I still haven't been using Twitter, but I haven't posted much here either.
Today I read a review of this book by András Visky (Hungarian writer). After László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize in Literature, I hope more translations from Hungarian into languages close to mine will follow.
Today I read a review of this book by András Visky (Hungarian writer). After László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize in Literature, I hope more translations from Hungarian into languages close to mine will follow.
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I still haven't been using Twitter, but I haven't posted much here either.
Today I read a review of this book by András Visky (Hungarian writer). After László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize in Literature, I hope more translations from Hungarian into languages close to mine will follow.
Today I read a review of this book by András Visky (Hungarian writer). After László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize in Literature, I hope more translations from Hungarian into languages close to mine will follow.
Write it, damn you, write it! What else are you good for?
James Joyce, Giacomo Joyce.
James Joyce, Giacomo Joyce.
January 16, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Write it, damn you, write it! What else are you good for?
James Joyce, Giacomo Joyce.
James Joyce, Giacomo Joyce.
I had the opportunity to participate in a dialogue with David Foenkinos and András Forgách.
January 2, 2024 at 4:51 AM
I had the opportunity to participate in a dialogue with David Foenkinos and András Forgách.
January 2, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Today I met Dacia Maraini, a living classic from Italian literature.
November 24, 2023 at 5:00 AM
Today I met Dacia Maraini, a living classic from Italian literature.
I guess I "right"
October 15, 2023 at 2:10 AM
I guess I "right"
This was my desk some years ago. We sold that house, I've sold some of those books. I've even tried to sell my soul...
October 11, 2023 at 2:26 PM
This was my desk some years ago. We sold that house, I've sold some of those books. I've even tried to sell my soul...
What a cover, what a title...
October 11, 2023 at 2:19 PM
What a cover, what a title...
Translating means facing failure
wrote the translator of Lu Ji's Wen Fu.
(Image: Pingfu Tie (平復帖) by Lu Ji, Palace Museum collection)
wrote the translator of Lu Ji's Wen Fu.
(Image: Pingfu Tie (平復帖) by Lu Ji, Palace Museum collection)
October 10, 2023 at 10:06 PM
Translating means facing failure
wrote the translator of Lu Ji's Wen Fu.
(Image: Pingfu Tie (平復帖) by Lu Ji, Palace Museum collection)
wrote the translator of Lu Ji's Wen Fu.
(Image: Pingfu Tie (平復帖) by Lu Ji, Palace Museum collection)
What the Nobel Prize does: 5 books by Jon Fosse to be published this year in Spanish, 4 new translations. Less than 1 day of negotiations.
October 6, 2023 at 12:12 AM
What the Nobel Prize does: 5 books by Jon Fosse to be published this year in Spanish, 4 new translations. Less than 1 day of negotiations.
From the new Nobel Prize in Literature:
Jon Fosse - Prosa
album with Karl Seglem
open.spotify.com/intl-pt/albu...
Jon Fosse - Prosa
album with Karl Seglem
open.spotify.com/intl-pt/albu...
Prosa
Jon Fosse · Album · 1996 · 16 songs.
open.spotify.com
October 5, 2023 at 3:40 PM
From the new Nobel Prize in Literature:
Jon Fosse - Prosa
album with Karl Seglem
open.spotify.com/intl-pt/albu...
Jon Fosse - Prosa
album with Karl Seglem
open.spotify.com/intl-pt/albu...
A neighbor named his/her dog Chejov (missing).
October 4, 2023 at 11:20 PM
A neighbor named his/her dog Chejov (missing).
Everything reminds me of Borges.
October 3, 2023 at 10:07 PM
Everything reminds me of Borges.
Mircea Cărtărescu in interview:
—Which living person do you despise?
—There are so many... Putin.
Pic. "Putin. Despised"
www.infobae.com/leamos/2023/...
—Which living person do you despise?
—There are so many... Putin.
Pic. "Putin. Despised"
www.infobae.com/leamos/2023/...
September 30, 2023 at 11:55 PM
Mircea Cărtărescu in interview:
—Which living person do you despise?
—There are so many... Putin.
Pic. "Putin. Despised"
www.infobae.com/leamos/2023/...
—Which living person do you despise?
—There are so many... Putin.
Pic. "Putin. Despised"
www.infobae.com/leamos/2023/...
—People don't read anymore...
—They write!
—They write!
September 25, 2023 at 5:10 PM
—People don't read anymore...
—They write!
—They write!
One of my reading goals in life is to be able to (re)read Homer in Greek — at least side by side with a translation. This Homeric Dictionary is a nice book around the project.
September 25, 2023 at 1:54 AM
One of my reading goals in life is to be able to (re)read Homer in Greek — at least side by side with a translation. This Homeric Dictionary is a nice book around the project.
I'm reading a translation of this book by Jana Beňová, from Slovakia. Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature
www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/jana-...
www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/jana-...
September 23, 2023 at 2:42 AM
I'm reading a translation of this book by Jana Beňová, from Slovakia. Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature
www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/jana-...
www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/jana-...
Strange checkmate.
How did we get to this?
How did we get to this?
September 22, 2023 at 2:05 AM
Strange checkmate.
How did we get to this?
How did we get to this?
Books about books (and to have on the radar):
The Library of Lost Books (original in German)
www.schoeffling.de/buecher/alex...
The Library of Lost Books (original in German)
www.schoeffling.de/buecher/alex...
September 21, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Books about books (and to have on the radar):
The Library of Lost Books (original in German)
www.schoeffling.de/buecher/alex...
The Library of Lost Books (original in German)
www.schoeffling.de/buecher/alex...
I did not know what to post as my first post but I saw this text about a literature prize dedicated to fiction in translation (in Sweden).
Two great novels I've read, by Lucy Ellmann and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. I'll have to read the others.
kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/kulturhuset-...
Two great novels I've read, by Lucy Ellmann and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. I'll have to read the others.
kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/kulturhuset-...
September 21, 2023 at 2:59 AM
I did not know what to post as my first post but I saw this text about a literature prize dedicated to fiction in translation (in Sweden).
Two great novels I've read, by Lucy Ellmann and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. I'll have to read the others.
kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/kulturhuset-...
Two great novels I've read, by Lucy Ellmann and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. I'll have to read the others.
kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/kulturhuset-...