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Pamuk, Le Clezio and Bolano compete in translated fiction award

Publication Date: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 06:54

Roberto Bolano, Orhan Pamuk and JMG Le Clezio have been longlisted for the 2010 best translated book, run by international literature website Three Percent.

Nobel prize winners Pamuk and Le Clezio are in the running for The Museum of Innocence and Desert respectively, against Bolano's The Skating Rink. In total, 25 titles have been...

awards | Catherine Neilan | Orhan Pamuk | Roberto Bolano | Three Percent | translations
French playwright beats Mankell to Marsh award

Publication Date: Wed, 21/01/2009 - 08:20

The story of a 1.5mm-high fugitive has beaten bestselling Swedish author Henning Mankell to win an award for children's literature in translation, the Guardian reports.
The translation of French playwright Timothée de Fombelle's Toby Alone beat Mankell's story of a motherless boy who becomes a local...

awards | Catherine Neilan | children's | translations