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My Stripes Were Earned in Hell
01 January 2012
This remarkable memoir tells the story of Jean-Pierre Renouard, a gentile, in Germany’s World War II prison camps. In this spare, compelling memoir of a year during which he and the world he knew descended...
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PW's review of GREEN RIBBONS
18 September 2011
Green Ribbons and Turbans: Young Iranians Against the Mullahs by Armin Arefi will be released in November.
Here is the review in Publishers Weekly:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61145-319-5
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Edward Gauvin Wins SF & Fantasy Translation Award
21 June 2011
Edward Gauvin has won the Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Award for his rendering of Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud's Life on Paper: Stories. The collection won the French Voices translation grant...
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Saisons Sauvages and Personne
21 March 2011
The two recipients of the 2010 French Voices grant Saisons Sauvages (Savage Seasons) by Haitian author Kettly Mars and Personne (No One) by Gwenaelle Aubry have just been sold in the US.
Kettly...
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The 20 best books of 2010
06 December 2010
Photo of the Group by the Side of the River (Photo de groupe au bord du fleuve) by Congolese author Emmanuel Dongala has just been named best French novel of 2010 by the magazine LIRE.
A powerful...
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VOLUNTEER TRANSLATORS NEEDED FOR HAITI
11 July 2010
Zafen.org, a collaborative project that promotes economic growth in Haiti through microfinance, is seeking volunteer translators to assist with the translation of 2-3 page (text-light) documents for posting...
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Shim Chong by Hwank Sok-yong to Seven Stories
12 March 2010
Shim Chong, the third novel of prize-winning author Hwang Sok-yong has been sold to Seven Stories Press.
Hwang Sok-yong is one of Korea’s most revered novelists, and his previous novels, The...
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Le Talisman and Au Café by Mohammed Dib
05 January 2010
Le Talisman and Au Café, two collections of short-stories by Algeria's foremost francophone poet and novelist Mohammed Dib, have been sold to Virginia University Press.
With these two collections,...
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The Incredible Story of Mademoiselle Paradis
13 November 2009
Inspired by the life of Viennese pianist Maria-Theresa von Paradis, a friend of Mozart and Salieri, L'incroyable histoire de mademoiselle Paradis by Michèle Halberstadt has sold to Pegasus Books.
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Le chagrin d'amour by Frédéric Pajak
19 August 2009
At once a biography of Apollinaire, an autobiography, and a graphic novel, Le chagrin d'amour by Frédéric Pajak has sold to Nebraska University Press.
Winner of the French Voices award, Le chagrin...
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