Claudio Magris
As we near the publication of Journeying, Claudio Magris’s third book in translation with YUP, it seemed timely to…
Margellos World Republic of Letters
The Skin of Chaos: The Letters of Adonis and Adel Abdessemed, pt. 2
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
The Skin of Chaos: The Letters of Adonis and Adel Abdessemed, pt. 1
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
The Last Lover by Can Xue – An Extract
Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction In her first UK appearance, Chinese novelist and…
Translating Karl Kraus & The Last Days of Mankind
Austrian satirist Karl Kraus’s famous Die letzten Tage der Menschheit – or in English The Last Days of Mankind – remains powerfully…
Patrick Modiano’s Paris
Patrick Modiano’s Paris – Article by Mark Polizzotti, translator of Suspended Sentences & After the Circus Patrick Modiano’s…
Alan Titley On Translating Cré na Cille
Cré na Cille or The Dirty Dust by Máirtín Ó Cadhain was originally published in 1949, but has only recently become available…
Margellos World Republic of Letters: From Tolstoy to Modiano
The Margellos World Republic of Letters brings together canonical works of literature and fiction originally written in languages…
Marian Schwartz on Translating Tolstoy
We had the chance to sit down with prolific translator Marian Schwartz to talk about her latest translation…
An Interview with Mark Polizzotti
We had the privilege of sitting down to talk with Mark Polizzotti, who, among other things, has recently…
Modiano: a scholar’s perspective
In 2014, French author Patrick Modiano stepped – uncharacteristically – into the limelight by winning the Nobel Prize…
Quiet Resonance: Translating Patrick Modiano
Notes on Patrick Modiano and Suspended Sentences from the translator, Mark Polizzotti – 2014 At first blush, the…