How literal must a literary translation be? Nabokov, who was fluent in three languages and wrote in two of them,...
Man Booker International prize
The selected novels spans the epic and the everyday, says judging chair. Two Israeli authors are among six writers shortlisted...
By Gargi Gupta There’s something fairytale-ish about Deborah Smith’s career thus far as a translator. She won the 2016 Man Booker...
By Victoria Burrows Without the storytelling traditions of his native Indonesia, writer Eka Kurniawan says he’d “just be a boring writer...
By Nami Mun In Korean, “Hello” (ahnyoung hasehyo) literally translates to “Are you at peace?” This question-greeting is delivered as...
Amitav Ghosh Penguin Random House said it is delighted to share that Indian author Amitav Ghosh has been shortlisted for the...
Many past winners and judges of the main Booker prize have signed up to advise on its international sister prize:...
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