Tag Archives: Argentina

Out This Month: April

SHORT STORIES “The Flowering” by Soyeon Jeong, translated from the Korean by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar, Clarkesworld Magazine, April 1.   “In Search of Your Memories,” by Nian Yu, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak, Clarkesworld Magazine, April 1.     “The Last Journey” by Florin Purluca, translated from the Romanian by the

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SFT on the National Book Awards Longlist

It’s the inaugural year for the National Book Award in translated literature, and three (count ’em, three) works of SFT are on the longlist! Good luck to all of the authors and translators!       Roque Larraquy, “Comemadre” Translated by Heather Cleary Coffee House Press       Yoko Tawada, “The Emissary” Translated by

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SFT Reviews in World Literature Today

  The latest issue of World Literature Today includes several reviews of recently-published and forthcoming SF in translation:       Sean Guynes-Vishniac reviews Ball Lightning         Elisa Cogbill-Seiders reviews Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World         Rachel Cordasco reviews Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli

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National Translation Award Longlist and Shirley Jackson Award

Both the National Translation Award longlist and the Shirley Jackson Award include SFT this year: NTA: The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresan, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden, from Open Letter Shirley Jackson Award: (tie; winner for novella) Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell, from Riverhead

Upcoming SFT Stories and Books

Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up to No Good (part of the Women Up To No Good series), edited by Joanne Merriam, up now on Kickstarter, will include SFT by Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría (Argentina) and Estíbaliz Espinosa (Galicia): “Liquid Glass” (original) is by Argentine author Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría (@TeresaPME). Her novelette, Memory, is also

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Reviews of Short SFT: May Edition

Each month, Daniel Haeusser reviews short works of SFT that appear both online and in print. He is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Canisius College, where he teaches microbiology and leads student research projects with bacteria and bacteriophage. He’s also an associate blogger with the American Society for Microbiology’s popular Small Things Considered.

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Out This Month: May

FICTION “Farewell, Doraemon,” by A Que, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin and Ken Liu (Clarkesworld Magazine, May 1)         “Night-Journey” of the Dragon Horse” by Xia Jia, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Lightspeed, May 10) reprint       “Impress Me, Then We’ll Talk About the Money” by

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World Literature Today’s Speculative Fiction Issue

World Literature Today dedicated its May 2018 issue to speculative fiction from around the world. It includes fiction by Pierrette Fleutiaux (tr Edward Gauvin), Anne Richter (tr Edward Gauvin), Angélica Gorodischer (tr Amalia Gladhart), and Rodrigo Fresán (tr Cecilia Weddell), as well as a “Translator’s Note” by Edward Gauvin.      

SFT on the BTBA Longlist

The Best Translated Book Award longlists came out today, and there are FOUR SFT titles on the fiction list!!   Radiant Terminus by Antoine Volodine, translated from the French by Jeffery Zuckerman (France, Open Letter)         Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Argentina, Riverhead)    

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