“The translation of poetry is poetry stretched to its very limits.”
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‘The Poet of Life Which was Merciless to Him’: Jabra Ibrahim Jabra on Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
The great Palestinian writer, who lived many years in Iraq, remembers his friend Badr Shakir al-Sayyab.
Read moreSunday Submissions: Global Africa Translation Fellowship
The Africa Institute invites for applications for their Global Africa Translation Fellowship until October 15, 2022.
Read moreMohammed Hasan Alwan’s ‘Ibn Arabi’s Small Death,’ tr. William Hutchins, Makes National Book Award Longlist
The ten titles on this year’s translated-literature longlist are from nine different languages. In addition to Arabic, there are books translated from Danish, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, and Spanish.
Read moreSunday Submissions: 2023 Sheikh Zayed Book Award
The 2023 Sheikh Zayed Book Award is open for submissions until October 1, 2022.
Read more#WorldKidLitMonth Giveaway: ‘Thunderbird’ Book One, by Sonia Nimr
To celebrate World Kid Lit Month, we are giving away copies of the first book in Palestinian novelist Sonia Nimr’s award-winning Thunderbird trilogy, now available in translation from University of Texas Press.
Read moreSunday Submissions: Khayrallah Prize
The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies is calling for submissions to their 2022 Khayrallah Prize, open until October 1.
Read moreDEADLINE EXTENDED for 2022 ArabLit Story Prize
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Read morePoetry by Najwan Darwish, Dhat Al-Himma Epic Make 2022 National Translation Awards Longlists
Yesterday evening, the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced the longlists for the 2022 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose.
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