Brian Robert Moore

Upcoming translations in 2027: Michele Mari’s ALL THE IRON IN THE EIFFEL TOWER and Walter Siti's PARADISE OVERLOAD
Latest: Lalla Romano's IN FARTHEST SEAS

[Brian Robert Moore @BrianRobMoore]

Have been informed that my translation of In Farthest Seas has been awarded by part of the Italian government with the Premio alla Traduzione / Translation Prize for the year’s best translation into English (UK). It was nominated by @iiclondra 💙 Happy WIT Month!

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@JulianD86666247 Thanks so much Julian!

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Not sure anyone on here’s in Trento, Italy, but I’ll be giving my Council at the university tomorrow. All welcome! 🐌

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I stand by my choice

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Got into literary translation for the walks

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@StranaReforiem Almost! Castasegna

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@gautambhatia88 It's Castasegna, Switzerland, right on the Italian border. They run an Italian-English translation workshop here

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@charlie_pal Sì, esatto! :)

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@a_heteronym @cianonus Happy to hear it! (A great chef but an even greater writer)

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Celebrated some very good news yesterday with the man who is – incontrovertibly, without a doubt, 100 times over – the most important novelist debuting in English in 2027: Walter Siti. 💪

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@Dani566404261 Thanks so much Dani! I'm excited for you to read :)

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@cianonus Thank you Cian! It's taken some time – but un buon libro, come un buon risotto, richiede il suo tempo. 🤌

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Remember that by next spooky season another haunted Michele Mari book will be out, so make this the spooky season you (re)read Verdigris 👻💀

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How translation departments see literary translators

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A lot of people are posting instances of Nabokov roasting other writers, but let's not forget the time Roman Jakobson roasted Nabokov.

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@saintsoftness Probably as well-founded a bias as any!

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@saintsoftness Yes, that makes sense!

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@saintsoftness Also the sense of wonder throughout the Arcades, for instance. There are some real kid-in-a-candy-store vibes throughout it for me, despite all the analytical features.

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@saintsoftness For sure! But I suppose it's due to the childish impulses behind his collecting, etc., which the author shares. Even Berlin Childhood does feel like it's at a great distance, but there is that fixation in him 🤷

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@saintsoftness I get what you mean. The novel's more preoccupied with the ways in which he's perpetually in childhood (but that might be most of all a reflection of the author)

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@saintsoftness Trakl and Schiele's deaths come up directly elsewhere, but a fun little preview for now...

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@saintsoftness Yay, I'll send you a message :)