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Sophie Hughes

Portrait of translator Sophie Hughes

Contributor

Sophie Hughes

United Kingdom

Sophie Hughes has translated novels by Spanish and Latin American writers such as José Revueltas, Enrique Vila-Matas, Rodrigo Hasbún and Laia Jufresa. She has been the recipient of a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, six English PEN translate awards, and in 2018 she was named one of the Arts Foundation 25th anniversary fellows for her contribution to the field of literary translation.

Articles by Sophie Hughes

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Life’s Not Worth a Thing

By Fernanda Melchor

He was as cool as ice, the blue-eyed motherfucker even offered us a drink.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

A pill casting a long shadow

Photo by Alexander Van Steenberge

A Bitter Pill

By Alia Trabucco Zerán

I would have ironed my own hands had I not needed them to iron.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

I Am Not Your Cholo

By Marco Avilés

In San Marcos I could be poor and cholo and I didn’t have the pressure of hiding or explaining myself.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

Multilingual

An Orphan World

By Giuseppe Caputo

Wouldn't you pay to speak to your house?

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

Señor Socket and the Señora from the Café

By Julio Villanueva Chang

This is a tiny country famed for its happy cows, football fanatics, and melancholy.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

Iván Repila: An Interview with Sophie Hughes

By Sophie Hughes

Iván Repila (Bilbao, 1978) is a writer, editor and cultural events manager. He is the co-founder of the press Masmédula Ediciones, which specializes in poetry. Iván has worked for…

Long Distance

By Rodrigo Hasbún

“You’re not going to fool around with your friend’s girlfriend.”

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

Multilingual

The Cornerist

By Laia Jufresa

The skyscraper where I grew up was demolished decades ago and supplanted by a thousand-story housing block.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

Multilingual

Mexico Interrupted

By Thomas Bunstead & Sophie Hughes

There’s an obvious irony in trying to promote diverse Mexican literatures by means of a handful of texts.