{"id":301256,"date":"2015-05-05T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2015\/05\/05\/2015-best-translated-book-award-fiction-finalists\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:39:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:39:20","slug":"2015-best-translated-book-award-fiction-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2015\/05\/05\/2015-best-translated-book-award-fiction-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Best Translated Book Award Fiction Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following on the announcement of the poetry shortlist,<\/a> here’s the list of the ten titles that made this year’s shortlist. <\/p>\n

As mentioned elsewhere, the two winning books will be announced at BookExpo America at 2:30pm on Wednesday, May 27th, at the Eastside Stage in the Jacob Javitz Center.<\/a><\/p>\n

Following that, we will be gathering at 5pm at The Folly<\/a> on 92 West Houston St. Anyone interested in celebrating the BTBA<\/span> and all the authors and translators who published books last year should definitely come out for this. Great way to kick off your BEA<\/span> party times . . .<\/p>\n

On with the announcement! Here are the ten fiction finalists for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award:<\/p>\n

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The Last Lover<\/em><\/a> by Can Xue, translated from the Chinese by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen (China, Yale University Press)<\/p>\n

The Author and Me<\/em><\/a> by \u00c9ric Chevillard, translated from the French by Jordan Stump (France, Dalkey Archive Press)<\/p>\n

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Fantomas Versus the Multinational Vampires<\/em><\/a> by Julio Cort\u00e1zar, translated from the Spanish by David Kurnick (Argentina, Semiotext(e))<\/p>\n

Pushkin Hills<\/em><\/a> by Sergei Dovlatov, translated from the Russian by Katherine Dovlatov (Russia, Counterpoint Press)<\/p>\n

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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay<\/em><\/a> by Elena Ferrante, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein (Italy, Europa Editions)<\/p>\n

Things Look Different in the Light<\/em><\/a> by Medardo Fraile, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa (Spain, Pushkin Press)<\/p>\n

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Harlequin’s Millions<\/em><\/a> by Bohumil Hrabal, translated from the Czech by Stacey Knecht (Czech Republic, Archipelago Books)<\/p>\n

The Woman Who Borrowed Memories<\/em><\/a> by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal and Silvester Mazzarella (Finland, NYRB<\/span>)<\/p>\n

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Faces in the Crowd<\/em><\/a> by Valeria Luiselli, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney (Mexico, Coffee House Press)<\/p>\n

La Grande<\/em><\/a> by Juan Jos\u00e9 Saer, translated from the Spanish by Steve Dolph (Argentina, Open Letter Books)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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