The American Literary Translators Association

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•  book a room at in the ALTA conference hotel (at a discounted rate!)
• get information on traveling to Milwaukee, WI
• find a guide to Milwaukee

At ALTA, community is our priority, and our goal is to create a safe and positive ALTA conference in Milwaukee this fall by reducing health risks and acting out of care for ourselves and others. Making the conference more accessible to disabled and immunocompromised participants helps keep all of us safer and healthier. Masks will be required for audience members in the conference hotel. 

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced the winner of the 2023 National Translation Award (NTA) in Poetry: 

The Threshold
By Iman Mersal
Translated from Arabic by Robyn Creswell
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The 2023 judges were Pauline Fan, Heather Green, and Shook. This 2023 winner was announced at the Awards Ceremony held during ALTA’s 46th annual conference in Tucson, AZ on November 11, 2023.

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 Italian Prose in Translation Award: 

The Betrothed
By Alessandro Manzoni
Translated by Michael F. Moore
The Modern Library

The 2023 judges were Leah Janeczko, Jenny McPhee, and Jamie Richards. The 2023 winner was announced at the Awards Ceremony held during ALTA’s 46th annual conference in Tucson, AZ on November 11, 2023.