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Words Without Borders

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Words Without Borders

Founded in 2003, Words Without Borders promotes cultural understanding through the translation, publication, and promotion of the finest contemporary international literature.

Articles by Words Without Borders

Side by side portraits of translators Annie McDermott and Sophie Hughes. At left, Annie McDermott...
Side by side portraits of 2024 National Book Award nominees translators Sawad Hussain and Ranya...
Side by side portraits of 2024 National Book Award nominees translator Saskia Vogel and novelist...
Side by side portraits of 2024 National Book Award nominees translator Barbara J. Haveland and...
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Left, the cover of Samar Yazbek's Where the Wind Calls Home; right, a portrait of translator Leri...
Side by side portraits of 2024 National Book Award nominees translator Heather Cleary and novelist...
A portrait of translator Marcia Lynx Qualey
Portrait of WWB's poetry editor, Sohini Basak
February-2024-Mother-Language-Day-List-Feature (1)
Clockwise from top left: Bikash Dihingia, Risten Sokki, Imran Sada'i, Boubacar Boris Diop, Gawani Gaongen, Jean D'Amerique, Adriana Paredes Pinda, Emiliana Bernard-Stephenson
Black text over a mint green background. The announcement reads, Apply for the WWB Editorial Fellowship....
Black text over a mint green background. The announcement reads, Apply for the WWB Digital Humanities...
cover of palestinian poet tamim al-bargouthi's in jerusalem
A portrait of Zaporah Price
The covers of Vengeance Is Mine, Under Our Skin, Negras, Rotten Evidence, MA, Owlish, The Love...
A black-and-white portrait of Jessika Davis
A portrait of WWB Social Media Editor Eleanor Stern
Image of The New York Times Book Review feature on international literature magazine Words Without...
A fall portrait of translator Alexander Aguayo
Photo Credit: Preston Pasko
Portrait of WWB Education Program Coordinator Maggie Vlietstra
At left Sam Taylor and at right David Diop both finalists for the 2023 National Book Award for...
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At left a portrait of Dutch writer Astrid Roemer author of National Book Award for Translated Literature...
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National Book Award semifinalists Lizzie Davis at left and Juan Cárdenas at right
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At left the cover of Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's THE MOST SECRET HISTORY OF MEN and National Book Award...
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Brazilian writer Stênio Gardel on the left and translator Bruna Dantas Lobato on the right finalists...
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Headshots of translator Lisa Dillman and writer Pilar Quintana semifinalists for the 2023 National...
Credits: Lisa Dillman by April Hunt. Pilar Quintana by Danilo Costa.
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Photos of National Book Award semifinalists Sophie Hughes and Fernanda Melchor
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Image of translator Anton Hur and writer Bora Chung semifinalists for the 2023 National Book Award
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A pile of plastic letters and numbers on a pink and blue background
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash
Portrait of translator Samantha Farmer
Portrait of Anna Claire Weber
The twelve books featured in the list, in three rows of five
From left to right, a collage of photos of Merve Emre, Agnes Ahlander Turner, and Enid Prasad
A photo of Daniel Hahn. He is seated on a bench inside an art gallery, and turns to the left to...
Copyright (c) John Lawrence.
Portrait of translator and editorial fellow Isabella Corletto
The covers of the books featured in the list
National Book Critics Circle logo
The covers of the books featured in the list
Left, author Shariar Mandanipour; right, translator Sara Khalili
Left, Shariar Mandanipour, photo © Danial Mondanipour; right, Sara Khalili, photo © Miriam Berkley
Left: Mohammed Hasan Alwan; Right: William M. Hutchins
Portraits of Jon Fosse and Damion Searls
Left: Jon Fosse, photo by Tom Kolstad Samlaget; Right: Damion Searls, photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Portraits of Yoko Tawada and Margaret Mitsutani
Portraits of Olga Ravn and Martin Aitken
Left: Olga Ravn, photo credit: Lærke Posselt; Right: Martin Aitken
Portraits of Saša Stanišić and Damion Searls
Left: Saša Stanišić, photo by Katja Sämann; Right: Damion Searls, photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Portraits of Mónica Ojeda and Sarah Booker
Portraits of Samanta Schweblin and Megan McDowell
Left: Samanta Schweblin, photo by Alejandra Lopez; Right: Megan McDowell, photo by Camila Valdés
At left face of French language translator Mark Polizzotti and at right face of French Rwandan...
Portraits of Bibiana Mas and Aina Marti
Bibiana Mas (left); Aina Marti
July 2022 Poetry Collection Feature
Woman reading book with bookshelves and colorful book spines behind her
March-2022-Triangle-Square-Interview-Ruth-Weiner-Featured
Ruth Weiner, publisher of Triangle Square Books for Young Readers. Photo © Eva Sotomayor.
Various wooden letter blocks
Photo by Amador Loureiro on Unsplash
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A watercolor of a middle-aged woman from the shoulders up
An image from Igort's "The Story of Serafima Andreyevna," translated by Jamie Richards.
Most Anticipated Books Of 2022 Feature
Soleil Davíd
A portrait of publisher Yael Berstein of Tapioca Stories.
Yael Berstein of Tapioca Stories
A portrait of Arthur Levine, founder of children's book publishing company Levine Querido.
Photo credit: Tess Thomas
Portrait of Filipino poet Enrique Villasis.
PHOTO BY FACEBOOK/EN VILLASIS
A panel from Lebanese comic artist and musician Mazen Kerbaj's A Subjective History of Lebanon.
A panel from Mazen Kerbaj's "A Subjective History of Lebanon."
Portraits of Chinese poet Yau Ching and translator of Chiang's poem Trial Run, Chenxin Jiang.
Portrait of Bryan Mendoza, translator of Julio Pazos Barrera's Pegasus Autopsy.
Photo of translator, writer, and curator Nguyễn-Hoàng Quyên.
Nguyễn-Hoàng Quyên. Photo by Gianmarco Carlone