Current:Home > Contact-usTranslations of Vietnamese fiction and Egyptian poetry honored by translators assocation-InfoLens
Translations of Vietnamese fiction and Egyptian poetry honored by translators assocation
View Date:2024-12-23 11:25:26
NEW YORK (AP) — English-language editions of a Vietnamese novel set everywhere from Saigon to Paris and of the latest publication of poetry by Egypt’s Iman Mersal are this year’s winners of National Translation Awards.
The awards were announced Sunday by the American Literary Translators Association.
Thuân’s novel “Chinatown,” translated from the Vietnamese by Nguyễn An Lý, won in the category for prose. The poetry prize was given to Mersal’s “The Threshold,” translated from the Arabic by Robyn Creswell.
The winning translators will each receive $4,000.
“ALTA is incredibly proud to recognize Nguyễn An Lý and Robyn Creswell for their masterful translations from Vietnamese and Arabic respectively, in this the 25th year of the National Translation Award,” Elisabeth Jaquette, executive director of the translators association, said in a statement.
Previous winners include Peter Constantine’s translation from the Russian of stories by Anton Chekhov, Martin Aitken’s translation from the Norwegian of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “The Morning Star” and D.M. Black’s translation from the Italian of Dante’s “Purgatorio.”
veryGood! (6)
Related
- Avril Lavigne’s Ex Mod Sun Is Dating Love Is Blind Star Brittany Wisniewski, Debuts Romance With a Kiss
- Little League World Series live: Updates, Highlights for LLWS games Sunday
- Lake Mary, Florida, rallies to beat Taiwan 2-1 in 8 innings to win Little League World Series title
- NFL preseason winners, losers: Trey Lance remains a puzzle for Cowboys
- Stop smartphone distractions by creating a focus mode: Video tutorial
- 18-year-old fatally struck by boat propeller in New Jersey, police say
- ‘We were expendable': Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
- Indianapolis man, 19, convicted of killing 3 young men found dead along a path
- Exclusive Yankee Candle Sale: 50% Off Holiday Candles for a Limited Time
- They fled genocide, hoping to find safety in America. They found apathy.
Ranking
- Ready-to-eat meat, poultry recalled over listeria risk: See list of affected products
- ‘We were expendable': Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
- Video shows California principal's suggestive pep rally dancing. Now he's on leave.
- Maya Moore has jersey number retired by Minnesota Lynx in emotional ceremony
- John Krasinski Revealed as People's Sexiest Man Alive 2024
- Four men found dead in a park in northwest Georgia, investigation underway
- Cucho Hernandez leads Columbus Crew to Leagues Cup title
- Hurricane Hone sweeps past Hawaii, dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears
Recommendation
-
Jennifer Lopez Gets Loud in Her First Onstage Appearance Amid Ben Affleck Divorce
-
Death of woman on 1st day of Burning Man festival under investigation
-
Kelly Ripa Reacts to Daughter Lola Consuelos Posting “Demure” Topless Photo
-
Ex-Florida deputy charged with manslaughter in shooting of U.S. Airman Roger Fortson
-
The Office's Kate Flannery Defends John Krasinski's Sexiest Man Alive Win
-
Walmart recalls apple juice sold in 25 states due to elevated arsenic levels
-
The Bachelorette’s Andi Dorfman and Husband Blaine Hart Reveal Sex of First Baby
-
New Lake Okeechobee Plan Aims for More Water for the Everglades, Less Toxic Algae