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Hannah Fox @hannah-sakura.bsky.social · 1d

Some interesting books on this longlist! I’ve been enjoying reading Kurdish writer Fatma Aydemir’s ‘Djinns’ lately (translated from German by @jpolizei.bsky.social). Looks like there are some other titles I need to add to my ever-growing “to read” pile!

Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 6d

Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.
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A photograph of the 14 titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The books are stood on a wooden table against a brick wall with their spines facing the camera.

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 6d

Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.
tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9

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Leila Essa @leilaessai.bsky.social · Jul 30

Maha also discusses our 'Disrupting Translation' event with @jpolizei.bsky.social and Thalia Ostendorf, which you can still watch here: www.goethe.de/prj/vor/en/a...

Disrupting Translation

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Jul 29

Melody Makeda Ledwon will receive the 2025 Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators, Words Without Borders announced today. The grant recognizes Ledwon’s translation from German of the novel Knives, Tongues by Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner. Learn more here:

Melody Makeda Ledwon Awarded Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders

Melody Makeda Ledwon is recognized for her translation of a multilingual novel recovering the history of a Cape Coloured family

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Susan Bernofsky @translationista.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thrilled to have gotten to co-translate this beautiful short story by Sharon Dodua Otoo. It starts off innocently enough, and then things quickly spiral into ever more reality-bending complexity. (Also check out her novel ADA'S ROOM, trans. @jpolizei.bsky.social.)
thebaffler.com/fiction/tim-otoo

Tim | Sharon Dodua Otoo

Everything’s going to be fine.

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Jun 26

link.springer.com/series/60119

German Literatures in (Post)Migration

This series focuses on literatures in (post)migration in the context of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Germany. Considering a broad range of temporal and ...

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ela Gezen and I did a thing… allow me to promote our new #bookseries on #German Literatures in (Post)Migration! we‘ve already got exciting projects in the works but please hit us up with proposals, we want to know what you‘re working on (literary #translation of hard-to-place projects welcome, too!)

CFP and project description for the new Palgrave book series: “German Literatures in (Post)Migration“ co-edited by Ela Gezen and Jon Cho-Polizzi with an epic editorial board 💪🏽

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · May 13

👻 Elena Pare reviews “Djinns” by Fatma Aydemir, a gripping family saga set between Germany and Istanbul, where silence conceals generations of trauma and migration. @jpolizei.bsky.social  

bit.ly/djinns-unvei...

Djinns Unveils Silence in the Home

Djinns emerge in a fractured home in Istanbul, reflecting the intercultural and intergenerational tensions in Fatma Aydemir’s family saga.

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · May 9

wonderfully detailed review of my #translation of Fatma Aydemir’s #Djinns in @markaz-review.bsky.social #booksintranslation #booksky

themarkaz.org/djinns-unvei...

Djinns Unveils Silence in the Home

Djinns emerge in a fractured home in Istanbul, reflecting the intercultural and intergenerational tensions in Fatma Aydemir’s family saga.

themarkaz.org

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · May 6

bay area #translation peoples come hang out!

www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/st...

Conversation: An evening with Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize winner Dr. Jon Cho-Polizzi - Goethe-Institut USA

Thu, 05/15/2025 – Exploring the vital role of translation in shaping our understanding of contemporary German literature

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Apr 1

now more than ever we need more brave voices like @timmohr.bsky.social to advocate for the polyphony of this world

www.europaeditions.com/news/2657/in...

rest in power ✊🏽

In Memory of Tim Mohr

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Mar 24

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Mar 24

you can still get it as an eBook! 🥲

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Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · Mar 24

The English translations need no less than two skeets - the UK and Commonwealth translation is called "Ada's Realm" and was published by MacLehose Press

Shout out to the award-winning and truly beautiful soul of a translator Jon Cho-Polizzi (@jpolizei.bsky.social) 🌹

Thank you so, so much!

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Ada’s Realm

"Soaring, spellbinding, utterly epic" MUSA OKWONGA "A time-travelling wonder of a read" PATERSON JOSEPH "A work of fierce imagination" NII AYIKWEI PARK...

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Susan Bernofsky @translationista.bsky.social · Mar 11

Excellent statement from @aaupcu.bsky.social

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Mar 11

wrote my first blurb and landed with the best of company 😍 @translationista.bsky.social

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Mar 9

this happened! hugely honored to give the keynote for the german area of inquiry at #NeMLA. massive thanks to all the organizers and attendees 💚

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Feb 18

got a copy of my translation of
fatma aydemir’s djinns
the uk edition 😍
peirene press 💚
#booksintranslation

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Feb 5

stoked to be part of ALTA‘s multilingual #translation workshop team again this year! there are so many amazing #translators in the lineup; sign up & tell your friends!

www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-sprin...

2025 Spring Multilingual Translation Workshops

Multilingual Translation Workshops pair 6 literary translators with an established translator leader for a 105-minute workshop via Zoom.

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Jan 29

such a pleasure talking with and listening to this amazing group of #translators yesterday

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jan 26

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.

Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.

Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

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Center for the Art of Translation @catranslation.org · Jan 15

Congrats to all the longlisted books and a special shout-out to the authors and #translators nominated for works in #translation!

Dublin City Libraries @dublincitylibs.bsky.social · Jan 14

The 2025 Dublin Literary Award Longlist has been announced.

Read our latest blog: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...

Who will make this year’s Shortlist? Dive in and discover your next great read, browse the 2025 Longlist at dublinliteraryaward.ie

#DublinCityCouncil #DublinLitAward #DLA2025

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R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · Jan 9

some forthcoming 2025 books by women of color I’m excited about!!!

in this piece out today in @electriclit.bsky.social 🖤

electricliterature.com/48-books-by-...

48 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2025 - Electric Literature

Books by Zora Neale Hurston, Laila Lalami, Andrea Long Chu, Angela Flournoy, and EL's own Denne Michele Norris are among the most anticipated

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Jan 9

not just in deutschland, brother 😮‍💨

Max Czollek @maxczollek.bsky.social · Jan 9

Das unhinterfragte, stets beschworene, zur Begründung der eigenen Überlegenheit endlos wiederholte Selbstbild von der erfolgreichen Aufarbeitung des NS macht dieses Land so ignorant für seine Gewalt-Kontinuitäten, dass es sie nicht mal wahrnehmen wird, wenn es die Demokratie das nächste Mal abwählt.

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · Jan 2

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