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Tess Lewis and Philip Boehm are two translators nominated for the Oxford/Weidenfeld Translation Award.
Lewis is the translator of One Hundred Days (Granta), by Swiss author Lukas Bärfuss, and Philip Boehm, recent winner of the Kurt and Helen Wolff Translator's Prize for Gregor von Rezzori's An Ermine in Czernopol, is nominated for The Hunger Angel (Metropolitan), by Nobel Prize laureate Herta Müller.
The Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize, which honors the cultural importance and craft of translation, goes to book-length literary translations into English from a living European language. The award will be presented by Adam Thorpe in a ceremony to take place at St Anne’s College, Oxford, England on June 6, and which is open to the public.
Mon 05-20-13
German titles on Weidenfeld Prize shortlist
Fri 05-17-13
Archipelago premieres Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Book launch/film/art
05/23/13
7:00pm
Gasser Grunert Gallery
524 W. 19th St.
New York, NY 10011
Free
Archipelago Books and the Haitian Cultural Foundation present Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm, translated from the German by Peter Wortsman, with illustrations by contemporary Haitian artists. Wortsman will read from the tales, which in his version restore their original, unsanitized character.
In addition to the reading, filmmakers Eve Blouin and Raynald Leconte will preview In the Eye of the Spiral, a documentary exploring Haiti's traditions and culture and the lives of its artists and intellectuals. A Q&A with translator-compiler Wortsman and discussion with Raynald Leconte and francophone scholar Kaiama L. Glover will follow. The event is set among works by artists selected by Contemporary Haitian Artists Exhibition, with net proceeds from sales to benefit Archipelago Books and the Haitian Cultural Foundation.
Peter Wortsman received the 2012 Gold Grand Prize for Best Travel Story of the Year in the Solas Awards Competition and is the author of A Modern Way to Die: Small Stories and Microtales and the recent memoir, Ghost Dance in Berlin: A Rhapsody in Gray. His translated works include titles by Robert Musil, Heinrich Heine, Peter Altenberg, and Heinrich von Kleist.
05/23/13
7:00pm
Gasser Grunert Gallery
524 W. 19th St.
New York, NY 10011
Free
Archipelago Books and the Haitian Cultural Foundation present Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm, translated from the German by Peter Wortsman, with illustrations by contemporary Haitian artists. Wortsman will read from the tales, which in his version restore their original, unsanitized character. In addition to the reading, filmmakers Eve Blouin and Raynald Leconte will preview In the Eye of the Spiral, a documentary exploring Haiti's traditions and culture and the lives of its artists and intellectuals. A Q&A with translator-compiler Wortsman and discussion with Raynald Leconte and francophone scholar Kaiama L. Glover will follow. The event is set among works by artists selected by Contemporary Haitian Artists Exhibition, with net proceeds from sales to benefit Archipelago Books and the Haitian Cultural Foundation.
Peter Wortsman received the 2012 Gold Grand Prize for Best Travel Story of the Year in the Solas Awards Competition and is the author of A Modern Way to Die: Small Stories and Microtales and the recent memoir, Ghost Dance in Berlin: A Rhapsody in Gray. His translated works include titles by Robert Musil, Heinrich Heine, Peter Altenberg, and Heinrich von Kleist.
Fri 05-10-13
Schimmelpfennig Golden Dragon debut in New York
Theater
05/08/13 - 06/09/13
The Play Company at The New Ohio Theatre
154 Christopher Street
New York, NY 10014
In English
Tickets: $30-$40
(Use special code ZWANZIG for $20 tickets for performances through May 19)
In a tiny Asian take-out restaurant, a kitchen worker’s toothache leads to a botched extraction, blazing a trail of intrigue through the dining room and out into the world beyond. Hilarious and global, The Golden Dragon paints a surreal and haunting portrait of migration and human connection as five actors create a kaleidoscope of characters - from the restaurant’s employees, patrons and neighbors, to the insects at their feet.
Written by Berlin-based playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig (Arabian Night, Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God), The Golden Dragon made its New York debut on May 8 under the direction of Ed Sylvanus Iskandar.
