Salsa
by Hsia Yu (China)
Translated from the Chinese by Steve Bradbury
(Zephyr Press)

Kalidasa for the 21st Century Reader
(India)
Translated from the Sanskrit by Mani Rao
(Aleph Book Company)

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is delighted to announce the 5-title shortlist for the 2015 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize.

Sheds/Hangars  by José-Flore Tappy, translated from the French by John Taylor (The Bitter Oleander Press)

The American Literary Translators Association is pleased to announce the five 2015 ALTA Travel Fellows. Each year, ALTA provides four to six $1000 fellowships to emerging translators to attend the annual ALTA conference. This year ALTA received over 140 applications for these fellowships, making this year the most competitive fellowship selection by far. This year’s winners were selected by award-winning translators Geoffrey Brock and Jennifer Croft, and editor and translator Sidney Wade.