Tag: translation

After 70 years, a Dutch classic is finally being published in English. Gerard Reve’s De Avonden or The Evenings has been a beloved staple of Dutch literature since its publication …

“The flower shop man dreams of happiness for the flowers he sold.” The poems of Taisho era writer Misuzu Kaneko (née Teru, 1903-1930) have become the subject of a …

Translation has been around forever, yet, since the Man Booker International Prize was established in 2005 and the Man Asian Literary Prize introduced in 2007, the state of literature …

An English translation of 19th and 20th century French versions of your favorite stories, made “deliciously cruel” by the likes of Baudelaire and Apollinaire, hit bookstores earlier this month. …

Literature in translation is always a tricky issue: to what extent can a translator impart the essence of the original author without tainting the text too much with the …

Picture books in the United States are often happy and cute and directed at only children. In Europe, there tends to be more of an attitude of the picture book …