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Tag: Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Building Bridges interview series

Building Bridges interview series: Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Posted on 19th Nov, 201919th Nov, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Antonia Lloyd-Jones is a prizewinning translator from Polish, and recipient of the Transatlantyk award for the most outstanding promoter of Polish literature abroad (awarded in…

Interview

Building Bridges: Translating Women interview series 2019

Posted on 23rd Aug, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

In the springtime this year, I published a remarkable interview with translator Sophie Hughes. Shortly after Sophie’s interview I received a small grant to travel…

Opinion post

Changing the status quo: the 2019 Man Booker International prize

Posted on 21st May, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Tonight the winner of the 2019 Man Booker International prize will be announced, and it’s something of a landmark year for women in translation. I…

Opinion post

The Man Booker International 2019 longlist: picks, celebrations, and regrets

Posted on 21st Mar, 201921st Mar, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

The picks Last week saw the announcement of the Man Booker Prize longlist, and with it a remarkable and welcome surge of women in translation:…

Review

A murder mystery with a difference: Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Posted on 11th Sep, 201825th Mar, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2018 Man Booker International prizewinner Olga Tokarczuk returns with this crime-mystery-noir novel set in rural Poland.…

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official_fozWill Forrester@official_foz·
3 Jan

Translators anywhere in the world: @englishpen's #PENPresents is now open for proposals to create sample translations of previously untranslated works

🔵 in any language
🔴 of any form & genre
🟠 from any region
🟣 of any era.

w/ @translatewomen.

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GlobalLitinGlobalLiteratureinLibrariesInitiative@GlobalLitin·
3 Jan

Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo, tr. by Charlotte Coombe – an entertaining story collection... probes corners of society that remain largely impenetrable. It’s unapologetic – as well as humorous & devastating in turn. A review:

https://t.co/RZkzDgP0D3

#ColombianLit #WIT

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ifru_londonInstitut français UK@ifru_london·
14 Dec

#BookOfTheWeek
Nina Bouraoui's Satisfaction is an intimate glimpse into Mme Akli's life, her thoughts, feelings & impressions in 1970s Algeria, exploring closure, desire & love gone astray

Satisfation, edited by @HeloisePress translated by @aneesa50abbas

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LLCatEdinburghLLCatEdinburgh@LLCatEdinburgh·
12 Dec

Earlier this year, we spoke to graduate @rosie_hedger who came to university after @LEAPS1996, fell in love with Norwegian, and became a literary translator. Rosie works almost exclusively with female writers, inc. @marieau and @HelgaFlatland. https://t.co/JyuoQah5nf #LuciaFest

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translatewomenTranslating Women@translatewomen·
9 Dec

Another Tilted triumph... just read Monique Ilboudo's SO DISTANT FROM MY LIFE, a pulsing yet sobering story of emigration attempts, family bonds, unexpected generosity & global indifference in a vibrant translation by Yarri Kamara. @TiltedAxisPress blazing a trail once again.

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