Rossica Translation Prize 2005
Jill D Cunningham
jill at CUNNINGHAMJD.FSNET.CO.UK
Thu Sep 22 19:47:51 UTC 2005
Hello John!
I have summarised the main info from the Rossica press release for you to
send out to our members. I am leaving the contact as press and publicity at
Rossica so that I don't get lots of phone calls from all and sundry, but if
anyone does enquire via you/SCRSS then let me know and I'll contact them. I
am not sure whether you will just cut and paste this or whether you want it
ready to send out, so I have sent you another e-mail with just the text.
Give me a ring if any of this is not clear/ok. Otherwise I shall see you
tomorrow.
Jill
FIRST AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RUSSIAN - ENGLISH LITERARY TRANSLATION
Academia Rossica has recently announced The Rossica Translation Prize
shortlist for 2005. This prize is the first award for literary translation
from Russian into English to be established anywhere in the world and is
open to works published in any country. The prize will be awarded
biennially for the best new translation of a high-quality Russian-language
literary work and this year's winner will be honoured at the Translators
Association prizes award ceremony on 3 October 2005 at the UCL Bloomsbury
Theatre, London.
>From a total of 34 eligible books, six finalists and two Special
Commendations have been selected:
Hugh Aplin translation of Bulgakovs The Fatal Eggs - Hesperus Press 2003
Andrew Bromfield translation of Kononovs The Naked Pioneer Girl -
Serpents Tail 2004
Robert & Elizabeth Chandler, Olga Meerson translation of Platonovs Soul -
Harvill Press 2003
Robert Maguire translation of Gogols Dead Souls - Penguin 2004
Oliver Ready translation of Buidas The Prussian Bride - Dedalus 2002
Arch Tait translation of Voloss Hurramabad - Glas 2001
The following two works have been chosen for special commendation: Michael
Molnar translations of poems by Krivulin in: Ten Russian Poets: Surviving
the Twentieth Century Richard McKane (ed.), Anvil Press 2003 and Robin
Kemball translation of Tsvetaevas Milestones, Northwestern University
Press, 2004.
The finalists of the Rossica Translation Prize 2005 will be reading from
the shortlisted books in the London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London
WC1, on 27 September 2005, 6.30 pm. Tickets are £4 (£3 to Rossica members)
and can be bought in advance on 020 7269 9030 or on the door. All are
welcome to attend what should be a very interesting evening.
For further details please see www.academia-rossica.org
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