A new blog to keep tabs on is Literalab by Michael Stein over at the recently launched online magazine Czech Position. Michael writes about Central European writing and art and so far he's added interesting posts on the cultural scene in Belarus, Wassily Kandinsky, the Belarus Free Theatre, Kafka and Schulz in Stockholm, and a two-part interview with György Spiró.
Naguib Mahfouz Medal
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The American University in Cairo Press has announced the winner of
this year's Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, and it is ميكروفون كاتم
صوت ('Mu...
Senses
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My translation of Pia Tafdrup's Senses pentalogy (five-volume collection),
on which I have been working with the author during the past few years, is
now c...
Love Your Translator
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Ah, translators! Invisible, overworked, underpaid, and…underloved? Check
out the Love Your Translator campaign and Facebook page. Get some stickers
and sho...
International Books and Roses Day 2014
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Today is La Diade de Sant Jordi in Catalan lands, a.k.a. St. George's Day,
a.k.a. UNESCO's World Book Day, a.k.a. International Books & Roses
Day. Traditi...
Première sélection du Prix de Flore 2012
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Le jury du Prix de Flore a annoncé mercredi 12 septembre sa première
sélection de dix romans en lice pour le prix qui sera décernée le 8
novembre.
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Rediscovering The Quay Brothers
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*by Sandy Mandelberger, North American Editor*
Among the filmmaker iconoclasts who have influenced many a film and visual
artist, one of the least herald...
2010: Ten Best Films
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*Here’s the only top ten that really matters, then, as Colin and James
offer their respective five best films.Over to Colin first:*
*5. TRON: Legacy (20...
2nd International Conrad Festival in Kraków
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The second International Joseph Conrad Festival started yesterday in Kraków
and for the second year running is putting Kraków on the map of
international l...