At ALTA, we are very proud of the many accomplishments of our current and former mentees. The achievements listed in the following categories (book-length publications, other publications, fellowships and awards received, and other career-related accomplishments) represent only a sampling of the exciting work our mentees are doing in literary translation. Check back often to see what the mentees are up to!
Book-length Publications
- The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E. J. Koh ('17-'18) (Tin House, 2020)
- The Memoir of an Anti-Hero by Kornel Filipowicz, translated from Polish by Anna Zaranko ('15-'16) (Penguin Classics, 2019)
- Lake Like a Mirror by Ho Sok Fong, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17), forthcoming from Two Lines Press (US) / Granta (UK) in 2020
- Malicroix by Henri Bosco, translated from French by Joyce Zonana (‘15-’16), forthcoming from New York Review Books in April 2020
- Carbide by Andriy Lyubka, translated from Ukrainian by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler and Reilly Costigan-Humes (‘17-’18), forthcoming
- A Land Like You by Tobie Nathan, translated from French by Joyce Zonana (‘15-’16), forthcoming from Seagull Books in August 2020
- The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan, translated from Ukrainian by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler and Reilly Costigan-Humes (‘17-’18), forthcoming from Yale University Press
- Translating Across Sensory and Linguistic Borders: Intersemiotic Journeys Between Media, edited by Madeleine Campbell ('17-'18) and Ricarda Vidal (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
- Lonely Face by Yeng Pway Ngon, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17) (Balestier Press, 2019)
- A Classic Tragedy by Xu Xiaobin, co-translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17) and Nicky Harman (Balestier Press, 2019)
Other Publications
- An excerpt from A Green Bus Leaves Aleppo by Jan Dost, translated from Arabic by Madeline Edwards (2020), in ArabLit Quarterly (Spring 2020)
- “Sour Meat" by Dorothy Tse, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17), in That We May Live, Two Lines Press (2020)
- “Cloth Birds" by Dorothy Tse, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17), Words Without Borders & Poem-a-Day (September 2019)
- “Moth Eyes" by Ho Sok Fong, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17), PEN Transmissions (July 2019)
- “Angelic" by Dorothy Tse, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17), Nashville Review (April 2019)
- “The Arrival" by Dorothy Tse, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17), Denver Quarterly (Summer 2019)
- “Lessons in the Law" by Xie Ding, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17), LARB China Channel (May 2019)
- Review of translation anthology Home on the Move: Two Poems Go on a Journey, edited by Ricarda Vidal and Manuela Perteghella, by Madeleine Campbell ('17-'18), European Literature Network
- “In My Body" by Indah Darmastuti, translated from Indonesian by Zoë McLaughlin ('17-'18), InterSastra
- “The Disappearance" by Neus Canyelles, translated from Catalan by Marlena Gittleman ('17-'18), Asymptote
- “The Overcoat, by Nikolai Gogol" by Neus Canyelles, translated from Catalan by Marlena Gittleman (‘17-’18), Anomaly #28
- from Farewell to Autumn by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, translated from Polish by Lauren Dubowski ('18-'19), Witkacy! (issue 2/2018)
- “Tłumacz jako mediator dla różnych typów wrażliwości" ("The Translator as Mediator of Diverse Sensibilities"), interview between Ełżbieta Grzyb and Lauren Dubowski ('18-'19), Witkacy! (issue 2/2018)
- “The Archivist” by Mukhtar Magauin, translated from Kazakh by Mirgul Kali ('18-'19), Electric Literature (Dec. 2018)
- “Contagious Cities: Hong Kong” by Dorothy Tse, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17), BBC Radio 3 (Nov. 2018)
- “The Lady with the Little Dog, by Anton Chekhov” by Neus Canyelles, translated from Catalan by Marlena Gittleman (‘17-’18), Asymptote (Oct. 2018)
- “Victory” by Reed Grachev, translated from Russian by Sabrina Jaszi (‘16-’17), The Offing (Oct. 2018)
- from The Selected Letters of Mercè Rodoreda and Joan Sales, translated from Catalan by Scott Shanahan (‘15-’16), The Brooklyn Rail InTranslation (Aug. 2018)
