In Conversation: Palestinian Poet Olivia Elias
On September 28, 2023, around book-launch events in Brooklyn, Palestinian poet Olivia Elias — based in France — sat down with translators Sarah Riggs and Jérémy Victor Robert to talk […]
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National Translation Award in Poetry Goes to Robyn Creswell for Translation of Iman Mersal’s ‘The Threshold’
November 12, 2023 — Yesterday, the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced the winners of their 2023 prose and poetry awards, as part of the organization’s annual conference. This year’s National Translation […]
Two Translations from Arabic Shortlisted for 2023 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation has announced their 2023 shortlist, which includes two books translated from Arabic: the powerful work of literary reportage What Have You Left Behind, by Bushra […]
Sudanese Sound Poet Kamal Elgizouli Dies ‘After a Life Full of Giving’
NOVEMBER 6, 2023 — Sudanese sound poet and human-rights lawyer Kamal Elgizouli, whose work “pops and bristles with his iconic and vibrant marriage of pictorial and auditory,” died in the early […]
Gazan Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Derek Walcott Prize for ‘Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear’
NOVEMBER 3, 2023 — Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and The Walcott Festival yesterday announced the winner of the third annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry: Mosab […]
Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature Announces 2023 Winners
NOVEMBER 1, 2023 — The Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature today announced the prize’s 2023 winners in five categories. The 2023 winner in the poetry category is “غناء الماء” (Singing […]
Sundress Publications Opens Microgrant, Residency for Palestinian Writers
Sundress Publications has announced that — in an effort to support and uplift Palestinian voices — they have opened two new opportunities for writers around the world of Palestinian descent. […]
Fatima J. Alharthi Wins ‘Cole Swenson Prize for Translation’ with Short Story by Najwa Binshatwan
NOVEMBER 4, 2023 — Last week, the Denver Quarterly announced their annual prizes, and this year’s Cole Swenson Prize for Translation went to Fatima J. Alharthi for her translation of Najwa Binshatwan’s “Hussein […]
Shortlist of 2023 ArabLit Story Prize Features ‘Myriad Mythologies’, the Will to Survive, and ‘Edgy, Memorable’ Voices
OCTOBER 30, 2023 — We are pleased to announce the three short fictions that this year’s judges have selected for the shortlist of the 2023 ArabLit Story Prize. All three […]