Read Russia Journal
Read Russia announces the 2020 READ RUSSIA PRIZE competition for the best new English translations of Russian literature. The READ RUSSIA PRIZE is awarded every two years for works of Russian literature published in new English translations. All publishers of Russian literature in English translation are invited to submit translations newly published between 2018 and 2020 in any of the following categories:
- 19th-century fiction written between 1800 and 1900;
- 20th-century fiction written between 1900 and 1990;
- contemporary fiction written after 1990;
- poetry (both classic and contemporary) and drama.
The winner(s) will receive an award of up to $10,000, divided at the discretion of the Prize jury between the translator(s) of the work and the English-language publishing house (s). Previous READ RUSSIA PRIZE winners include, in 2018, Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Anne Marie Jackson, and Irina Steinberg for their translation of Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi (Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya) (New York Review Books and Pushkin Press); in 2016, Oliver Ready, for his translation of the novel Before and During by Vladimir Sharov (Dedalus Books); and in 2014, and Joanna Turnbull and Nikolai Formozov for their translation of Autobiography of a Corpse, a collection of tales from Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (New York Review Books).
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Geordie Kenyon Sinclair, Harvard University
In September 2019 Read Russia brought together a group of innovative translators and publishers of Russian literature for three days of discussion in Chatham, Cape Cod. The Chatham Translation Symposium featured conversations about the state of the profession, and workshops on the craft of translation, but also discussions about how to raise the profile of Russian literature in English translation, and also how Read Russia might help with fresh initiatives in that direction.
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May 20–24 in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington DC
RUSSIAN LITERATURE WEEK 2019 presents a series of conversations featuring Russia’s acclaimed new authors, famed translators of Russian fiction, and leading Russian literature scholars and critics. RUSSIAN LITERATURE WEEK 2019 will take place May 20-24 in literary venues across New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC – and, as always, online.
MONDAY, MAY 20 New York City
Read Russia presents: Olga Slavnikova
A conversation between Olga Slavnikova, author; Marian Schwartz, translator; and Ian Dreiblatt, poet and translator
Sponsored by the Russian Library / Columbia University Press
VENUE:
Grolier Club 6:30 PM
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
TUESDAY, MAY 21 Washington, DC
Guzel Yakhina presents Zuleika
VENUE: 11:00 AM
Kennan Institute
Woodrow Wilson Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/book-talk-zuleikha
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The READ RUSSIA PRIZE Jury is pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 READ RUSSIA PRIZE for the best translation of Russian literature into English!
WINNER:
Teffi (Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya)
Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea
Translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Anne Marie Jackson, and Irina Steinberg
New York Review Books / Pushkin Press (2016)
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
Russian Émigré Short Stories from Bunin to Yankovsky
Edited by Bryan Karetnyk
Translated by Maria Bloshteyn, Robert Chandler, Justin Doherty, Boris Dralyuk, Rose France, Bryan Karetnyk, Dmitri Nabokov, Donald Rayfield, Irina Steinberg, and Anastasia Tolstoy
Penguin (2017)
Iliazd (Ilia Zdanevich)
Rapture
Translated by Thomas J. Kitson
Columbia University Press (2017)
The awards ceremony for the 2018 READ RUSSIA PRIZE was held during the 2018 London Book Fair on Wednesday, April 11 at Waterstones Piccadilly (203 – 206 Piccadilly), London, UNITED KINGDOM.
ABOUT THE READ RUSSIA PRIZE
The READ RUSSIA PRIZE is awarded for works of Russian literature published in new English translations. All publishers of Russian literature in English translation may submit published works. Winners receive an award of up to $10,000, divided at the discretion of the Prize jury between the translator(s) of the work and the English-language publishing house. Previous winners include Oliver Ready, for his translation of the novel Before and During by Russian author Vladimir Sharov (Dedalus Books) and Joanna Turnbull and Nikolai Formozov for their translation of Autobiography of a Corpse, a collection of tales from Russian writer Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (New York Review Books).
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The READ RUSSIA PRIZE jury has selected the shortlist for the 2018 READ RUSSIA PRIZE. Submissions for the 2018 prize honored extraordinary Russian authors and Russian-to-English translators and came in from more than 30 publishers around the English-speaking world.
The winner/s will be announced and presented with the READ RUSSIA PRIZE at the London Book Fair on Thursday, April 12, 2018.
Gennady Gor et al.
Written in the Dark: Five Poets in the Siege of Leningrad
Translated by Anand Dibble et al.
Ugly Duckling Presse (2016)
Iliazd (Ilya Zdanevich)
Rapture
Translated by Thomas J. Kitson
Columbia University Press (2017)
Mariam Petrosyan
The Gray House
Translated by Yuri Machkasov
Amazon Crossing (2017)
Teffi (Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya)
Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea
Translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler et al.
New York Review Books / Pushkin Press (2016)
Various
Russian Émigré Short Stories
Translated by Bryan Karetnyk et al.
Penguin (2017)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – New York, NY (December 18, 2017) – Read Russia, the nonprofit institution that promotes Russian literature in translation, announces the longlist of nominations for the 2018 READ RUSSIA PRIZE competition for the best new English translations of Russian literature. Submissions for the prize this year included scores of extraordinary authors and translators coming in from more than 30 publishers.
The shortlist of finalists will be announced at the end of January / early February and the winner/s will be presented with the READ RUSSIA PRIZE at the London Book Fair, April 10-12, 2018, in the United Kingdom.
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