{"id":4018,"date":"2018-03-28T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2018-03-27T10:03:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T02:03:24","slug":"red-pine-wins-thornton-wilder-prize-for-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4018","title":{"rendered":"Red Pine wins Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Academy of Arts and Letters<\/a> has announced the list of writers who’ll receive its 2018 awards in literature–including this detail:<\/p>\n

Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation<\/p>\n

BILL PORTER (RED PINE)<\/p>\n

$20,000 to a practitioner, scholar, or patron who has made a significant contribution to the art of literary translation.<\/p>\n

Click on the link above for the full list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has announced the list of writers who’ll receive its 2018 awards in literature–including this detail: Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation BILL PORTER (RED PINE) $20,000 to a practitioner, scholar, or patron who has … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[1355,375],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-12O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4049,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4049","url_meta":{"origin":4018,"position":0},"title":"Peninsula Daily News Feature on Red Pine","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"May 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"When it was announced last month that Red Pine (Bill Porter) had won the American Academy of Arts & Letters Thornton Wilder Prize for translation, his local Peninsula Daily News went out to report. 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