{"id":1892,"date":"2013-05-03T09:30:20","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T01:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2013-05-03T00:10:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T16:10:31","slug":"2013-best-translated-book-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1892","title":{"rendered":"2013 Best Translated Book Award Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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from the 3% blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

For whatever reason, PEN World Voices doesn\u2019t have this event listed on their event calendar<\/a> (at least not clearly), so let this post serve as the official announcement of the event, and a personal invitation from me to all of you to come out, celebrate the winners, and get drunk in the street.<\/p>\n

First, the specifics: The Best Translated Book Award Ceremony will take place at 5:30 at the Washington Mews. For those who haven\u2019t been there, this is a private gated street just north of Washington Square Park between Fifth Ave. and University Place. It is here.<\/a><\/p>\n

This event is part of The Literary Mews,<\/a> a new component to the PEN World Voices Festival that was organized by the amazing people at CLMP.<\/p>\n

PEN reimagines the New York City street festival as an open air indie book fair. Nestled among the cobblestone streets of NYU\u2019s storied Washington Mews, this day-long \u201cfestival within the Festival\u201d will feature writers\u2019 workshops in the morning and readings in the afternoon. Browse the tables where literary magazines and independent presses proffer the work of up-and-coming writers, wander the streets and cross borders as the doors to NYU\u2019s International Houses are opened, or stop to take in busking musicians or a puppet show. Together with Le Pain Quotidien, the Mini-Fair will remind you that literature is our daily bread. A must-attend for any lover of literature.<\/p>\n

The full [sic]<\/em> list of events taking place as part of this can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Our event will take place as part of the Outdoor Indie Book Fair and will start with a discussion between me, Esther Allen, and Jill McCoy about spreading the love for literature in translation and, more specifically, the Finnegan\u2019s List.<\/a> After that, two representatives from the BTBA poetry and fiction committees will announce this year\u2019s winners.<\/p>\n

I have no idea who won and will be in the dark until that exact moment, so that. If I have time, I\u2019ll post some crazy odds for the winners tomorrow morning and give you my irrational reasons why the books will or won\u2019t win.<\/p>\n

Following this announcement, I believe there is supposed to be a party in the street thanks to the Germans and the French. So please come down to this. Indie presses will be hawking their wares from noon onwards, which is worth checking out on its own.<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019ll see you Friday, right? RIGHT?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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