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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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Announcing the 2016 Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA) Shortlist!

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rcldaum

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2016 Italian Prose in Translation Award. Starting in 2015, the Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA) recognizes the importance of contemporary Italian prose (fiction and literary non-fiction) and … 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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2016 ALTA Travel Fellow: Nicholas Glastonbury

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rcldaum

Nicholas Glastonbury, 2016 ALTA Travel Fellow (Turkish) Nicholas Glastonbury is a translator and writer based in Brooklyn. He is a PhD student in cultural anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He received his BA … Continue reading →

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