Praised for his engagement in the profession and promotion of translation, Daniel Hahn is Words Without Borders’ 2023 Ottaway laureate. For example, he speaks twice in the Literary Translation Center on April 19. With Hahn in that discussion will be:Translator Carlota GurtTranslator Peter BushPenguin Classics commissioning editor Ka BradleyAnd at 1:15 p.m., Hahn will chair another conversation, one with the agreeable title Money, Money, Money. Named the TA First Translation Prize (“TA” for the United Kingdom’s Translators Association), the award is administered by the Society of Authors. The Ottaway Award, you’ll recall, is named in honor of Words Without Borders’ first chair, Jim Ottaway Jr.

Source: CNN April 12, 2023 12:45 UTC