The Observer Translation Project

The Translation Support Program of the Romanian Cultural Institute will use funding from 2008 to contribute to twenty forthcoming publications:

Chira Chiralina by Panait Istrati in a translation by Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno: Talisman House, USA.

Inventatorul iubirii şi alte scrieri / Inventor of Love & Other Writings by Gherasim Luca, in a translation by  Julian and Laura Semilian: Black Widow Press, USA.

Înainte să moară Brejnev / Než zemřel Brežněv / Before Brezhnev Dies by Iulian Ciocan, in a translation by Jiří Našinec: Dybbuk Press, Czech Republic

Sunt o babă comunistă ⁄ Baba Comunista by Dan Lungu, in a translation by Joanna Kornaś-Warwas: Wydawnictwo Czarne, Poland.

Strigat-am către tine / Făgăduindu-mă iubirii – To you I have cried ⁄ Binding Myself to Love by Grigore Vieru, in a translation by Olga Irimciuc: Graphe.it Edizioni di Roberto Russo, Italy.

Sunt o babă comunistă ⁄ Baba Comunista by Dan Lungu in a translation by Joaquin Garrigos Bueno: Pre-Textos, Spain.

Inimi cicatrizate ⁄ Scarred Hearts by Max Blecher, in a translation by Joaquin Garrigos Bueno: Pre-Textos, Spain.

Nunţile necesare ⁄ The Necessary Marriage by Dumitru Tsepeneag, in a translation by Patrick Camiller: Dalkey Archive Press, USA.

Tată, suntem lunatici  ⁄ We’re Sleepwalkers, Dad by Monica Savulescu-Voudouris, in a translation by Victor Ivanovici / Angela Bratsou: S.J. Zacharopoulos S.A., Greece.

Plicul negru / The Black Envelope by Norman Manea in a translation by Marily Le Nir, Editions du Seuil, France.

Drumul egal al fiecărei zile ⁄ Vienne le jour / The Equal Way of Every Day by Gabriela Adameşteanu, in a translation by Marily Le Nir: Éditions Gallimard, France.

Sunt o babă comunistă ⁄ Baba Comunista by Dan Lungu, in a translation by Ivan Stankov: Faber-Print, Bulgaria.

Oraşul cu un singur locuitor ⁄ The One Man City by Matei Vişniec, in a translation by Ognean Stamboliev: Avangard Print, Bulgaria.

Imaginea evreului în cultura română ⁄ The Image of the Jew in Romanian Culture by Andrei Oişteanu in a translation by Larisa Schippel: Frank & Timme, Germany.

Secera şi buldozerul ⁄ The Sickle and the Bulldozer by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, in a translation by Angela Jianu: Central European University Press, Hungary.

Curcan bătrînul şi alte povestiri  ⁄ Curcan the Old and Other Stories by Pavel Dan, in a translation by Rafael Pisot Diaz: Editorial El Nadir, Spain.

Săpunul lui Leopold Bloom ⁄ The Soap of Leopold Bloom by Nora Iuga, in a translation by Vanina Dimitrova Bozhikova: Paradox, Bulgaria.

Venea din timpul diez ⁄ Coming from an Off Key Time/ Once on an Off Key Time by Bogdan Suceavă, in a translation by Vanina Dimitrova Bozhikova: Paradox, Bulgaria.

Zidul de lumină  ⁄ Lightwall by Liliana Ursu, in a translation by Sean Cotter: Zephyr Press, USA.

Romanul adolescentului miop. Gaudeamus ⁄ Diary of a Near-sighted Teenager. Gaudeamus by Mircea Eliade, in a translation by Angeles Ochoa de Eribe Urdinguio: Editorial Impedimenta, Spain.

Concert din muzică de Bach ⁄ Bach Concert by Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu, in a translation by Joaquin Garrigos Bueno: Editorial El Gadir, Spain.

Jurnalul de la Păltiniş  ⁄ The Păltiniş Diary by Gabriel Liiceanu in a translation by Asa Appelkvist / Liliana Donose Samulesson: Dualis Förlag, Sweden.