Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Zoland Poetry/Vermont Studio Center Translation Fellowship.  The application deadline is June 15, 2011.

This fellowship, open to all translators of international writing into English, provides an all-inclusive four-week residency at the Vermont Studio Center (http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org), the international creative retreat center for artists and writers in northern Vermont.  Abundant working time, a private studio, an international community of fellow artists, a roster of Visiting Artists and Writers, a beautiful village setting in the northern Green Mountains, and a growing Literature in Translation program (http://vermontstudiocenter.org/literature-in-translation-lit-program) are all a part of a Studio Center residency.

The application form and fellowship guidelines are now available on the VSC website (http://vermontstudiocenter.org/fellowships). Applicants should submit 3 copies of the original poems/translations, along with a description of English-language rights, author bio, and translator CV.

The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and Bard College present on June 27 and 28 a special event celebrating the 75th birthday of Norman Manea, Francis Flournoy Professor in European Studies and Culture and Writer in Residence at Bard College, one of the most remarkable writers of our time.

Our tribute to this prominent contemporary figure includes presentations, panel discussions and a documentary film, all covering the trajectory of his life and exploring the aesthetic and ethical dimensions of his literary work before and after his exile from Romania in 1986.

Join Norman Manea’s editors, publishers and dedicated scholars, friends, colleagues and collaborators from all over the world for an intellectually rewarding celebration. Introduced by Bard President Leon Botstein and hosted by Corina Şuteu, director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, the event brings together, among other participants, Paul Bailey, Robert Boyers, Jonathan Brent, Paul Cernat, Joseph Cuomo, Luca Formenton, Reginald Gibbons, Edward Hirsch, Edward Kanterian, Silviu Lupescu, Carmen Muşat, Maria Nadotti, James Ottaway, Jr., and Francine Prose.

Norman Manea will make a special appearance.


June 27-28
The Bard Graduate Center
Lecture Hall
38 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024

FREE ADMISSION to all events.
Registration required at icrny@icrny.org or 212-687-0180.

More details will be available soon at www.icrny.org and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Romanian-Cultural-Institute-New-York/111964525513962?ref=ts

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are presented every two years by IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important and lasting contribution to children's literature. IBBY National Sections from 33 countries have made their selections, submitting the following 28 authors and 31 illustrators as candidates for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Awards:

Argentina: Author: Maria Teresa Andruetto; Illustrator: Pablo Bernasconi
Australia: Author: Christobel Mattingley; Illustrator: Bob Graham
Austria: Author: Monika Pelz; Illustrator: Renate Habinger
Belgium: Author: Bart Moeyaert; Illustrator: Louis Joos
Brazil: Author: Bartolomeu Campos de Queiros; Illustrator: Roger Mello
Canada: Author: Tim Wynne-Jones; Illustrator: Stephane Jorisch
Cyprus: Author: Elli Peonidou
Czech Republic: Illustrator: Peter Sis
Denmark: Author: Lene Kaaberbol; Illustrator: Charlotte Pardi
Finland: Author: Sinikka Nopola / Tiina Nopola; Illustrator: Virpi Talvitie
France: Author: Jean-Claude Mourlevat; Illustrator: Henri Galeron
Germany: Author: Paul Maar; Illustrator: Rotraut Susanne Berner
Greece: Author: Christos Boulotis; Illustrator: Effie Lada
Iran: Illustrator: Mohammad Ali Baniasadi
Ireland: Author: Eoin Colfer
Italy: Author: Bianca Pitzorno; Illustrator: Francesco Tullio-Altan
Japan: Author: Masamoto Nasu; Illustrator: Satoshi Kako
Republic of Korea: Author: Hwang Sun-Mi; Illustrator: Hong Seong-Chan
Latvia: Illustrator: Anita Paegle
Netherlands: Author: Tonke Dragt; Illustrator: Annemarie van Haeringen
Norway: Author: Bjorn Sortland; Illustrator: Oyvind Torseter
Romania: Author: Silvia Kerim; Illustrator: Valeria Moldovan
Russia: Illustrator: Gennadij Spirin
Serbia: Author: Ljubivoje Rsumovic; Illustrator: Dobrosav Zivkovic
Slovak Republic: Author: Daniel Hevier Illustrator: Peter Uchnar
Slovenia: Author: Tone Pavcek; Illustrator: Alenka Sottler
Spain: Author: Agustin Fernandez Paz; Illustrator: Javier Zabala Herrero
Sweden: Lennart Hellsing; Illustrator: Anna-Clara Tidholm
Switzerland: Author: Franz Hohler; Illustrator: Kathrin Scharer
Turkey: Author: Sevim Ak; Illustrator: Feridun Oral
United Kingdom: Author: Philip Pullman; Illustrator: John Burningham
USA: Author: Paul Fleischman; Illustrator: Chris Raschka
Venezuela: Illustrator: Arnal Balleste

