Action Books
Action books is an independent press housed at the English Department at University of Notre Dame. The editors are Johannes Göransson and Joyelle McSweeney.[1] The press publishes form-breaking and hybrid work with a focus on texts in translation.
Action Books has had three books on the poetry shortlist for the Best Translated Book Award: Jeffrey Angles' translation of Killing Kanoko by Hiromi Ito (2010), Molly Weigel's translation of In the Moremarrow by Oliverio Girondo (2014),[2] and Cheer Up, Femme Fatale by Kim Yi-deum translated by Ji Yoon Lee, Don Mee Choi, and Johannes Göransson (2017).[3] Sorrowtoothpaste Mirrorcream by Kim Hyesoon, translated by Don Mee Choi, was a finalist for the 2015 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "About". Action Books. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "2014 Best Translated Book Awards: Poetry Finalists « Three Percent". Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "The 2017 Best Translated Book Award Shortlist". World Literature Today. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "2015 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation". PEN America. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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