BLOG TAG: literature
| Tuesday, May 6, 2008 1:56PM | | | | Fiction, Facts and Fans | | Tags: Umberto Eco, Cooper Union, Literature, Fiction, veritą, contesto, interpretazione, libertą, lettura lenta, lettura veloce, Sylvie, ipertestualitą, discriminazione, protesta, violazioni. | | | Domenica 4 Maggio alle 6,30 in punto, presso la Cooper Union, Umberto Eco ha tenuto la Third Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture a conclusione del Pen World Voices Festival of International Literature.
Eco ha iniziato con una battuta rivelando che saputo del titolo della Lecture, The Advantages of Literature for Life and Death, si era affrettato a chiedere un piccola-grande modifica, cioè la sostituzione di Literature con Fiction, così da ridurre un poco la vastità del tema. Catturata la simpatia del foltissimo pubblico che riempiva la Great Hall, Eco lo ha impegnato alla ricerca di... | | | | | | | Tuesday, December 4, 2007 5:24PM | | | | TRANSLATION PRIZE | | Tags: Translation Prize, Prize, Japanese Literature | | | Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature
The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University annually awards $6,000 in Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature. A prize is given for the best translation of a modern work or a classical work, or the prize is divided between equally distinguished translations.
To qualify, works must be book-length translations of Japanese literary works: novels, collections of short stories, literary essays, memoirs, drama, or poetry. Submissions are judged on the literary merit of the translation and the accuracy with which it reflects the spirit of the Japanese original. Eligible works include unpublished manuscripts, works in press, or books published during the two years prior to... | | | | | |
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