2021 ELECTION BALLOT December 16, 2021 Please familiarize yourself with the candidate statements and select one candidate per position. Print ballot and mail to the Circle at the address shown below. You may also print …
2021 CANDIDATE BIOS
It’s that time of year again when we vote for our new leadership. Please read over the candidate statements for the Board positions mentioned below and make your voice heard by mailing in your ballot. …
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Greetings, fellow Circle members, This issue of the Gotham focuses on translation prizes and prize winners. In June 2021, I attended a ceremony at Goethe-Institut New York at which Jackie Smith and Jennifer Jenson were …
Goethe-Institut New York Hosts Award Ceremony for Two Literary Translators
On June 24, 2021, the Goethe-Institut New York hosted an award ceremony to honor the work of two German to English translators. Two literary translation prizes were awarded at the ceremony. The first was the …
Remarks by Alexander Wolff at the Goethe-Institut New York Award Ceremony
Thank you Doctor Schumacher and the Goethe-Institut for inviting me today, and greetings to members of the jury, and Institut staff, friends, and guests, here and abroad, who are joining us. This is precisely the …
Excerpt from Elsa Koester’s Couscous mit Zimt (Couscous with Cinnamon) translated by Jennifer Jenson
2. Marie It was my country, my land. I knew every corner of the fields, the hidden paths, the meadows covered with poppies in the spring. I knew when water flowed through the oued and …
Winning Poets and Translators: Words without Borders’ 2021 Poems in Translation contest
On September 27, 2021, Words Without Borders presented a virtual poetry reading featuring the winners of its third Poems in Translation Contest which is co-sponsored by the Academy of American poets. The two winners, Lauri …