Rossica translation prize

[Robert Chandler]

Dear all,

Just to say 2 things:

1) Last night, here in London, Joanne Turnbull was awarded the Rossica
Translation Prize (it is quite a new prize, this is only the second year it
has been running) for her translation of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Seven
Stories, published by GLAS.  Krzh. is a great writer, and Joanne¹s
translation is outstanding.  If you want to know more, please read my review
in SEEJ, Winter 2006!

2) I received a ŒSpecial Commendation¹ both for my translation of Hamid
Ismailov¹s The Railway, published by Harvill Secker, and for my translations
over the years.  The Railway is an exuberant and witty novel set in Central
Asia.  There is a bit about it on amazon.com, though I have just seen that
it is at present available only second hand.  A new VINTAGE edition should
be available in the UK in early July and in the USA by the end of July.

Best Wishes,

Robert


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