Women in Translation Month, August 2014
- Friday, August 1st: Introduction - why is women in translation important to you?
- Saturday, August 2nd: Favorite women writers in translation
- Week 1: Western/Northern Europe - France, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy, Spain...
- Wednesday, August 6th: Focus on: Classic literature
- Saturday, August 9th: Focus on: Poetry
- Week 2: Asian continent, Africa, and Oceania
- Wednesday, August 13th: Focus on: Queer literature
- Saturday, August 16th: Focus on: Children's and young adult literature
- Week 3: Eastern/Central Europe
- Wednesday, August 20th: Focus on: Underrated authors/books
- Saturday, August 23th: Focus on: Genre fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, etc.)
- Week 4: The Americas (Latin America, Haiti, Quebec, etc.)
- Wednesday, August 27th: Focus on: Untranslated masterpieces
- Saturday, August 30th: Focus on: Historical fiction
- Sunday, August 31st: New discoveries and WITMonth summary
Posts (and round-ups):
- Introducing WIT Month - Biblibio
- Update and schedule - Biblibio
- Women in Literature - Biblibio
- A few suggestions - Tony's Reading List
- An index of reviews so far - David Hebblethwaite
- Previously reviewed - Tony Messenger
- Intro post - BookSexy Review
- Plans for WITMonth - JacquiWine's Journal
- August is for women in translation - My Book Strings
- Women in translation month - Larry Nolen
- Favorite books by women in translation - Becca Likes Books
- Women in translation month - Gaskella
- Favorite women writers in translation - Biblibio
- A short introduction to Western and Northern Europe - Biblibio
- Europe wrap-up - Cheryl Morgan
- Books I own, Books you may want to try - Dolce Bellezza
- A Requiem for Rural Portugal - And Other Stories
- Bogan Suceava on Romania - Literalab
- Natasha Perova on Russia - Literalab
- Re: Word: Christina Peri Rossi - B O D Y
- Susan Curtis on Bosnia and Croatia - Literalab
- Some contemporary Russian reading ideas - Lizok's Bookshelf
- Hidden forces shaping my reading - Biblioglobal
- MacLehose Press Recommends (parts 1 and 2) - MacLehose Press
- Cosmos Latinos - Cheryl Morgan
- Ágnes Orzóy on Hungary - Literalab
Reviews (by language):
French:
- The People in the Photo (Hélène Gestern, tr. Emily Boyce and Ros Schwartz) - Fleur in her World
- A Very Easy Death (Simone de Beauvoir, tr. unknown) - Biblibio
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery, tr. Alison Anderson) - Biblibio
- Escape (Dominique Manotti, tr. Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz) - Workshy Fop
- The Lover (Marguerite Duras, tr. Barbara Bray) - Tony Messenger
- Women of Algiers in the Their Apartments (Assia Djebar, tr. Marjolijn de Jager) - Tony Messenger
- "Number Six" (Véronique Olmi, untranslated) - Tony's Reading List
- Ru (Kim Thúy, tr. Sheila Fischman) - Raven Ramblings
- Letters from a Peruvian Woman (Françoise de Graffigny, tr. David Kornacker) - My Book Strings
- The Color of Dawn (Yanick Lahens, tr. Alison Layland) - Winston'sDad
- Escape (Dominique Manotti, tr. Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz) - Winston'sDad
- The Notebook (Agota Kristof, tr. Alan Sheridan) - Winston'sDad
- Valentine (George Sand, tr. George Burnham Ives) - Fleur in her World
- By the Sea (Véronique Olmi, tr. Adriana Hunter) - BookSexy Review
- The Necrophiliac (Gabrielle Wittkop, Don Bapst) - BookSexy Review
- Chéri (Colette, tr. Roger Senhouse) - JacquiWine's Journal
- Fire in the Blood (Irène Némirovsky, tr. Sandra Smith) - Winston'sDad
- Ru (Kim Thúy, tr. Sheila Fischman) - Biblibio
- Rosie Carpe (Marie NDiaye, tr. Tasmin Black) - Caravan de recuerdos
Spanish:
- Sidewalks (Valeria Luiselli, tr. Christina MacSweeney) - JacquiWine's Journal
- Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli, tr. Christina MacSweeney) - Tony's Reading List
- Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli, tr. Christina MacSweeney) - Biblibio
