ALTA Travel Fellow: Kelsi Vanada

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rcldaum

Kelsi Vanada, 2016 ALTA Travel Fellow (Spanish) Kelsi Vanada is studying Literary Translation in the MFA program at the University of Iowa, and will graduate in the spring. She came to translation by way of her involvement with the International … Continue reading →

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2016 ALTA Travel Fellow: Haider Shahbaz

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rcldaum

Haider Shahbaz, 2016 ALTA Travel Fellow (Urdu) Being from Pakistan – a country where both English and Urdu are official languages, and where a host of regional languages are commonly spoken – Haider learned the importance of translation early in … Continue reading →

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Meet the 2016 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentees!

Posted on August 29, 2016 by rcldaum

French, Polish, Russian, and Singaporean mentorships Book-length project to be completed during mentorship year Projects to be presented at ALTA39: Translation & Crossings (October 6-9, 2016 in Oakland, CA) ALTA is pleased to announce the mentees for the second year … Continue reading →

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Sabrina Jaszi (2016 ALTA Mentee)

Posted on August 26, 2016 by rcldaum

 Sabrina Jaszi is a fiction writer and translator of Russian fiction and poetry, based in Illinois. She earned her M.F.A. in fiction writing from the University of Florida and also holds an M.S. in Library Science from the University of … Continue reading →

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