{"id":6330,"date":"2018-03-15T14:31:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barcelonakontext.com\/prueba\/the-vanguard-of-literary-change\/"},"modified":"2018-04-17T18:59:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T16:59:11","slug":"the-vanguard-of-literary-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlosmayor.com\/en\/the-vanguard-of-literary-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vanguard of Literary Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Translators are the vanguard of literary change: we need better recognition&#8217;, says the illustrious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielhahn.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Hahn<\/a> in a great article he has written for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, which you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/booksblog\/2018\/mar\/01\/translators-vanguard-literary-prize-ta-translation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Last year, Daniel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2017\/jun\/21\/angolan-jose-eduardo-agualusa-wins-100000-impac-dublin-prize-general-history-of-oblivion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won \u20ac25,000 at the International Dublin Literary Award<\/a> for his translation of <em>A General Theory of Oblivion<\/em>, by Angolan author Jos\u00e9 Eduardo Agualusa. With half of that money, and the backing of the Society of Authors\u2019 Translators Association (TA) and The British Council, he funded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.societyofauthors.org\/Prizes\/Translation-Prizes\/TA-First-Translation-Prize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an award designed to recognise a great literary translation debut published in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first winner of the TA First Translation Prize is Bela Shayevich for her translation of <em>Second-Hand Time<\/em> by\u00a0Svetlana Alexievich (Fitzcarraldo Editions), edited by Jacques Testard. Translator and editor share the \u00a32,000 awarded (you can see all six shortlisted books in the picture below). And in this piece Daniel takes the chance to state some very clear facts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6323\" src=\"http:\/\/carlosmayor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TA-First-Translation-Prize.jpg\" alt=\"The TA First Translation Prize 2018\" width=\"900\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carlosmayor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TA-First-Translation-Prize.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.carlosmayor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TA-First-Translation-Prize-300x123.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.carlosmayor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TA-First-Translation-Prize-768x314.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Translators are the vanguard of literary change: we need better recognition&#8217;, says the illustrious Daniel Hahn in a great article he has written for The Guardian, which you can read here. 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