LibGuides: Highlighting Diverse Collections Archive: Women in Translation

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Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daily Rockwell
Call Number: PK 2098.22.I826 R4713 2021
ISBN: 1911284614
Publication Date: 2021
Winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize, Tomb of Sand is a playful, feminist, and utterly original epic set in contemporary northern India, about a family and the inimitable octogenarian matriarch at its heart.
Antigona Gonzalez by Sara Uribe, translated by John Pluecker
Call Number: PQ 7298.431 R54 A8513 2016
ISBN: 1934254649
Publication Date: 2016
Sara Uribe takes the myth of Antigone -- and many other Antigones -- and brilliantly reimagines it to tell the story of families who have disappeared throughout Mexico.
Windward Heights by Maryse Condé, translated by Richard Philcox.
Call Number: PQ 3949.2 C65 M4913 1998
ISBN: 9780571193240
Publication Date: 1998
Maryse Conde's post-colonial adaptation of Bronte's Windward Heights is set on the Francophone Caribbean island of Guadeloupe where love, identity, and place is considered across the lines of race, gender, and kinship.
Thunderbird by Sonia Nimr, translated by M. Lynx Qualey
Call Number: PZ 7.1 N567 TH 2022
ISBN: 9781477325810
Publication Date: 2022
Thunderbird is a young adult sci-fi trilogy focusing on Noor, an orphaned Palestinian girl who mush travel through time. She needs to collect four magical bird feathers to save the world. The translation by M. Lynx Qualey is a special effort with UT Press coordinated by UT's Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Written on Water by Eileen Chang, translated by Andrew F. Jones
Call Number: PL 2837 E35 L58613 2005
ISBN: 0231131380
Publication Date: 2005
First published in 1944, and just as beloved as her fiction in the Chinese-speaking world, Written on Water collects Chang's reflections on art, literature, war, urban culture, and her life as a writer and woman in wartime Shanghai and Hong Kong.
So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba, translated by Modupe Bode-Thomasneth W. Harrow (Introduction by)
Call Number: PQ 3989.2 B22 S513 2012
ISBN: 9781577668060
Publication Date: 2012
In this seminal postcolonial and feminist novel set in Senegal, Ba follows the life of Ramatoulaye, a recently widowed woman writing a long letter to her childhood frient, Aissatou. Together, they navigate the challenges of tradition and modernity as African women, highlighting the power of solidarity and friendship among women.
The Odyssey by translated by Emily Wilson
Call Number: PA 4025 A5 W563 2020
ISBN: 9780393655063
Publication Date: 2020
Much reviewed and praised, this is the first "modern" published translation of a classic by a respected woman scholar.

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August is Women in Translation (WIT) Month! WIT Month is an annual celebration of women writers from around the world, writing in languages other than English. It’s celebrated by readers, publishing companies, independent bookstores – and libraries. Founded in 2014, WIT Month aims to bring greater visibility to women authors writing in languages other than English, especially those from outside of North America and Western Europe who are often sidelined in mainstream publishing. We proudly feature these selections of fiction and poetry, all available to check out. Follow @readWIT to learn more about the Women in Translation movement and find more great reading recommendations!

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