literary prizes

Iran’s official book awards: a more open ‘World’ literature

By |2019-04-12T14:30:24+01:00December 15th, 2017|Categories: Education and Taste, Interventions|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Iranian poet, literary critic and translator Alireza Abiz examines Iran's 'World Book Award' and the languages, works, and topics it considers and finds the prize to be surprisingly expansive in acknowledging different sources of cultural and literary exchange in Iran

To Win the Nobel Prize, Write in a European Language

By |2019-04-12T14:35:11+01:00August 21st, 2017|Categories: Education and Taste, Interventions|Tags: , , , , , , , |

July Blalack argues that The Nobel Prize in literature is failing its global audience due to its near exclusive focus on literature written in European languages.

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