Upcoming Translation Events (Virtual & In-Person): July 2024
Tuesday, July 2:
Austrian German in Literature and Translation | The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is hosting an event focused on Austrian German in literature and translation on the occasion of German Language Day at the United Nations. This event will feature a reading by Austrian writer Daniela Emminger and her translator, Alta L. Price, as well as opening remarks from Melina Tsiamos, ACFNY Deputy Director, and Eva-Maria Bellinger, Reviser (German Translation Section), Documentation Division DGACM, United Nations. In-person. Hosted by the Austrian Cultural Forum New York. More info here. Starts at 6:30 p.m. (ET)
Tuesday, July 9:
Book Launch Event: Toward Eternity by Anton Hur | Yu & Me Books presents Anton Hur, in conversation with Joseph Osmundson for Hur’s novel, Toward Eternity. In-person. Hosted by Yu & Me Books. More info here. 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Thursday, July 11:
Launching The Thorn of Your Name by Víctor Terán, translated by Shook | The Thorn Of Your Name is a carefully curated selection of poems, drawing from the whole of Terán’s poetic oeuvre. The poems are translated into English by his long-time translator and interlocutor, the poet Shook, working from Spanish bridge-translations made by the author. This online event will feature breathtaking readings from Terán and Shook in Zapotec Isthmus and English, followed by a Q&A chaired by Leo Boix. This trilingual event will be live interpreted so anyone with Spanish or English can join. Virtual. Hosted by the Poetry Translation Centre. More info here. Starts at 1:00 p.m. (ET)
Tuesday, July 23:
Meet the World: River in an Ocean | Join Yasmine Haj, Nedra Rodrigo, and Lisa Ndejuru, as they discuss writing, translation, memory and displacement in relation to Palestine, Sri Lanka and Rwanda. Virtual. Hosted by the National Centre for Writing. More info here. 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Book Launch Event: Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel by Yoko Tawada, translated by Susan Bernofsky | Yu & Me Books presents Susan Bernofsky in conversation with Anelise Chen. In-person. Hosted by Yu & Me Books. More info here. 6:00 - 7:30 pm. (ET)
Wednesday, July 24:
Book Launch Event: The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani, translated by Sam Bett | Yu & Me Books presents Sam Bett, in conversation with Janet Lee for Akira Otani’s novel, The Night of Baba Yaga. In-person. Hosted by Yu & Me Books. More info here. 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Friday, July 26:
Us & Them: A Writer-Translator Reading Series | Kira Josefsson (Judith Kiros, Sweden), Jacqui Cornetta (María Miranda, Peru/Italy), Stine An (Song Seung Eon, South Korea), and Gwendolyn Harper (Pedro Lemebel, Chile) present original writing and new translations. In-person. Hosted by Molasses Books. More information here. Starts at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
Wednesday, July 31:
In Translation: Megan McDowell on The Obscene Bird of Night with Hari Kunzru | José Donoso’s The Obscene Bird of Night was one of the most brilliantly bizarre novels of “The Boom” of Latin American literature and one of the greatest novels of the century. In New Directions’s reissue—celebrating the centennial of its author’s birth—star translator Megan McDowell has revised and updated the classic translation, restoring nearly twenty pages of previously untranslated text mysteriously cut from the 1972 edition. Novelist Hari Kunzru (Red Pill) joins McDowell for a conversation and celebration of this newly complete edition of Donoso’s kaleidoscopic masterpiece. Hybrid (In-person and Virtual). Hosted by the Center for Fiction. More info here. Starts at 7:00 p.m. (ET)
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