Tag: literary awards
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Fuminori Nakamura at Kinokuniya New York
The author Fuminori Nakamura will be on a North American tour for the publication of his latest novel, Last Winter, We Parted (translated by me, Allison Markin Powell) and to receive the 2014 David L. Goodis Award for Noir fiction. On Monday, November 3rd, he will appear at Kinokuniya Bookstore in New York to sign books and […]
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Award Season: IFFP & BTBA
It’s that time of year again… Literary award season. And 2014 looks like the year of the Japanese woman…
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Noma Award for Translation
The 19th Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature will be presented to Roger Pulvers. He will be honored during a ceremony and reception on September 16, 2013, at the Japan Society in New York. Pulvers was recognized for his translation of Strong in the Rain: Selected Poems by Kenji Miyazawa.
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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami shortlisted for IMPAC Award
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel (Knopf), has been shortlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award…
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Fuminori Nakamura in U.S. for Author Tour
In celebration of Fuminori Nakamura’s nomination for the 2013 L.A. Times Book Prize for his existential thriller, The Thief, Japan Society will host a special Author Luncheon and dialogue with the author…
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Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) invites publishers and translators to nominate book-length translations into English of Asian poetry or source texts from Zen Buddhism for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize…
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The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura nominated for L.A. Times Book Prize
The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Satoko Izumo and Stephen Coates (Soho Crime), has been nominated for an L.A. Times Book Prize…
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The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami shortlisted for Man Asian Literary Prize
The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami (translated by me) (Counterpoint Press) has been shortlisted for the the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize…