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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

  Dear Circle Members, As we slowly but surely emerge from the pandemic, I am pleased to present the latest edition of the Gotham. In it you will find an article on Daniel Hahn’s presentation …

On February 10, 2021, the Circle hosted a presentation by the prominent writer, editor and literary translator Daniel Hahn. Mr. Hahn’s body of work includes over fifty fiction and non-fiction books and includes translations into …