Tag: Week 3: NTM2018

September 22, 2018

Peter France On the Poet Konstantin Batyushkov

September is National Translation Month, a time to celebrate literature in translation. Throughout the month we have been sharing excerpts and guest posts but have devoted Saturdays to featuring poetry titles. Today we have a guest post written by Peter...

September 21, 2018

Alexei Remizov’s Early Modernist Masterpiece Sisters of the Cross

All this week we have highlighted our Russian Library series as part of our ongoing feature for National Translation Month. Today’s post is about the novel Sisters of the Cross by Alexei Remizov, translated by Roger Keys and Brian Murphy....

September 20, 2018

Russian Literature is Hilarious!

What does a forgotten novel originally published in 1863, a collection of stories from the early Soviet era, and a multi-genre collection of condensed, vivid contemporary work have in common? Aside from being published in English translation for our Russian...

September 19, 2018

Iliazd’s novel Rapture

This week we are highlighting our Russian Library series as part of our ongoing feature for National Translation Month. Today’s post is about the experimental novel Rapture by Iliazd, translated by Thomas J. Kitson. If you haven’t yet, enter our...

September 18, 2018

The Inaugural Russian Library Titles

As part of our ongoing feature celebrating National Translation Month,today we are featuring the first three titles published in our Russian Library series. Remember to enter our drawing for a chance to win an entire set of the Russian Library...