Words Without Borders News Today

WWB's annual award for the promotion of international literature will be awarded to M. Lynx Qualey, founder of ArabLit, in 2024.

Annelise Finegan, Antonina W. Bouis, and Ernesto Mestre-Reed discuss the joys and challenges of translation with Karen M. Phillips.

Words Without Borders (WWB) shared a list of eight writers who write in their mother languages. Included among them are Jean D’Amérique, who writes in Haitian Creole, and Emiliana Bernard-Stephenson, who writes in San Andrés–Providencia Creole. See excerpts below and more information at WWB. UNESCO has designated February 21 as International Mother Language Day, a…

While speculative fiction in translation has become increasingly popular in recent years, writes Rachel Cordasco, several obstacles prevent more of this literature from reaching the English-language market.

The award will support WWB’s award-winning digital magazine of international literature and its literary events.

This grant aims to support early-career translators seeking to bring international work into the English-language marketplace.

Zaporah Price talks to us about the books in translation that most influenced her, James Baldwin, and her creative writing projects.

A collection of writing from Palestine and across the diaspora, including work by Fady Joudah, Mahmoud Darwish, Mosab Abu Toha, Adania Shibli and more.

WWB's digital humanities fellow, Jessika Davis, talks with us about digital preservation, information and language access, and her logistical passion for lists.

WWB's Eleanor Stern talks with us about fantastical literature, her linguistics research, and how teaching English in Bulgaria led her to WWB.