A Rich Harvest: Romanian Literature in English, Fall Dispatch

There is something deeply satisfying and touching about any harvest: the sense that months of work, growth, and anticipation have finally come together. And this autumn, perhaps more than in previous years, the harvest of Romanian literature in English translation is both abundant and wonderfully diverse.

From new poetry publications and an eagerly awaited American tour to an English PEN Translates Award, a book launch in New York City with perfectly fitting timing, the late bloom of a Romanian classic, and a brand-new translation imprint devoted to contemporary writing, the season has plenty to enjoy, admire, and celebrate.

Here are some of the highlights. Continue reading A Rich Harvest: Romanian Literature in English, Fall Dispatch

“To become a translator takes infinite work” – Interview with award-winning translator Sean Cotter

SEAN COTTER is Professor of Literature and Literary Translation at The University of Texas at Dallas. He has translated numerous important works of Romanian literature, including Wheel with a Single Spoke and Other Poems by Nichita Stănescu, for which he received the Three Percent Best Translated Book Award 2013, Blinding: the Left Wing by Mircea Cărtărescu (Archipelago Books, 2013), Curl by T.O. Bobe (Wakefield Press, 2019), a finalist for the Derek Walcott Prize … Continue reading “To become a translator takes infinite work” – Interview with award-winning translator Sean Cotter