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Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Best Translated Book Award!
In fiction:
Satantango by László Krasznahorkai, translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes and published by New Directions
and in poetry:
Wheel with a Single Spoke by Nichita Stanescu, translated from the Romanian by Sean Cotter, and published by Archipelago Books.
More about the books and award ceremony here.
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3The Book of Disquiet, Fernando Pessoa (via substantia-nigra)
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“The history of literature is, of course, strewn with the neglected, the misunderstood, the forgotten, the never fully realized, and minor figures more influential than renowned. If one were to draw a Venn diagram comprised of each of these categories, Marcel Schwob, along with a handful of others, would be at the heart of their intersections. But how, one despairs, can a man praised so highly during his own life fall completely by the wayside posthumously, as if it was his vitality alone that kept him from obscurity?”
At 3:AM Magazine, Stephen writes about the rediscovery of Marcel Schwob and interviews translator Kit Schluter about Schwob’s haunting work, The Book of Monelle.
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Nice work, D.H.
mydaguerreotypeboyfriend:
The recent discovery of an unpublished D.H. Lawrence letter proves that he’s got your back, ladies. Writing in response to a misogynistic 1924 article titled “The Ugliness of Women,” Lawrence lay down the law:
The hideousness {the author] sees is the reflection of himself, and of the automatic meat-lust with which he approaches another individual…Even the most “beautiful” woman is still a human creature. If {the author] approached her as such, as a being instead of as a piece of lurid meat, he would have no horrors afterwards.
Thank you D.H. Lawrence, meat-lust warrior. (h/t Jezebel)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb6920ab6eddaab9818de7bc7ca54829/tumblr_ml5a4nQGpF1qkgs51o1_500.jpg)
Nice work, D.H.
The recent discovery of an unpublished D.H. Lawrence letter proves that he’s got your back, ladies. Writing in response to a misogynistic 1924 article titled “The Ugliness of Women,” Lawrence lay down the law:
The hideousness {the author] sees is the reflection of himself, and of the automatic meat-lust with which he approaches another individual…Even the most “beautiful” woman is still a human creature. If {the author] approached her as such, as a being instead of as a piece of lurid meat, he would have no horrors afterwards.
Thank you D.H. Lawrence, meat-lust warrior. (h/t Jezebel)
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“I wouldn’t have wanted anyone to teach me how to write…I prefer to stumble on it.” RIP Chinua Achebe.
Read our interview with the Nigerian writer here.
Yes.“If someone asks me, ‘Why do you write?’ I can reply by pointing out that it is a very dumb question. Nevertheless, there is an answer. I write because I hate. A lot. Hard.” — William Gass, The Paris Review
William Gass’ latest (and last?) novel, Middle C is out today. (via greenapplebooks)
Any poodle under ten inches high is a toy.
Almost always a toy is an imitation
of something grown-ups use.
Popes with unclipped hair are called “corded popes.”
If a Pope’s hair is allowed to grow unchecked,
it becomes extremely long and twists
into long strands…
102 a bee paints pictures
an arabesque for the wind
the sting on my face
