Iraq – Speculative Fiction in Translation

SFT on the Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

By Rachel CordascoMay 20, 2019newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Iraq, Jonathan Wright, Oneworld Publications

The Arthur C. Clarke Award has released its shortlist and it includes Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright, from Oneworld Publications.

Horror in Translation in World Literature Today

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 7, 2019list, SFT recs, spotlightAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Bosnia, Bosnian, Coral Petkovich, Daniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Haikasoru, Iraq, Istros Books, Japan, Japanese, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Jonathan Wright, Marlaine Delargy, Penguin, riverrun, Selvedin Avdić, Sweden, Swedish

I wrote about horror in translation for World Literature Today‘s “What to Read Now” feature: check it out! –

Out This Month: June

By Rachel CordascoJune 2, 2018out this monthAhmed Saadawi, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Andy Dudak, Arabic, Bengali, Canaan Morse, China, Chinese, Cixin Liu, Clarkesworld Magazine, Dale Knickerbocker, Damian Flanagan, Di An, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Ian Mond, IGMS, Interzone, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Japanese, Jodie Beck, Kobo Abe, Layli Uddin, Locus, Mandel Vilar Press, Mariko Ohara, Matt Treyvaud, Mir Rifat Us Saleheen, Paul Semel, Samovar Magazine, Shahidul Zahir, Tangent, Tobi Hitoraka, Unbound Worlds, University of Minnesota Press, Xing He

SHORT STORIES “Your Multicolored Life” by Xing He, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, June 1) “Silver Tiger” by Lu Yang, translated from the Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen (New Yorker, June) “Woodcutter and Crows” by Shahidul Zahir, translated from the Bengali by Layli Uddin and

WWB Interview With Translator Jonathan Wright

By Rachel CordascoMay 22, 2018interview, newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Eric M. B. Becker, Iraq, Jonathan Wright, Oneworld

Check out Eric Becker’s interview on Words Without Borders with Jonathan Wright, who translated the award-winning work of Iraqi horror Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi.

SFT on the Man Booker International Prize Longlist

By Rachel CordascoMarch 13, 2018newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, George Szirtes, Hungarian, Hungary, Iraq, John Batki, Jonathan Wright, László Krasznahorkai, Oneworld, Ottilie Mulzet, Tuskar Rock Press

Two works of SFT have been included in the Man Booker International Prize 2018 longlist: László Krasznahorkai (Hungary), John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet & George Szirtes, The World Goes On (Tuskar Rock Press) Ahmed Saadawi (Iraq), Jonathan Wright, Frankenstein in Baghdad (Oneworld)

Out This Month: January

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 3, 2018out this monthAhmed Saadawi, Amazon Crossing, Andy Dudak, Anna Holmwood, Apex Magazine, Arabic, Bao Shu, Bernhard Hennen, Chi Hui, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Felicidad Martinez, German, Germany, Iraq, Jin Yong, Jonathan Wright, Penguin, Quercus Books, Rodolfo Martínez, Spain, Spanish, Sportula

“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

Roundtable on Arabic SF

By Rachel CordascoApril 25, 20171 commentnewsArabic, Hassan Blasim, Iraq

Strange Horizons hosted a roundtable on Iraq + 100 (ed. Hassan Blasim) and Arabic sci-fi in general: read it here.

SFT in the latest issue of World Lit Today

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 23, 2017newsArabic, Egypt, France, French, Iraq, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Russian, Spanish, World Literature Today

The latest issue of World Literature Today focuses on “Dystopian Visions” and includes a lot of SF in Translation (reviews, interviews, and essays)! Review: Randiant Terminus by Antoine Volodine, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman Review: Iraq + 100: Stories From a Century After the Invasion edited by Hassan Blasim Review: The Doomed City and The

Review: Iraq + 100 ed. Hassan Blasim

By Rachel CordascoOctober 27, 2016reviewArabic, Comma Press, Hassan Blasim, Iraq

translated by: see below Comma Press October 27, 2o16 224 pages If the world needs any book right now, it’s Iraq + 100, edited by acclaimed author Hassan Blasim. I say that because readers, especially in America and Great Britain, need to hear the stories of the Iraqi people who have lived through over

Out This Month: October 2016

By Rachel CordascoOctober 7, 2016out this monthArabic, Chi Hui, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Comma Press, Deborah Boliver Boehm, Hassan Blasim, Iraq, Japan, Japanese, John Chu, Mariko Koike, Thomas Dunne Books

The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike, translated by Deborah Boliver Boehm (Thomas Dunne Books, October 11) “One of the most popular writers working in Japan today, Mariko Koike is a recognized master of detective fiction and horror writing. Known in particular for her hybrid works that blend these styles with elements of romance, The Graveyard

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