Books from 11 regions and 13 languages were among the 14 winners of English PEN's translation awards, which are selected "on the basis of outstanding literary quality, the strength of the publishing project, and their contribution to U.K. bibliodiversity."
The PEN Translates x SALT round, in partnership with the SALT project at the University of Chicago and open to works of South Asian literature in English translation published anywhere outside the region, features two titles from Hindi and Urdu. Check out the complete list of PEN Translates winners here.
So Mayer, co-chair of English PEN translation advisory group and chair of the PEN Translates selection panel, said: "There's so much ambition and scope to celebrate.... We're proud that through them we can support dozens of experienced and emerging translators."
Preti Taneja, Co-chair of the English PEN Translation Advisory Group and chair of the PEN Translates x SALT selection panel, commented: "The high quality of the applications presented the panel with the best translations by new and established voices, and showed a commitment to publishing work that will rightly elevate a writer's--and their translator's--reputation among Anglophone readers."
Nadia Saeed, translation and international manager at English PEN, added: "It's incredibly encouraging, in these times of growing uncertainty and censorship, to see publishers submitting projects with such range and nuance. The ability to support narratives filled with courage and originality--and which are thought-provoking and build empathy across linguistic borders--is integral to everything we do as part of the translation programme at English PEN. And so we're thrilled to add these 14 brilliant and affecting titles to the PEN Translates portfolio."
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The longlist has been selected for the $75,000 Cundill History Prize, administered by McGill University, and can be seen here.
Organizers said that the titles on the longlist "shed light on compelling stories that span continents and generations, taking us from the Haitian Revolution of the 1790s to the German Peasants' War of 1524; from Soviet dissidents in the 1960s to American and Australian abolitionists of the 1800s."