- “This City I Come From,” poetry by Agnes Lam, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce ('16-'17), Words Without Borders (Aug. 2018)
- from À l'arrache by Patrick Goujon, translated from French by Noah Mintz (‘16-’17), Two Lines 29 (Fall 2018)
- “Work Hard” by Eric Chau & Chi-Wai Un, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce ('16-'17), Words Without Borders (Aug. 2018)
- “Chewing on Words” by Dorothy Tse, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce ('16-'17), Words Without Borders (June 2018)
- “The Door" by Dorothy Tse, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce ('16-'17), Mascara Literary Review (June 2018)
- “Mount Xianglu” & “Velvet” by Ye Mi, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce ('16-'17), Chinese Arts & Letters (June 2018)
- from “Lake like a Mirror” by Ho Sok Fong, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce ('16-'17), Granta (May 2018)
- “Esther” by Tobie Nathan, translated from French by Joyce Zonana (‘15-’16), Nashville Review 25 (Spring 2018)
- “Too Much/Not Enough: Translating Reed Grachev,” an essay by Sabrina Jaszi (‘16-’17), The Paris Review Daily (March 2018)
- “The Escape,” by Andriy Lyubka, translated from Ukrainian by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler and Reilly Costigan-Humes (‘17-’18), The Odessa Review (Feb. 2018)
- “A Room for Sorrow,” by Andriy Lyubka, translated from Ukrainian by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler and Reilly Costigan-Humes (‘17-’18), Apofenie (Feb. 2018)
- “A Debate on Happiness” and “No Voice,” by Reed Grachev, translated from Russian by Sabrina Jaszi (‘16-’17), Subtropics (Fall/Winter 2017)
- “Bluebells” by Reed Grachev, translated from Russian by Sabrina Jaszi (‘16-’17), Catapult (Oct. 2017)
- “Monthly Matters” by Dorothy Tse, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce ('16-'17), Wasafiri (Sept. 2017)
- “You’ve Likely Never Been to a Party This Big” by Borja Bagunyà, translated from Catalan by Scott Shanahan (‘15-’16), Words Without Borders (April 2017)
- “Fish Tank Creatures” by Dorothy Tse, co-translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17) and Nicky Harman, Anomaly 25 (2017)
- “The Wall” by Ho Sok Fong, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce ('16-'17), Asia Literary Review (2017)
Fellowships & Awards
- 2020 Found in Translation Award from the Polish Cultural Institute, Anna Zaranko (‘15-‘16)
- 2020 Translator in Residence at the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17)
- March 2020 MacDowell Colony Residency, Joyce Zonana ('15-'16)
- 2019 PEN/Heim Translation Fund grant, Fiona Bell ('18-'19)
- 2019 Words Without Borders Poems in Translation Prize, Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17)
- 2019 Global Humanities Translation Prize, Joyce Zonana ('15-'16)
- 2019 TA First Translation Prize shortlist, Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17) & mentor/editor Jeremy Tiang
- 2019 English PEN Translates Award, Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17)
- Finalist for the 2nd annual Käpylä Translation Prize, Sabrina Jaszi (‘16-’17)
- April/May 2019 Yaddo Corporation Residency, Joyce Zonana (‘15-’16)
- 2018 Translation Lab Residency at Art Omi, Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17)
- February 2018 MacDowell Colony fellow, Joyce Zonana (‘15-’16)
- Shortlist for the 2018 Käpylä Translation Prize, Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17)
- 2018 Luce Foundation Poetry & Translation Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17)
- 2017 PEN/Heim Translation Fund grant, Joyce Zonana (‘15-’16)
- 2017 Katharine Bakeless Nason Scholarship, Bread Loaf Translators Conference, Joyce Zonana (‘15-’16)
- 2017 PEN Presents South & Southeast Asia Prize, Natascha Bruce (‘16-’17)
Other Accomplishments
- Noah Mintz (‘16-’17) is now a PhD student in French at Columbia University
- Sabrina Jaszi (‘16-’17) is now a PhD student in Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley
- Marlena Gittleman (‘17-’18) is now a PhD student in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley
If you are a current or former ALTA mentee, and would like to add an accomplishment to this list, please email Program Manager Kelsi Vanada at kelsi@literarytranslators.org.