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Tilted Axis Press
Tilted Axis Press is a Nonprofit organization, non-profit British Publishing, publishing house specializing in the publication of contemporary Asian literature. Founded by Deborah Smith (translator), Deborah Smith in 2015 following the success of her translation of Han Kang's ''The Vegetarian'', the organization has gone on to publish 26 books and several chapbooks. Tilted Axis became known as the original translator and English language publisher of ''Tokyo Ueno Station (novel), Tokyo Ueno Station'' by Miri Yu, which went on to receive critical acclaim as both a book and translation. Their profile rose higher in 2022, when ''Tomb of Sand'', written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell, won the International Booker Prize, marking the first novel written in Hindi to take the award. History As of 2017, Tilted Axis Press made the largest share of their sales through traditional Brick and mortar, brick-and-mortar retail (35.1%), with the second largest channel being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Smith (translator)
Deborah Smith (born 15 December 1987) is a British translator of Korean fiction. She translated ''The Vegetarian'' by Korean author Han Kang, for which she and the author were co-winners of the Man Booker International Prize in 2016. After graduating from the University of Cambridge, Smith began learning Korean in 2009, after discovering that there were few translations into English of Korean literature. In 2015, Smith founded Tilted Axis Press, a non-profit publishing house devoted to books that "might not otherwise make it into English." She has been a research fellow at SOAS. In June 2018 Smith was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative. Debate over translation In an article published in 2017, writer and academic Charse Yun reported on criticisms in the Korean media of the English translation of ''The Vegetarian'' because of its omissions, embellishments, and mistranslations. After reading the translation against the original, Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
Sangeeta may refer to: Song and music * Sangita or Sangeeta: music-related performance arts in the ancient and medieval era Indian texts. Sangeet Sangeeta *Sangeeta Bijlani (born 1965), Miss India in 1980 *Sangeeta Krishnasamy (born 1985), Malaysian actress and model *Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (born 1961), member of the Lok Sabha of India *Sangeeta N. Bhatia (born 1968), Indian American biological engineer and professor at MIT *Sangeeta Niranjan, Indo-Fijian businesswoman *Sangeeta (Pakistani actress) (born 1947) * Sangeeta Richard, domestic helper whose employment contract led to the Devyani Khobragade incident *Sangeeta Shankar (born 1965), Indian violinist *Sangeeta (Telugu actress) Sangeetha *Sangeetha Krish (born 1978), Tamil actress *Sangeetha Choodamani, an award given to Carnatic musicians in India *Sangeetha Kalanidhi, a title awarded yearly to an expert carnatic musician by the Madras Music Academ *Sangeetha Kalasarathy, a yearly title awarded to an expert carnatic mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Ge
Yan Ge (, pinyin: ''Yán Gē'', born 1984) is the pen name of Chinese writer Dai Yuexing (, pinyin: ''Dài Yuèxíng''). Life and career Yan Ge was born Dai Yuexing in December 1984 in the Pixian district of Chengdu. She began writing at the age of ten and her first book was published when she was 17 years old. Yan completed a PhD in comparative literature at Sichuan University and is the Chair of the China Young Writers Association. Her writing includes substantial amounts of her native Sichuanese, rather than Standard Chinese. ''People’s Literature'' (''Renmin Wenxue'' ) magazine recently chose her – in a list reminiscent of The New Yorker's ‘20 under 40’ – as one of China's twenty future literary masters. In 2012 she was chosen as Best New Writer by the prestigious Chinese Literature Media Prize (). In 2011, she was awarded a visiting scholar position at Duke University. Yan was a guest writer at the Crossing Border Festival in The Hague in November 2012, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salma (writer)
Rakkiaiah (alternatively Rokkiah, born Rajathi Samsudeen in 1968) is an Indian Tamil writer, activist, and politician known by the pen name Salma and the nickname Rajathi, and often referred to as Rajathi Salma. Her works have received international acclaim and she is renowned as a sensation in contemporary Tamil literature. She is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and involved in women's and transgender rights activism. Between 2007 and 2011, she served as the chairperson of the State Social Welfare Board of Tamil Nadu. Salma is also the founder of a non-government women's rights organisation named "Your Hope is Remaining". Biography 1968–1994: Early life Salma was born in the village of Thuvarankurichi near Tiruchirappalli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to a conservative Muslim family. At a very early age, she became interested in reading. She was unable to pursue her interest in literature due to oppressive rules in her house which restricted her movement. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayanth Kaikini
Jayanth Kaikini (born 24 January 1955) is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist in Kannada Cinema. He has so far published six anthologies of short stories, four books of poetry, three plays and a collection of essays. He is valued as one of the best writers in Kannada literature and has revolutionized the field by giving it a fresh new perspective. He has bagged in many notable awards like ' Karnataka Sahitya Academy' award. Kaikini is regarded as one of the most significant writers in Kannada today. Kaikini has been conferred the honorary doctorate from Tumkur University. Early life Dr Kaikini was born in Gokarna to Gourish Kaikini, a thinker, litterateur and teacher, and Shanta Kaikini, a social worker. After studying a M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Karnataka University, Dharwad, he moved to Mumbai where he worked as a chemist for many years. Jayanth Kaikini began his career working as a production chemist, eventually working also as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duanwad Pimwana