At 4:30pm on Sunday, May 12, directly following the 3:00pm matinee performance, The Play Company, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut New York and the German Consulate New York, will present a public Idea Lab conversation with the playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig, moderated by Frank Hentschker, Executive Director of the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at the CUNY Graduate Center. They will discuss the play, Schimmelpfennig’s larger body of work, and German performance culture. This public conversation with Roland Schimmelpfennig requires no reservations or show tickets.
Visitors to the performance are also encouraged to download a free, 15-minute aural experience created by Sound Designer/Composer Katie Down. Designed to draw the audience into the world of the play, the Soundwalk starts and ends at The New Ohio Theatre and is best enjoyed just before a performance of The Golden Dragon.
05/08/13 - 06/09/13
The Play Company at The New Ohio Theatre
154 Christopher Street
New York, NY 10014
In English
Tickets: $30-$40
(Use special code ZWANZIG for $20 tickets for performances through May 19)
In a tiny Asian take-out restaurant, a kitchen worker’s toothache leads to a botched extraction, blazing a trail of intrigue through the dining room and out into the world beyond. Hilarious and global, The Golden Dragon paints a surreal and haunting portrait of migration and human connection as five actors create a kaleidoscope of characters - from the restaurant’s employees, patrons and neighbors, to the insects at their feet.Written by Berlin-based playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig (Arabian Night, Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God), The Golden Dragon made its New York debut on May 8 under the direction of Ed Sylvanus Iskandar.
At 4:30pm on Sunday, May 12, directly following the 3:00pm matinee performance, The Play Company, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut New York and the German Consulate New York, will present a public Idea Lab conversation with the playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig, moderated by Frank Hentschker, Executive Director of the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at the CUNY Graduate Center. They will discuss the play, Schimmelpfennig’s larger body of work, and German performance culture. This public conversation with Roland Schimmelpfennig requires no reservations or show tickets.
Visitors to the performance are also encouraged to download a free, 15-minute aural experience created by Sound Designer/Composer Katie Down. Designed to draw the audience into the world of the play, the Soundwalk starts and ends at The New Ohio Theatre and is best enjoyed just before a performance of The Golden Dragon.
Wed 05-08-13
Alfred-Döblin- and Joseph-Breitbach-Preis awarded
Mon 05-06-13
Berlinica titles premier at Leo Baeck Institute
Book presentation
05/13/13
6:00pm
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Tickets: Members $10/Non-members $15
In English
Berlinica, which specializes in publishing books, films, and music from Berlin, showcases two new titles at this book presentation hosted by the Leo Baeck Institute. Julius Schoeps, Professor of Modern History at the University of Potsdam and director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish Studies there, presents Jews in Berlin. Professor Schoeps is co-author with Andreas Nachama and Hermann Simon of the updated English edition of the book, a comprehensive overview of Jewish life in the metropolis from the thirteenth century to the present.
Also on the program is Columbia University Professor Anne Nelson, author of Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground. Professor Nelson wrote the foreword to Berlin, Berlin!, essays by author and journalist Kurt Tucholsky on his city in the 1920s, available from Berlinica for the first time in English.
05/13/13
6:00pm
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Tickets: Members $10/Non-members $15
In English
Berlinica, which specializes in publishing books, films, and music from Berlin, showcases two new titles at this book presentation hosted by the Leo Baeck Institute. Julius Schoeps, Professor of Modern History at the University of Potsdam and director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish Studies there, presents Jews in Berlin. Professor Schoeps is co-author with Andreas Nachama and Hermann Simon of the updated English edition of the book, a comprehensive overview of Jewish life in the metropolis from the thirteenth century to the present. Also on the program is Columbia University Professor Anne Nelson, author of Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground. Professor Nelson wrote the foreword to Berlin, Berlin!, essays by author and journalist Kurt Tucholsky on his city in the 1920s, available from Berlinica for the first time in English.
Thu 05-02-13
A Short History Of Nuclear Folly
Reading/Talk
05/07/13
6:00 - 8:00pm
German Consulate General
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Free Admission
RSVP required
How do you follow up a survey of humor in the Third Reich? With A Short History Of Nuclear Folly - Mad Scientists, Dithering Nazis, Lost Nukes, and Catastrophic Cover-Ups, if you're author Rudolph Herzog.
