Friday Finds: On Translating Sudanese Fiction
The stories are part of a special portfolio of fiction from established and emerging Sudanese writers.
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
‘When Darkness Falls’: On the Shortened, Brilliant Life of Iraqi Author Hayat Sharara
“The word eib rings in my head, it is eib to love, to sing, to get sick, to divorce, to show your emotions…and.…and. I felt these social chains were burdening me with fear, despair, and confusion, and I almost abandoned work on the book, but when I looked at the materials that I had collected, I knew that if I didn’t publish it now, it would never be published.”
Katharine Halls Wins PEN/Heim to Translate Haytham El-Wardany’s ‘Things That Can’t Be Fixed’
Eleven projects from 10 languages have won 2021 PEN/Heim translation grants.
Upcoming Poetry Translation Centre Workshop, Focus: Mostafa Ibrahim
Places are limited, so organizers ask that those who book arrange to attend both sessions: Tuesday March 16 and Tuesday 23, from 18:30-20:00 GMT.
New in Translation: A Story from ‘Bed for the King’s Daughter’
“When it sidled up beside me at the traffic light, I turned and saw a coffin through the side glass panel.”
Monday Poetry: Ghareeb Iskander’s ‘Great Perplexity’
“In translating Derek Walcott / Words stalk / Like egrets do / In his later poems / Where he wanted / To speak of regret”
Sunday Submissions: Words Without Borders Communications Internship
The internship, which offers a stipend of $200 per week, requires a commitment of sixteen hours a week over the course of three months.
Saturday Events: Emily Drumsta on ‘Revolt Against the Sun’
The Brown University event is set for 12 – 1 p.m. EST on February 3, 2021. You can register to attend the webinar or follow on YouTube.
Friday Finds: Excerpt from Rula Jurdi’s ‘Camera Obscura’
Near the end of the excerpt, as Nour falls asleep, she thinks about how her own father “in a matter of days, transformed into an entirely different person.”