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The covers of the 10 books longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award in Translation

The National Book Award Interviews

We spoke with the translators and authors on the longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. Read and listen to their responses in our exclusive interviews.

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7 Ways to Support Translation on International Translation Day

By Words Without Borders

The WWB team recommends seven ways to promote translators and global literature on International Translation Day—and all year round!

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Reading to Coexist: A Conversation with Itamar Vieira Junior

By Ana Laura Malmaceda

Itamar Vieira Junior, whose novel Crooked Plow was published this summer in Johnny Lorenz’s translation, speaks with Ana Laura Malmaceda about land justice and the legacies of colonialism in Brazil.

Translated from Portuguese by the author

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The covers of the five books featured in the Watchlist: Dandelion Daughter, The Stone Breakers,...

The Watchlist: September 2023

By Tobias Carroll

Tobias Carroll recommends new books in translation you won't want to miss from Canada, Colombia, France, the Republic of the Congo, and Russia.

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"Animals of the Past” by Frederic A. Lucas. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Doppelgänger

By Xavier Valcárcel

Xavier Valcárcel considers questions of solitude and care in this dreamlike poem.

Translated from Spanish by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera

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Purépecha Mother

By Gilberto Jerónimo Mateo

This poem from an indigenous Purépecha author celebrates the heroism of a seemingly ordinary woman.

Translated from Spanish by Earl Shorris & Sylvia Sasson Shorris

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It’s a Chick, Not a Dog

By Jar al-Nabi al-Hilw

My mother knew he was walking after her. Almost certainly she knew. Do you want me to tell you why?

Translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth

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A Dominican “Self-Portrait” to Inspire Students’ Self-Reflections

By Nadia Kalman

Which experiences have a greater influence on us—our successes, or the times when we've been hurt?

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Child's Play: International Children's Literature

Image: Gunvor Rasmussen, detail, from Maria Parr, "Raur gir dyna si ein klem [Raur Gives His Blanket a Hug]," in Trøysteboka: Nynorske forteljingar (Skald, 2011). Courtesy of the publisher.

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The Queer Issue XIV

"Rainbow over a Village" by Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan, Slovak National Gallery, Slovakia. Public Domain. Via Europeana

A Second of Stillness

By Jintu Gitarth

Under a boundless sky stretching across the horizon, enveloped in a silence spanning miles, Diganta sat beside his favorite person.

Translated from Assamese by Harsita Hiya

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Man of Satin

By Souhaib Ayoub

Translated from Arabic by Sharon Grosso

A Kiss between Boys

By Victor Heringer

Translated from Portuguese by James Young

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Turning Points: Women Writers from Taiwan

Image: Eleen Lin, “Oracle”, 2015, 105 x 84 in., Watercolor, gouache, acrylic, ink, lead, pastel, and charcoal on paper. © Eleen Lin. Courtesy of the artist.