women’s world cup of literature – Three Percent /College/translation/threepercent a resource for international literature at the URochester Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:57:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Women's World Cup of Literature: The Bracket, The Dates, The Judges /College/translation/threepercent/2015/06/02/womens-world-cup-of-literature-the-bracket-the-dates-the-judges/ /College/translation/threepercent/2015/06/02/womens-world-cup-of-literature-the-bracket-the-dates-the-judges/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent-dev/2015/06/02/womens-world-cup-of-literature-the-bracket-the-dates-the-judges/ Yesterday we announced the participating titles in this year’s Women’s World Cup of Literature, but now we’re prepared to share the official bracket along with all the dates and judges for the first two rounds. Phew. OK, starting at the top, here’s the official bracket with its incredible graphic:

(Just click on that to get a full-size version.)

And the dates/judges (subject to change):

Monday 6/8: Lori Feathers – Switzerland vs Cameroon
Tuesday 6/9: P.T. Smith – France vs Mexico
Wednesday 6/10: Hal Hlavinka – Cote D’Ivoire vs Norway
Thursday 6/11: Florian Duijsens – China vs New Zealand
Friday 6/12: Rachel Crawford – Australia vs Sweden
Saturday 6/13: Hannah Chute – Canada vs Netherlands
Sunday 6/14: Rhea Lyons – England vs Colombia
Monday 6/15: Meredith Miller – Brazil vs Costa Rica
Tuesday 6/16: Sal Robinson – USA vs Nigeria
Wednesday 6/17: Mythili Rao – South Korea vs Spain
Thursday 6/18: Joanna Walsh – Germany vs Thailand
Friday 6/19: M. Lynx Quarley – Japan vs Ecuador

Monday 6/22: Canada/Netherlands vs China/New Zealand – Lizzy Siddal
Tuesday 6/23: Germany/Thailand vs Cote D’Ivoire/Norway – Kalah McCaffrey
Wednesday 6/24: Japan/Ecuador vs Switzerland/Cameroon – Margaret Carson
Thursday 6/25: USA/Nigeria vs Australia/Sweden – Meytal Radzinski
Friday 6/26: Brazil/Costa Rica vs South Korea/Spain – Katrine Ogaard Jensen
Saturday 6/27: France/Mexico vs England/Colombia – Hilary Plum

Monday 6/29: Quarterfinal #1
Tuesday 6/30: Quarterfinal #2

Thursday 7/2: Semifinal #1
Friday 7/3: Semifinal #2

Monday 7/6: Championship

Start placing your bets now, and we’ll be back on Monday with the first match breakdown . . .

]]> /College/translation/threepercent/2015/06/02/womens-world-cup-of-literature-the-bracket-the-dates-the-judges/feed/ 0 Announcing the Women's World Cup of Literature! /College/translation/threepercent/2015/06/01/announcing-the-womens-world-cup-of-literature/ /College/translation/threepercent/2015/06/01/announcing-the-womens-world-cup-of-literature/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:59:18 +0000 http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent-dev/2015/06/01/announcing-the-womens-world-cup-of-literature/ Last summer, to coincide with the Real Life World Cup, we hosted the World Cup of Literature, an incredible competition featuring 32 books from 32 countries, and ending with Roberto Bolaño’s By Night in Chile (Chile) triumphing over Valeria Luiselli’s Faces in the Crowd (Mexico). It was glorious.

Since the Women’s World Cup is kicking off in Canada next week, it’s time to do this all over again. Except that this time, only living female authors are allowed to participate. (And, as much as possible, the books included were published within the last ten years.)

Before announcing the participating titles, I have to announce that we’re still looking for judges. And, unlike last year, we want at least two-thirds of the eighteen judges to be females. So, if you’re interested—as a judge you read two books, write up the result of that “match” complete with soccer-esque score, then chime in on the final—just email me at chad.post[at]rochester.edu. You’ll have to do this fast though. The competition launches next week . . .

Tomorrow (or later today) we’ll post the new graphics and bracket so that you can see the first round competitions and debate which book has the easiest path to the final four, but for now, here’s a listing of all the titles that we’re including. (These are alphabetical in order of the country each is representing.)

Australia: by Hannah Kent

Brazil: by Adriana Lisboa, translated from the Portuguese by Alison Entrekin

Cameroon: by Léonora Miano, translated from the French by Tamsin Black

Canada: by Margaret Atwood

China: by Can Xue, translated from the Chinese by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen

Colombia: by Laura Restrepo, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer

Costa Rica: by Tatiana Lobo, translated from the Spanish by Asa Zatz

Cote d’Ivoire: by Veronique Tadjo, translated from the French by Amy Baram Reid

Ecuador: by Alicia Yánez Cossío, translated from the Spanish by Amalia Gladhart

England: by Kate Atkinson

France: by Virginie Despentes, translated from the French by Sîan Reynolds

Germany: by Alina Bronsky, translated from the German by Tim Mohr

Japan: by Yoko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder

Mexico: by Carmen Boullosa, translated from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee

Netherlands: by Dubravka Ugresic, translated from the Croatian by Michael Henry Heim

New Zealand: by Eleanor Catton

Nigeria: by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Norway: by Linn Ullmann, translated from the Norwegian by Barbara Haveland

South Korea: by Bae Suah, translated from the Korean by Sora Kim-Russell

Spain: by Elvira Navarro, translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey

Sweden: by Camilla Läckberg, translated from the Swedish by Steven Murray

Switzerland: by Noëlle Revas, translated from the French by W. Donald Wilson

Thailand: by Ngarmpun (Jane) Vejjajiva, translated from the Thai by Prudence Borthwick

USA: by Toni Morrison

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