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)
“The Lighthouse Girl” by Bao Shu, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld) “The Heaven-Moving Way” by Chi Hui, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Apex Magazine) Faces From the Past (The Queen’s Adept, Book 2) by by Rodolfo Martínez & Felicidad Martínez, translated by
Congratulations to Amalia Gladhart, Maruxa Relaño, and Anna Guercio Rosenwong for winning NEA Translation Fellowship grants to translate works of international speculative fiction! To Amalia Gladhart: “To support the translation from the Spanish of the novel Jaguars’ Tomb by Argentine writer Angélica Gorodischer. …Published in 2005, Jaguars’ Tomb is a 218-page novel of three
Spanish SF in the 21st Century Mariano Villarreal translated by Ian Watson 1. A Brief Historical Sketch Spanish SF, Fantasy and Horror are almost unknown outside of Spain. To be sure, Spanish works are published in Latin American countries (and vice versa) since we speak the same language and share cultural references, and books get
Spanish science fiction is almost unknown outside Spain and its impact abroad is much below what it truly merits. Few are the works that make waves, the most outstanding being the “Victorian Trilogy” of Félix J. Palma, whose first novel, The Map of Time, reached the New York Times best-seller list. Other noteworthy titles are
I wrote some things about SFT that all happened to come out this past Monday- check ’em: Speculative Fiction in Translation: Argentina, via Book Riot Review: The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, Vol.3, via Strange Horizons Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2017
“The Catalog of Virgins” by Nicoletta Vallorani, translated from the Italian by Rachel S. Cordasco (Clarkesworld) “House Taken Over” by Yuri Herrera, translated from the Spanish by Lisa M. Dillman (Words Without Borders) Malacqua by Nicola Pugliese, translated from the Italian by Shaun Whiteside (And Other Stories, November
This is the thirteenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. The series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. The winner of Mexico’s prestigious Premio Nacional del Cuento, Alberto Chimal is one of Mexico’s most celebrated writers of short fiction. He is the author of
Check out the special issue on Spanish SF in the latest issue of Science Fiction Studies here.
This is the ninth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. This series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Raquel Castro is an award-winning Mexican author for both children and adults. She won the Premio Aguilar in 2012 for her YA horror novel Ojos