- Sidewalks (Valeria Luiselli, tr. Christina MacSweeney) - Tony's Reading List
Italian:
- My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante, tr. Ann Goldstein) - 1streading's Blog
- My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante, tr. Ann Goldstein) - The Writes of Woman
- The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante, tr. Ann Goldstein) - JacquiWine's Journal
- The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante, tr. Ann Goldstein) - Biblibio
- Sworn Virgin (Elvira Dones, tr. Clarissa Botsford) - Biblibio
- Sworn Virgin (Elvira Dones, tr. Clarissa Botsford) - Tony's Reading List
- The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante, tr. Ann Goldstein) - JacquiWine's Journal
- My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante, tr. Ann Goldstein) - Gaskella
- 70% Acrylic 30% Wool (Viola Di Grado, tr. Michael Reynolds) - Bii's Books
- The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante, tr. Ann Goldstein) - The Writes of Woman
- Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Elena Ferrante, tr. Ann Goldstein) - Tony's Reading List
- History (Elsa Morante, tr. William Weaver [?]) - Larry Nolan
- Arturo's Island (Elsa Morante, tr. Isabel Quigly) - Larry Nolan
German:
- The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine (Alina Bronsky, tr. Tim Mohr) - Tony Messenger
- The Mussel Feast (Birgit Vanderbeke, tr. Jamie Bullock) - A Little Blog of Books
- An Exclusive Love (Johanna Adorján, tr. Anthea Bell) - The Writes of Woman
- Anatomy of a Night (Anna Kim, tr. Bradley Schmidt) - The Writes of Woman
- The Land of Green Plums (Herta Müller, tr. Michael Hofman) - Tony Messenger
- The Cave of the Yellow Dog (Byambasuren Davaa and Lisa Reisch, tr. Sally-Ann Spencer) - Raven Ramblings
- The End of Days (Jenny Erpenbeck, tr. Susan Bernofsky) - Tony's Reading List
- Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything (Daniela Krien, tr. Jamie Bulloch) - Winston'sDad
- My Son's Girlfriend (Jung Mi-Kyung, tr. Yu Young-nan) - Tony's Reading List
- O Chung-hui/Oh Jung-hee - Tony's Reading List
- There a Petal Silently Falls (Ch'oe Yun, tr. Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton) - Biblibio
- The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly (Sun-mi Hwang, tr. Kim Chi-Young) - My Book Strings
- There a Petal Silently Falls (Ch'oe Yun, tr. Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton) - Tony's Reading List
- I'll Be Right There (Shin Kyung-Sook, tr. Sora Kim-Russell) - Reading the End
Japanese:
- The Pillow Book (Sei Shōnagon, tr. Meredith McKinney) - Tony's Reading List
- The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa, tr. Stephen Snyder) - David Hebblethwaite
- Revenge (Yoko Ogawa, tr. Stephen Snyder) - A Little Blog of Books
- The Pillow Book (Sei Shōnagon, tr. Ivan Morris) - Bii's Books
- The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa, tr. Stephen Snyder) - The Writes of Woman
- Hotel Iris (Yoko Ogawa, tr. Stephen Snyder) - The Writes of Woman
- Hotel Iris (Yoko Ogawa, tr. Stephen Snyder) - Bii's Books
- The Goddess Chronicle (Natsuo Kirino, tr. Rebecca Copeland) - Gaskella
Polish:
- Sefer (Ewa Lipska, tr. Barbara Bogoczek and Tony Howard) - The rookery in the bookery
Russian:
- Subtly Worded (Teffi, tr. Anne Marie Jackson) - 1streading's Blog
- There Once Lived A Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories (Ludmila Petrushevskaya, tr. Anna Summers) - Zombie Chekhov
- Daniel Stein, Interpreter (Ludmila Ultiskaya, tr. Arch Tait) - Larry Nolan
Swedish:
- Karin Tidbeck - Cheryl Morgan
- The Dog (Kerstin Ekman, tr. Linda Schenck and Rochelle Wright) - Raven Ramblings
- Drowned (Therese Bohman, tr. Marlaine Delargy) - JacquiWine's Journal
- The Sculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir (Tove Jansson, tr. Kingsley Hart) - Bii's Books