Pimjai Juklin (born 1969), known by her pen name Duanwad Pimwana, is a Thai novelist, poet and journalist. The winner of the 2003 S.E.A Write Award for her novel ''Changsamran'', she is one of Thailand's best-known writers. Biography Born to a family of farmers, she attended a vocational school and worked as a journalist at a local newspaper. She published her first short story at the age of twenty and quickly gained recognition, earning awards from PEN International Thailand and the Thai literary magazine Chorkaraket. She currently lives in her native seaside province of Chonburi, located on the Thai east coast. Pimwana's ''Arid Dreams'', Pimwana's debut in English translation, is a collection of short stories that explores the daily lives of ordinary Thais. Reception Lily Meyer at NPR writes:Duanwad Pimwana is one of Thailand's preeminent female writers. She's beloved for her writing across forms, but especially acclaimed for her short fiction, translated for the first time i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoko Matsuda
Aoko Matsuda (松田青子 ''Matsuda Aoko''; born 1979) is a Japanese writer and translator. She is the winner of the 2021 World Fantasy Award—Collection. Biography Aoko Matsuda was born in 1979, in Hyōgo Prefecture. She is an alumna of the Doshisha University, where she studied English. She made her debut in 2007. Her first collection of short stories, ''Stackable'', was nominated for the Mishima Yukio and Noma Literary New Face Prize (2013). Her stories have appeared in such literary magazines as ''Granta'' and ''Monkey Business''. In 2019, the English translation of her short story titled ''The Woman Dies'' was included in the shortlist for the Shirley Jackson Award. Two years later, the English translationn of Matsuda's short story collection called ''Where the Wild Ladies Are'' won in the Collection category of the World Fantasy Awards and in the Fiction category of the Firecracker Awards. Matsuda has translated from English into Japanese, including literary works by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Itō
is one of the most prominent women writers of contemporary Japan, with more than a dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose, numerous books of essays, and several major literary prizes to her name. She divides her time between the towns of Encinitas, California and Kumamoto in southern Japan. She is currently teaching at School of Culture, Media and Society in Waseda University, Tokyo. Biography Early career Born in 1955 in Tokyo, Japan, Itō became well known in the 1980s for a series of dramatic collections of poetry that described sexuality, pregnancy, and feminine erotic desire in dramatically direct language. From her earliest work, Itō embarked on a lifelong battle against the stylized and artful language common in 20th-century Japanese poetry. Much of her poetry is narrated in extended passages of relatively colloquial text.Jeffrey Angles, Translator's Introduction, ''Killing Kanoko: Selected Poems of Hiromi Itō'' (Notre Dame, IN: Action Books, 2009), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sema Kaygusuz
Sema Kaygusuz (born August 29, 1972, in Samsun, Turkey) is a novelist, playwright, essayist, and short story writer from Turkey. Her work has been translated into English, Italian, German, French, Swedish, and Norwegian. She won a Yunus Nadi Award in 2016 for her novel ''Laughter of the Barbarian''. Among other accolades, she is a recipient of the Cevdet-Kudret-Literature Award, the France-Turquie Literary Award, and was named laureate of the German Friedrich Rückert Prize. The English translation of her novel ''Yüzünde Bir Yer (Every Fire You Tend)'' won both the TA First Translation Prize and an English PEN Award. She currently resides in Istanbul. As a screenwriter, she co-wrote the screenplay for the 2008 film Pandora's Box (Turkish: Pandora'nın Kutusu) with director Yeşim Ustaoğlu. Selected works In Turkish * Ortadan Yarısından (short story), 1997 * Sandık Lekesi (short story), 2000 * Doyma Noktası (short story), 2002 * Esir Sözler Kuyusu (short story), 2004 * Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Tsao
Tiffany Tsao is an American-born literary translator and writer based in Sydney, Australia. She has translated a number of Indonesian writers into English, including Norman Erikson Pasaribu, Budi Darma, and Dewi Lestari. Biography Tiffany Tsao was born in San Diego, California, United States in 1983. Her family are of Indonesian Chinese background and she lived in Singapore and Jakarta, Indonesia for extended periods during her youth. She did an undergraduate English degree at Wellesley College, a liberal arts college in Massachusetts, graduating in 2004; during that time she began to write her first novel ''The Oddfits''. She did a PhD in English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, finishing in 2009, and formally studied the Indonesian language there as well. After finishing at UC-Berkeley, she worked as an academic teaching English literature at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Sydney, and the University of Newcastle, Australia. In 2015, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Erikson Pasaribu
Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norman conquest of southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries ** Norman dynasty, a series of monarchs in England and Normandy ** Norman architecture, romanesque architecture in England and elsewhere ** Norman language, spoken in Normandy ** People or things connected with the French region of Normandy Arts and entertainment * Norman (film), ''Norman'' (film), a 2010 drama film * ''Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer'', a 2016 film * Norman (TV series), ''Norman'' (TV series), a 1970 British sitcom starring Norman Wisdom * The Normans (TV series), ''The Normans'' (TV series), a documentary * Norman (song), "Norman" (song), a 1962 song written by John D. Loudermilk and recorded by Sue Thompson * "Norman (He's a Rebel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamid Ismailov
Hamid Ismailov (russian: Хамид Исмайлов) ( uz, Hamid Ismoilov / Ҳамид Исмоилов or Абдулҳамид Исмоил) born May 5, 1954 in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan, is an Uzbek journalist and writer who was forced to flee Uzbekistan in 1992 and came to the United Kingdom, where he took a job with the BBC World Service. He left the BBC on 30 April 2019 after 25 years of service. His works are banned in Uzbekistan. Life and career Ismailov graduated from the military school on communication and later several departments of Tashkent University (Biology, Law, Management) Ismailov has published dozens of books in Uzbek, Russian, French, German, Turkish and other languages. Among them books of poetry: "Сад" (Garden) (1987), "Пустыня" (Desert) (1988); of visual poetry"Post Faustum"(1990)(1992); novel"Собрание Утончённых"(1988), ''Le vagabond flamboyant'' (1993), ''Hay-ibn-Yakzan'' (2001), ''Hostage to Celestial Turks'' (2003)"Дорога ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
