Showing posts with label Consello da Cultura Galega. Show all posts
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Monday, March 9, 2009

Galician Literature in English Translation

What books of Galician literature have already been published in English? How many of them are individual titles and how many are anthologies by a single or multiple authors?

The number of books being translated into and out of a language is a sign of how much that language is in dialogue with other cultures and languages, so it’s important to keep track of the books in translation that have been published. The Consello da Cultura Galega produced a list in 2003, and Olga Castro of Vigo University produced another list as an appendix to her paper at the Congress on Plácido Castro and His Time held in November 2005. Vigo University also has a database of literary translations published since 1980.

Here Jonathan Dunne has produced a list of books of Galician literature published in English translation, with links to pages of relevance to each individual publication! Something to celebrate, and also something to work towards…