There are 21 publishers with work represented in the 2024 edition of the American Literary Translators Association awards.

Prose and Poetry Shortlists Are Expected October 10

As the book competitions compete for coverage this autumn, we continue working to catch up with the announcements of longlists, shortlists, and wins.

Today (October 18), we look at he American Literary Translators Association‘s (ALTA) longlist of 24 titles translated into English from a total 17 languages and 21 publishers.

The winning translators in this program’s two categories—for a 10th year, both prose and poetry—are to be named on October 26 at ALTA’s 47th annual conference in Milwaukee, with an intermediary announcement of shortlists on October 10, six days before the opening of Frankfurter Buchmesse (October 16 to 20).

Each of the two winners is to receive US$4,000 in this competition, which was founded in 1998.

In a comment on the release of these longlists, ALTA’s Racheal Daum is quoted, saying, “With works spanning continents and centuries, this year’s longlists continue the National Translation Award’s commitment to celebrating diverse, exciting works in translation.

“ALTA is also extremely grateful to the prize juries, who considered some of the largest batches of submissions in the history of the National Translation Awards. Without their time, expertise, and tireless effort, these prizes would not be possible.”

Source: https://publishingperspectives.com/

Full article: https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/09/longlisted-translations-from-17-languages-altas-awards-program/