Among the Lost and At Dusk longlisted for the National Translation Awards
Scribe is pleased to announce that Among the Lost by Emiliano Monge (trans. Frank Wynne) and At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong (trans. Sora Kim-Russell) have been longlisted for the 2020 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Prose by the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA).
The winning translators will receive a $2,500 cash prize each. The awards will be announced at ALTA’s annual conference, which this year has gone virtual. The awards ceremony will air on 15 October, 2020 on ALTA’s Crowdcast page: you can register to attend the NTA in Prose event here. The shortlists will be announced at the end of September. For more information please visit the American Literary Translators Association website.
Congratulations to Emiliano Monge, Frank Wynne, Hwang Sok-young and Sora Kim-Russell.
Among the Lost
A devastating and surreal novel about the defining issue of the 21st century: illegal immigration.
In the desolate wastelands between the sierra and the jungle, under an all-seeing, unforgiving sun, a single day unfolds as relentlessly as those that have gone before. People are trafficked and brutalized, illegal migrants are cheated of their money, their dreams, their very names, even as countless others scrabble to cross the border, trying to reach a land they call El Paraíso.
In this grim inferno, a fierce love has blossomed—one that was born in pain and cruelty, and one that will live or die on this…
At Dusk
Facing a corruption investigation, and in the twilight of his life, a wealthy man begins to re-examine all.
Park Minwoo is, by every measure, a success story. Born into poverty in a miserable neighborhood of Seoul, he has ridden the wave of development in a rapidly modernizing society. Now the director of a large architectural firm, his hard work and ambition have brought him triumph and satisfaction. But when his company is investigated for corruption, he’s forced to reconsider his role in the transformation of his country.
At the same time, he receives an unexpected message from an old friend, Cha…
