ALTA Conference

20 Days to Go! NTA Countdown to ALTA41: IF I WERE A SUICIDE BOMBER

Join us as we count down to ALTA41: Performance, Props, and Platforms with the National Translation Award in Poetry and Prose long- and shortlisted titles! We will be featuring the titles in alphabetical order, moving first through the longlisted and then the shortlisted titles, alongside blurbs penned by our judges for the National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose.

21 Days to Go! NTA Countdown to ALTA41: THE BOOK OF DISQUIET

Join us as we count down to ALTA41: Performance, Props, and Platforms with the National Translation Award in Poetry and Prose long- and shortlisted titles! We will be featuring the titles in alphabetical order, moving first through the longlisted and then the shortlisted titles, alongside blurbs penned by our judges for the National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose.

22 Days to Go! NTA Countdown to ALTA41: AUGUST

Join us as we count down to ALTA41: Performance, Props, and Platforms with the National Translation Award in Poetry and Prose long- and shortlisted titles! We will be featuring the titles in alphabetical order, moving first through the longlisted and then the shortlisted titles, alongside blurbs penned by our judges for the National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose.

23 Days to Go! NTA Countdown to ALTA41: AFFECTIONS

Join us as we count down to ALTA41: Performance, Props, and Platforms with the National Translation Award in Poetry and Prose long- and shortlisted titles! We will be featuring the titles in alphabetical order, moving first through the longlisted and then the shortlisted titles, alongside blurbs penned by our judges for the National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose.

Announcing the 2018 Italian Prose in Translation Award Shortlist

September 17, 2018—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Italian Prose in Translation Award. Starting in 2015, the Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA) recognizes the importance of contemporary Italian prose (fiction and literary non-fiction) and promotes the translation of Italian works into English. This prize is awarded annually to a translator of a recent work of Italian prose (fiction or literary non-fiction).

Announcing the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize Shortlist

September 10, 2018— The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is delighted to announce the 5-title shortlist for the 2018 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize! Lucien Stryk was an internationally acclaimed translator of Japanese and Chinese Zen poetry, renowned Zen poet himself, and former professor of English at Northern Illinois University.

Announcing the Recipients of the 2018 ALTA Travel Fellowships

September 7, 2018—ALTA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 ALTA Travel Fellowships, including the third annual Peter K. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellowship. Each year, ALTA provides four to six $1,000 fellowships to emerging translators to attend the annual ALTA conference. This year’s winners were selected by Marguerite Feitlowitz, Margarit T. Ordukhanyan, Emma Ramadan, and Haider Shahbaz. Congratulations to these exceptional emerging translators, chosen from more than 100 applications!

The 2018 National Translation Award Shortlists are Here!

September 4, 2018—The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2018 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose! 2018 marks the twentieth year for the NTA, and the fourth year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose. The NTA, which is administered by ALTA, is the only national award for translated fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction that includes a rigorous examination of both the source text and its relation to the finished English work.

Announcing the 2018 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Recipients!

August 20, 2018 — The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is pleased to announce the mentees for the fourth year of the ALTA Emerging Mentorship Program! Congratulations to our four exceptional emerging translators:

Meet the ’18 Mentees: Jennifer Kellogg

The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to facilitate and establish a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator on a project selected by the emerging translator. The mentorship duration is approximately one year. The emerging translator is expected to choose a project that can be completed in a year’s time, and they will only be advised on that particular project.

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