Karl Ove Knausgaard to contribute to the future library
Karl Ove Knausgaard, Norwegian author of the six-volume My Struggle saga, has become the sixth author to sign onto the Future Library project. The project, brain-child of Scottish artist Katie… Read more »
Han Kang “gives” new work to Norwegian forest
This week, a new work by South Korean novelist Han Kang was “given” to a forest in Norway, where it will remain locked in a spruce-lined room until 2114. The author,… Read more »
This year’s Man Booker Prize International longlist is pretty freaking awesome
The Man Booker Prize, soon to simply be the Booker Prize, has announced the 2019 longlist for its coveted prize for best work of literature in translation. It’s a nifty… Read more »
Translated fiction is selling better in the UK, but what does “better” mean?
Last year, Sal Robinson wrote that the question whether translated literature sells is too large to ever be answered simply. In response to a slew of trend pieces claiming that the success of… Read more »
Does this book prize make me look Kafkaesque?
On Monday, May 16 it was announced that South Korean author Han Kang’s novel The Vegetarian has won the Man Booker International Prize. Huge congratulations are due to Han and her English translator Deborah… Read more »