Ahmed Saadawi – Speculative Fiction in Translation

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! –

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: 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

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SFT on the Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

Out This Month: June

WWB Interview With Translator Jonathan Wright

SFT on the Man Booker International Prize Longlist

Out This Month: January