Rossica Translation Prize 2005 - Correction

[Jill D Cunningham]

Dear All

Many apologies! My first attempt to post on the list was a timely reminder 
to beware of cutting and pasting! The text should have read:

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 Bulgakov's The Fatal Eggs - Hesperus Press 2003
Andrew Bromfield - translation of Kononov's The Naked Pioneer Girl - 
Serpent's Tail 2004
Robert & Elizabeth Chandler, Olga Meerson - translation of Platonov's Soul -
Harvill Press 2003
Robert Maguire - translation of Gogol's Dead Souls - Penguin 2004
Oliver Ready - translation of Buida's The Prussian Bride - Dedalus 2002
Arch Tait - translation of Volos's 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 Tsvetaeva's 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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