The winners will be announced at the IBBY Press Conference at the Bologna Children's Book Fair on Monday, 19 March 2012.

For more information about the award, IBBY's programme, and current projects please contact the IBBY Secretariat or visit: http://www.ibby.org.

The Joseph Brodsky/Stephen Spender Prize for the translation of Russian poetry into English is now open for entries.

Judged by Sasha Dugdale, Catriona Kelly and Paul Muldoon, this new prize celebrates the long friendship between Joseph Brodsky and Stephen Spender, as well as the rich tradition of Russian poetry. The prizes are: £1,500 (first), £1,000 (second) and £500 (third). The deadline is 31 August 2011 and the competition is open to entrants wordwide. Enter online or download an entry form at www.stephen-spender.org

For questions, contact:

Robina Pelham Burn
Director
The Stephen Spender Trust
3 Old Wish Road
Eastbourne
BN21 4JX

01323 452294
info@brodskyspender.org
http://www.stephen-spender.org/brodsky_spender.html

New Media in Cuban Literature Today
Thursday, May 19th, 7:00 pm.
Free admission
A group of Cuba's most contemporary writers—Abilio Estévez, Ernesto Hernández Busto, and Amir Valle— and Rachel Price (moderator)(Princeton University), a contemporary scholar of new media in literature, will discuss the use of the Internet, e-mail, blogging, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media as a means of creative expression as well as of distributing contemporary writing on and off the island. Award-winning Cuban blogger and dissident Yoani Sánchez and author/blogger Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo will participate in absentia with pre-recorded video messages. Work by/about the participating writers will appear in Review 82.

Launch of Review 82: Friday
May 20th, 7:00 pm.
Free admission

This launch of a special Cuban issue of the Society's acclaimed journal will feature comments by Editor Daniel Shapiro (Americas Society), Guest Creative Editor José Manuel Prieto (author, Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire, Rex), and Guest Academic Editor Anke Birkenmaier (Indiana University; author, Alejo Carpentier y la cultura del surrealismo en América Latina); and readings of poetry and prose by Cuban writers Juan Carlos Flores, Reina María Rodríguez—both of whom live on the island—, Rolando Sánchez Mejías, and translator Kristin Dykstra (Illinois State University). All of the participants have contributed texts to Review 82.

Reservations are required. Americas Society Members reserve tickets at membersres@americas-society.org. Non-members reserve at http://as.americas-society.org/calevent.php?id=1062.
The Americas Society is located at 680 Park Avenue at 68th Street in New York City. To arrive by public transportation, take the 6 train to 68th Street / Hunter College. For wheelchair access, kindly call in advance.

Reza Aslan: Literature and Revolution in the Middle East

6.30pm, Thursday 26 May 2011
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Lecture to be preceded by a reception at 6.00pm in the Brunei Suite
 
Admission Free – All Welcome

(Pre-Registration Required)
 
A lecture by Dr Reza Aslan, an international acclaimed writer and scholar of religion. Most recently, Dr Aslan edited Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, published by W.W. Norton (a Words Without Borders book). His first book is the international bestseller, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, was translated into 13 languages and named one of the 100 most important books of the last decade. He is also the author of Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religion Extremism in a Globalized Age.

Granta announces a literary tour through major US cities featuring some of their Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists. Details on events in Seattle, Washington, DC, New York City, Houston, Chicago, and San Francisco can be found here:

http://www.spainculture.us/category/literature/