Thanks for tuning in, Translation fans! Here’s what’s coming up in March.
Thursday, March 1:
A Celebration of A Poet in Spain by Federico García Lorca: translator Sarah Arvio will be launching her new book of Lorca translations with translators Nathalie Handal and Rowan Ricardo Phillips as well as Cyrus Cassells, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Roberto Montes, and Phillip Schultz. More information here. The New School, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 W. 12th St., Room A106 (Auditorium), 6:30 p.m.
Monday, March 12:
Third-Millennium Heart: Book launch event with translator Katrine Jensen and poet Ursula Andkjær Olsen. More information here. Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 13:
Neapolitan Chronicles: Book launch event with translators Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee speaking about/reading from their translation of Neapolitan Chronicles by Anna Maria Ortese. More information here. Community Bookstore, 143 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14:
Neapolitan Chronicles: Book launch event with translators Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee speaking about/reading from their translation of Neapolitan Chronicles by Anna Maria Ortese. They will be joined by Giovanna Calvino. More information here. Hofstra University, 11:15 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
Tuesday, March 20:
Censorship and Eloquent Silences: translator Robert Chandler on translating Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate. More information here. Harriman Institute, Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room (Rm. 1219), International Affairs Building, Columbia University, 420 W 118th St., 6:30 p.m.
Also Tuesday, March 20:
Neapolitan Chronicles: Book launch event with translators Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee speaking about/reading from their translation of Neapolitan Chronicles by Anna Maria Ortese. More information here. Book Culture on Columbus, 450 Columbus Ave, 7:00 p.m.
Judgment: Book launch event with translators Harriet Murav and Sasha Senderovich presenting their translation of Judgment by David Bergelson. More information here. CUNY-Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave., Rm. Room 14-270, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 24:
Inside Translation | Outside Ourselves: Connecting Our Worlds: Festival Neue Literatur event featuring translators Tess Lewis, Ann Goldstein, and Jenny McPhee, joined by Yoko Tawada (!!!), Barbara Epler, and John Wray. RSVP strongly recommended, more information here. Goethe-Institut New York, 30 Irving Pl., 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 27:
Celebrating Clarice Lispector’s The Chandelier: translator Idra Novey joins John Freeman and Porochista Khakpour for a conversation moderated by Elliot Holt about the latest Lispector to be published by New Directions. More information here. Dweck Center, Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
Also Tuesday, March 27:
Neapolitan Chronicles: Book launch event with translators Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee speaking about/reading from their translation of Neapolitan Chronicles by Anna Maria Ortese. More information here. 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave., 7:00 p.m.