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SFT on the Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

By Rachel CordascoMay 20, 2019newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Iraq, Jonathan Wright, Oneworld Publications

The Arthur C. Clarke Award has released its shortlist and it includes Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright, from Oneworld Publications.

Horror in Translation in World Literature Today

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 7, 2019list, SFT recs, spotlightAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Bosnia, Bosnian, Coral Petkovich, Daniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Haikasoru, Iraq, Istros Books, Japan, Japanese, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Jonathan Wright, Marlaine Delargy, Penguin, riverrun, Selvedin Avdić, Sweden, Swedish

I wrote about horror in translation for World Literature Today‘s “What to Read Now” feature: check it out! –

World SF Programming at Worldcon 76

By Rachel CordascoAugust 4, 2018newsArabic, China, Chinese, Korea, Korean, Mexican, Spanish, Worldcon 76

If you’re going to Worldcon 76 this month, you’ll find several panels about world/translated SF. Check them out below! Chinese SF/F and its Fandom Translation & Communication of Chinese Science Fiction Intro to Korean Science Fiction for English Speakers Exploring a Wider Universe: Beyond the World of Anglophone SFF 1001 Years Later–What Happened to

Out This Month: June

By Rachel CordascoJune 2, 2018out this monthAhmed Saadawi, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Andy Dudak, Arabic, Bengali, Canaan Morse, China, Chinese, Cixin Liu, Clarkesworld Magazine, Dale Knickerbocker, Damian Flanagan, Di An, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Ian Mond, IGMS, Interzone, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Japanese, Jodie Beck, Kobo Abe, Layli Uddin, Locus, Mandel Vilar Press, Mariko Ohara, Matt Treyvaud, Mir Rifat Us Saleheen, Paul Semel, Samovar Magazine, Shahidul Zahir, Tangent, Tobi Hitoraka, Unbound Worlds, University of Minnesota Press, Xing He

SHORT STORIES “Your Multicolored Life” by Xing He, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, June 1) “Silver Tiger” by Lu Yang, translated from the Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen (New Yorker, June) “Woodcutter and Crows” by Shahidul Zahir, translated from the Bengali by Layli Uddin and

WWB Interview With Translator Jonathan Wright

By Rachel CordascoMay 22, 2018interview, newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Eric M. B. Becker, Iraq, Jonathan Wright, Oneworld

Check out Eric Becker’s interview on Words Without Borders with Jonathan Wright, who translated the award-winning work of Iraqi horror Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi.

SFT on the Man Booker International Prize Longlist

By Rachel CordascoMarch 13, 2018newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, George Szirtes, Hungarian, Hungary, Iraq, John Batki, Jonathan Wright, László Krasznahorkai, Oneworld, Ottilie Mulzet, Tuskar Rock Press

Two works of SFT have been included in the Man Booker International Prize 2018 longlist: László Krasznahorkai (Hungary), John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet & George Szirtes, The World Goes On (Tuskar Rock Press) Ahmed Saadawi (Iraq), Jonathan Wright, Frankenstein in Baghdad (Oneworld)

Out This Month: March

By Rachel CordascoMarch 2, 2018out this monthArabic, Blake Stone-Banks, Brian Bies, Brow Books, Bruno Schulz, Catalan, Catalonia, Chi Hui, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Daniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Gautam Bhatia, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Indonesia, Indonesian, Intan Paramaditha, Ira Moskowitz, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Karin Tidbeck, Madeline G. Levine, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Manuel de Pedrolo, Northwestern University Press, Polish, Sara Martín, St. Martin's Press, Stephen J. Epstein, Strange Horizons, Wesleyan University Press, Xiu Xinyu, Yoav Blum

FICTION “Farewell, Adam” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld Magazine) “Deep Sea Fish” by Chi Hui, translated by Brian Bies (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction) Typescript of the Second Origin by Manuel de Pedrolo, translated from the Catalan by Sara Martín

Out This Month: January

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 3, 2018out this monthAhmed Saadawi, Amazon Crossing, Andy Dudak, Anna Holmwood, Apex Magazine, Arabic, Bao Shu, Bernhard Hennen, Chi Hui, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Felicidad Martinez, German, Germany, Iraq, Jin Yong, Jonathan Wright, Penguin, Quercus Books, Rodolfo Martínez, Spain, Spanish, Sportula

“The Lighthouse Girl” by Bao Shu, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld) “The Heaven-Moving Way” by Chi Hui, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Apex Magazine) Faces From the Past (The Queen’s Adept, Book 2) by by Rodolfo Martínez &‎ Felicidad Martínez, translated by

Special Arabic Issue of Strange Horizons

By Rachel CordascoNovember 1, 2017spotlightArabic, Strange Horizons

Check out Strange Horizons‘ special issue on “SFF from the Arab League Community and Diaspora”

Roundtable on Arabic SF

By Rachel CordascoApril 25, 20171 commentnewsArabic, Hassan Blasim, Iraq

Strange Horizons hosted a roundtable on Iraq + 100 (ed. Hassan Blasim) and Arabic sci-fi in general: read it here.

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