Literary Translation and the Nobel Prize by Tenngart, Paul; Ågerup, Karl;

Short description:

This collection offers the first systematic account of the pivotal role of literary translation in the history and future of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Long description:

This collection offers the first systematic account of the pivotal role of literary translation in the history and future of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The volume explores the complex reciprocal relationship between the prize institution and translation from a transdisciplinary lens. Perspectives from varied disciplines from around the world consider the ways in which the prize relies heavily on translations before and after prize decisions but also the impact of laureate announcements on wider translation patterns. The collection concludes with several chapters on individual case studies and an afterword by esteemed translator Jan Henrik Swahn.

Making the case for a wide-reaching transdisciplinary approach to understanding the interplay of literary translation and the Nobel Prize, this book will be of interest to scholars in translation studies, comparative literature, literary studies, and cultural sociology.

Table of Contents:

Literary Translation and Nobel Consecration: An Introduction, Paul Tenngart and Karl Ågerup, Part I. Wide Patterns 1. The Circular Relationship Between the Nobel Prize and Literary Translations, Gisèle Sapiro 2. A Critique of Translation as a Force for Centralized Literary Consecration,  Anthony Pym 3. The Multiagent Nature of Global Literary Authorship: The Role of Translators in Nobel Consecration, Hülya Yildiz 4. Idealism, Transduction, Cultural Translation and Nobel Consecration, Anthony Uhlmann Part II. Spaces of Consecration, 5.     The Nobel Prize as a Swedish News Event, Karin Nykvist  6. The Gender Gap: Swedish Publishing of Female Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature (1970–2016), Jana Rüegg Part III. Geo-cultural Positions 7. Exploring the Long-term Consecration of the Nobel Prize: Italian Laureates in Reference Works of World Literary History, Cecilia Schwartz 8. The Nobel Prize and Translation: Insights from Translating Kawabata and Ōe, Takashi Inoue 9. The Nobel Effect and Magical Realism: Global Translation and Consecration of a Literary Style, Álvaro Santana-Acuña 10. Nobel Obligations: Prize Decisions, Postcolonialism and the Quest for Cultural Inclusion, Paul Tenngart Part IV. Particular Laureates and Translators 11. Consecration and Translation: Yeats as an Example,  Lars-Håkan Svensson 12. From Hemingway to the Harlem Renaissance: Thorsten Jonsson’s Translations of American Modernism and the History of the Nobel Prize, Oscar Jansson 13. World Literature, Singable Translation, and Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Win, Michael Ka-chi Cheuk, The Translator and the Author Will Simply Write Each Other Down: an Afterword, Jan Henrik Swahn, Bibliography, Index