{"id":882,"date":"2012-04-27T10:54:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T02:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2012-04-27T10:55:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T02:55:56","slug":"2012-best-translated-book-award-finalists-for-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"2012 Best Translated Book Award Finalists for Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s nearing on old news by now, but I wanted to offer congratulations to my three friends whose translations have been selected among the six finalists for the 2012 Best Translated Book Award<\/a> for Poetry (follow the link for a full list, including the ten fiction finalists):<\/p>\n

Spectacle & Pigsty<\/em><\/a> by Kiwao Nomura
\nTranslated from the Japanese by Kyoko Yoshida and Forrest Gander
\n(Omnidawn)<\/p>\n

A Fireproof Box<\/em><\/a> by Gleb Shulpyakov
\nTranslated from the Russian by Christopher Mattison
\n(Canarium Books)<\/p>\n

False Friends<\/em><\/a> by Uljana Wolf
\nTranslated from the German by Susan Bernofsky
\n(Ugly Duckling Presse)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good luck to all of you–I hope for a three-way tie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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