Tag: Translation

July 24, 2018

Introducing Sentimental Tales

Mikhail Zoshchenko was a popular leading Soviet satirist in the 1920s. Last month, we released the translation of Sentimental Tales, which are satirical portraits of small-town characters on the fringes of Soviet society in the first decade of Bolshevik rule. Translated by Boris...

February 8, 2018

Introducing Linor Goralik’s Found Life

On Tuesday 02/13, Columbia University Press author Linor Goralik will appear at NYU’s Jordan Center to discuss Found Life, a collected volume in translation co-edited by Ainsley Morse, Maria Vassileva, and Maya Vinokour; this event marks the beginning of a...

August 25, 2017

Capturing the tone in the translation of City Folk and Country Folk

Elaine Wilson, a PhD candidate in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University, on Nora Favorov’s translation of Sofia Khvoshchinskaya’s City Folk and Country Folk.

August 24, 2017

Thursday Fiction Corner: City Folk and Country Folk as a Feminist Novel

This week Elaine Wilson, a PhD candidate in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University, introduces Sofia Khvoshchinskaya’s City Folk and Country Folk as a 19th century feminist novel.

August 23, 2017

Ovcharov meets Nastasya Ivanovna: A City Folk and Country Folk excerpt

Read an excerpt from City Folk and Country Folk

August 22, 2017

The Russia of City Folk and Country Folk

Elaine Wilson delves into the historical backdrop of City Folk and Country Folk.

May 3, 2017

Interview with Thomas J. Kitson, translator of Iliazd's Rapture

Today Veniamin Gushchin, CC ’18, Russian Library Intern interviews Thomas J. Kitson about his translation of Rapture by Iliazd

July 15, 2015

New Book Tuesday (Wednesday Edition): Striking Beauty, Born Translated, and More!

Our weekly list of newly available titles.

May 14, 2015

On the making of trout amandine and cauliflower gratin, an excerpt from "The Author and Me"

Read an excerpt from 2015 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction finalist THE AUTHOR AND ME, written by Éric Chevillard and translated by Jordan Stump.

May 8, 2015

Friday Fiction Corner: Éric Chevillard, the Best Translated Book Awards, and Cauliflower

Congratulations to Éric Chevillard, Jordan Stump, and the team at Dalkey Archive Press! Chevillard’s THE AUTHOR AND ME has been named as a finalist for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction!

April 30, 2015

Burton Watson Named Winner of 2015 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation

Congratulations to Burton Watson, winner of the 2015 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation for his work as a translator of Chinese and Japanese literature!

April 9, 2015

Thursday Fiction Corner: Our 2015 Best Translated Book Award Nominees!

Congratulations to four distributed press titles that made the longlists for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction or Poetry!

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