Thank you to the publisher, Editions Nautilus, the amazing Marc Koralnik of Liepman Agency, and the translator Connie Lösch.
Category: Damnificados
“Les Dévastés” – Camille Nivelle wins translation award for French edition of “Damnificados”
Camille Nivelle has won the 2019 Prix SGDL Révélation de Traduction for her French translation of my novel Damnificados. This prestigious award is given annually by the comité de la Société des gens de lettres, in France. The awards come in eight categories including best first novel, poetry, etc. The award will be presented in…
“Damnificados” – new French translation reviewed in Le Monde
The French edition of Damnificados is now available. Translated by Camille Nivelle and published by Les Editions de l’Observatoire, it’s entitled Les Dévastés. The novel was reviewed in Le Monde, France’s paper of record in January 2019. Some extracts from the review: “Extraordinary … Damnificados disorients the reader by invoking biblical, mythological, epic and real-life…
“Damnificados” to be translated into German
Damnificados will be translated into German in 2019 and published by Edition Nautilus. Edition Nautilus is an independent, Hamburg-based publishing house, founded in 1974. The company publishes fiction, political non-fiction, biographies, and an art-series called Die Kleine Bücherei (The Small Library). To say Edition Nautilus has a star-studded backlist would be an understatement. Besides its…
“Damnificados” launch in Turkey
A huge thank you to Pearson Turkey for arranging the launch of Damnificados in Istanbul. We used a venue called Kolektiv House, a funky set of rooms for hire, which was clearly frequented by young, artistic types. I felt right out of place. The event was for a select group of around twenty Pearson clients…
“Damnificados” to be translated into French
We’ve just sold the French rights to Damnificados to the publishing house Les éditions de L’Observatoire. They’ll bring out a French edition in 2019. Les éditions de L’Observatoire (http://editions-observatoire.com/rentree-litteraire-2017) was launched by ex-staff members of major houses like Plon, Flammarion and Albin Michel. They specialize in “classic writers with a twist of modernity” and publish a very…
“Damnificados” wins Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction
The 2017 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards were presented on October 20, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington D.C. Over 200 people attended. There were poets, novelists, academics, essayists, editors and publishing icons. It was a superb event. Three legendary figures were honored: the long-time civil rights activist-turned-bestselling-author Congressman John Lewis; poet and publisher Haki Madhubuti; and…
“Damnificados” wins Independent Publisher Book Award
Damnificados has won the Independent Publisher Book Award for Multicultural Fiction. This year the organizers received more than 5,000 entries. They must have some voracious readers on their panels. In the organizers’ own words: “Each year since 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards competition has identified a reading list of progressive, thought-provoking books, the kind…
“Damnificados” named a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year
This just in from Foreword Reviews: We are pleased to announce Damnificados has been recognized as a finalist in the 19th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. As part of their mission to discover, review, and share the best books from small, university, and independent publishers, media company Foreword Reviews hosts its annual…
“Damnificados” wins award
Damnificados has won The New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Fiction. The full list is here: http://nmbookcoop.com/BookAwards/2016-Winners/2016-Winners.html and it includes my friend and colleague Sharman Apt Russell, a brilliant writer, who won the Science Fiction award for her novel Knocking on Heaven’s Door. Two other Silver City authors were also finalists – Ron Hamm and Catalina…
Review of “Damnificados” in World Literature Today
I’m thrilled that Damnificados has just been reviewed in World Literature Today, one of the world’s most venerable literary journals. WLT was founded in 1927, and was originally called Books Abroad. The founder, Dr. Roy Temple House, was Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Oklahoma. House believed that the United States was becoming…
Interview in Electric Literature
I was interviewed recently by book critic and educator Heather Scott Partington for Electric Literature. Here are a few extracts: “Magical things happen, but [Damnificados] isn’t Harry Potter. You can’t wave a wand and make poverty disappear.” “I discovered how creative and resourceful the poor…
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