Historian Herzog’s new book reveals shockingly irresponsible blunders of the nuclear age in this mix of fact, narrative, and wit. The author will present a reading and talk about his second book translated into English by Jefferson Chase at this German Consulate event. The Goethe-Institut Library holds a copy of this title for loan.
05/07/13
6:00 - 8:00pm
German Consulate General
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Free Admission
RSVP required
How do you follow up a survey of humor in the Third Reich? With A Short History Of Nuclear Folly - Mad Scientists, Dithering Nazis, Lost Nukes, and Catastrophic Cover-Ups, if you're author Rudolph Herzog. Historian Herzog’s new book reveals shockingly irresponsible blunders of the nuclear age in this mix of fact, narrative, and wit. The author will present a reading and talk about his second book translated into English by Jefferson Chase at this German Consulate event. The Goethe-Institut Library holds a copy of this title for loan.
Mon 04-29-13
The Critic's Global Voice
Discussion
05/01/13
6:30 - 8:00pm
Public Theater
425 Lafayette St.
New York, NY 10003
English
Tickets: $15/$10 PEN members, Public Theater members and students with valid ID
How are books reviewed in different countries, what are the differences in criticism and why? These are among the questions and issues to be discussed by Ursula Krechel, Jean-Euphèle Milcè and Mikhail Shishkin during this PEN World Voices event, The Critic's Global Voice, moderated by Albert Mobilio.
The Ninth Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, April 29 - May 5, 2013, invites writers from across the globe to New York City to explore bravery in art, politics, and personal life. Chaired by Salman Rushdie, this year's festival examines writers' impact on political transformations in recent global hot spots as well as honors small acts of bravery.
05/01/13
6:30 - 8:00pm
Public Theater
425 Lafayette St.
New York, NY 10003
English
Tickets: $15/$10 PEN members, Public Theater members and students with valid ID
How are books reviewed in different countries, what are the differences in criticism and why? These are among the questions and issues to be discussed by Ursula Krechel, Jean-Euphèle Milcè and Mikhail Shishkin during this PEN World Voices event, The Critic's Global Voice, moderated by Albert Mobilio.The Ninth Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, April 29 - May 5, 2013, invites writers from across the globe to New York City to explore bravery in art, politics, and personal life. Chaired by Salman Rushdie, this year's festival examines writers' impact on political transformations in recent global hot spots as well as honors small acts of bravery.
Wed 04-24-13
Ursula Krechel at PEN World Voices
Reading
04/29/13
7:00-8:30pm
The Great Hall
Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street
New York, NY 10003
In English
Tickets: $25/$20 PEN members and students with valid ID
German novelist and poet Ursula Krechel celebrates Opening Night of the 2013 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature at this reading, joining an illustrious group of writers from different countries, genres, and disciplines. Krechel, Jamaica Kincaid, Najwan Darwish, A. Igoni Barrett, Joy Harjo, Pierre Michon, and others address the topic of bravery -- in art, in politics, and in everyday life.
The event is hosted by Baratunde Thurston and is co-sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, Cooper Union, the French and Italian Cultural Institutes, Goethe-Institut New York, and the Lannan and Open Society Foundations.
Ursula Krechel will also appear on the following Wednesday night, May 1, as a participant in the Critic's Global Voice event at the Public Theater.
04/29/13
7:00-8:30pm
The Great Hall
Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street
New York, NY 10003
In English
Tickets: $25/$20 PEN members and students with valid ID
German novelist and poet Ursula Krechel celebrates Opening Night of the 2013 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature at this reading, joining an illustrious group of writers from different countries, genres, and disciplines. Krechel, Jamaica Kincaid, Najwan Darwish, A. Igoni Barrett, Joy Harjo, Pierre Michon, and others address the topic of bravery -- in art, in politics, and in everyday life.The event is hosted by Baratunde Thurston and is co-sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, Cooper Union, the French and Italian Cultural Institutes, Goethe-Institut New York, and the Lannan and Open Society Foundations.
Ursula Krechel will also appear on the following Wednesday night, May 1, as a participant in the Critic's Global Voice event at the Public Theater.