- Tove Jansson (1 and 2) - Wuthering Expectations
- The Summer Book (Tove Jansson, tr. Thomas Teal) - Biblioglobal
Afrikaans:
- The Elusive Moth (Ingrid Winterbach, tr. Iris Gouws and the author) - BookSexy Review
Finnish:
- Leena Krohn - Cheryl Morgan
Chinese:
- The Last Quarter of the Moon (Chi Zijian, tr. Bruce Humes) - Biblibio
- Snow and Shadow (Dorothy Tse, tr. Nicky Harman) - Ariell Cacciola
- What Lot's Wife Saw (Ioanna Bourazopoulou, tr. Yannis Panas) - David Hebblethwaite
- Why I Killed My Best Friend (Amanda Michalopoulou, tr. Karen Emmerich) - Biblibio
Welsh:
- The Life of Rebecca Jones (Angharad Price, tr. Lloyd Jones) - Tony's Reading List
- The Life of Rebecca Jones (Angharad Price, tr. Lloyd Jones) - Tony Messenger
- Welsh novels in translation (Angharad Price and Caryl Lewis) - David Hebblethwaite
Norwegian:
- The Blue Room (Hanna Ørstavik, tr. Deborah Dawkin) - Tony Messenger
- The Blue Room (Hanna Ørstavik, tr. Deborah Dawkin) - Tony's Reading List
- Days in the History of Silence (Merethe Lindstrøm, tr. Anne Bruce) - The Writes of Woman
Catalan:
- El temps de les cireres (Montserrat Roig, untranslated) - Caravana de recuerdos
Arabic:
- Always Coca-Cola (Alexandra Chreiteh, tr. Michelle Hartman) - The Writes of Woman
Danish:
- The Murder of Halland (Pia Juul, tr. Martin Aitken) - Tony Messenger
Dutch:
- The Tea Lords (Hella S. Haasse, tr. Ina Rilke) - 1streading's Blog
Portuguese:
- Near to the Wild Heart (Clarice Lispector, tr. Allison Entrekin) - Tony Messenger
Count me in I'll publish reviews at messybooker.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteand have shared the idea via twitter and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/messybookerblog
I'm very much looking forward to #WITMonth. I've just posted a reading round-up and plans for August, including links for translations I've reviewed in the past + books I'll be covering in August.
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I've been looking forward to August, just for #WITMonth. Congrats on making it happen Biblibio!
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely be taking part, I've been stockpiling books! I don't know if I'll be able to stick to the schedule but I'll try. Very much looking forward to seeing everyone's choices and arm, buying even more books!
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I just came across your blog via Lizzy's Literary Life and this is a great idea. I hope to join in at some point as I haven't been reading enough books in translation this year and hope to rectify that soon.
ReplyDeleteI think #WITMonth is a great idea, and I hope it goes really well. I'll be joining it, and have put together a list of all my existing reviews of translated books by women:
ReplyDeletehttp://davidhblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/02/women-in-translation-month-an-index-of-reviews-so-far/
Great event! I have been doing an opened project on short fiction of Italian women for a few months. Here is my post of this morning linking it to Women in Translation month
ReplyDeletehttp://rereadinglives.blogspot.com/2014/08/french-teacher-by-geda-jacolutti-1986.html
I'm excited to participate!
ReplyDeleteMy initial post about Women in Translation Month is here: https://biblioglobal.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/women-in-translation-the-hidden-forces-shaping-my-reading/
How can it be? A sorely needed focus on women in translation, and I haven't discovered your blog until today, August 14th. I must do some arranging and reading because I'd like to participate at least once before the 31st of August and support the cause.
ReplyDeleteJudith (Reader in the Wilderness)
I had not made the connection, but my Tove Jansson posts fit in, if you want them. Finnish writing in Swedish is the category, just to confuse things.
ReplyDeleteJansson's catastrophes
Jansson's creativity