Words Without Borders (WWB) is an international magazine open to international exchange through translation, publication, and promotion of the world's best writing and authors who are not easily accessible to English-speaking readers. The first issue appeared in July–August 2003.
| Masthead | Karen Phillips, Executive Director Eric M. B. Becker, Digital Director & Senior Editor, Susan Harris, Editorial Director |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Alane Salierno Mason, Founder and President Dedi Felman, Co-Founder Samantha Schnee, Founding Editor |
| Founded | 2003 |
| First issue | July–August 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Website | wordswithoutborders |
| ISSN | 1936-1459 |
Translation and knowledge
editWords without Borders was founded by Alane Salierno Mason, translator of Elio Vittorini,[1] in 1999[2] and began publication in 2003. It promotes cultural understanding through the translation, publication, and promotion of the finest contemporary international literature. It publishes a monthly magazine of literature in translation and organizes special events that connect foreign writers to the public; it also develops materials for high school and college teachers and provides an online resource center for contemporary global writing.[3] Words without Borders is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts and the Lannan Foundation, among many others.
David Orr, in The New York Times, compliments the "intelligence and idealism" of WWB.[4]
Prominent authors
editWords Without Borders has featured many authors from around the globe, translating their works for English-speaking readers, including:
- Juan José Millás (2003)
- Ingo Schulze (2003)
- Adonis (2003)
- Adam Zagajewski (2004)
- Elena Ferrante (2005)
- Alain Mabanckou (2005)
- Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud (2005)
- Svetlana Alexievich (2005)
- Ko Un (2005)
- Olga Tokarczuk (2005)
- Tahar Ben Jelloun (2006)
- Jon Fosse (2006)
- Ismail Kadare (2006)
- José Eduardo Agualusa (2007)
- Herta Müller (2009)
- Juan Carlos Chirinos (2011)
- Glaydah Namukasa (2013)
- Radka Denemarková (2014)
- Rasha Abbas (2014)
- Fouad Laroui (2016)
- Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (2019)
- Lina Meruane (2019)
- Nona Fernández (2019)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Elio Vittorini, Conversations in Sicily (Conversazione in Sicilia), intr. by Ernest Hemingway, trans. Alane Salierno Mason, Canongate Books, 2003 (ISBN 1841954500).
- ^ "Alane Salierno Mason Introduces Words without Borders" on bigthink.com, July 17, 2009.
- ^ "About Words Without Borders".
- ^ David Orr, "The Widening Web of Digital Lit", New York Times Book Review, 2004.
External links
edit- Official website
- Salamon, Julie (February 18, 2004). "Online Magazine Removes Cultural Blinders". The New York Times.
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