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@ArmorySV Prize for South Asian Lit in Translation

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A new literary prize from @ArmorySV for the translation of writing from South Asia. Submissions are now open for the 2025 Prize.

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🎉 Have you seen? @ArmorySV Prize for South Asian Lit in Translation's 2024 shortlist has arrived! Congratulations to all the finalists, including ALTA member @AruniKashyap for their translation from Assamese of Anuradha Sarma Pujari's "Ten Love Stories and a Novella of Despair"! bit.ly/3X3dwXM

🎉 Have you seen? <a href="/ArmorySqPrize/">@ArmorySV Prize for South Asian Lit in Translation</a>'s 2024 shortlist has arrived! Congratulations to all the finalists, including ALTA member @AruniKashyap for their translation from Assamese of Anuradha Sarma Pujari's "Ten Love Stories and a Novella of Despair"! bit.ly/3X3dwXM
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The 2024 Armory Square Prize shortlist reflects a wonderful crop of novels and short stories by South Asian women translated into English by truly talented writers. The winner will be announced June 10. More about the shortlist here: armorysv.com/2024-prize-ann…

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Fact #1: To say literature from South Asia is underrepresented in English-language markets would be a serious understatement. More on this and 5 Things to Know About the Armory Square Prize Shortlist: armorysv.com/2024-5-things-…

Fact #1: To say literature from South Asia is underrepresented in English-language markets would be a serious understatement.
More on this and 5 Things to Know About the Armory Square Prize Shortlist: armorysv.com/2024-5-things-…
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Meet the shortlist: Sana R. Chaudhry! Sana R. Chaudhry is a researcher, writer, translator, and educator whose translation of Fahmida Riaz's Fortress of the Forgotten Ones is shortlisted for the 2024 Armory Square Prize. Read more about her work here: instagram.com/p/C7wssqTuzy8/…

Meet the shortlist: Sana R. Chaudhry!
<a href="/sana_r_ch/">Sana R. Chaudhry</a> is a researcher, writer, translator, and educator whose translation of Fahmida Riaz's Fortress of the Forgotten Ones is shortlisted for the 2024 Armory Square Prize.

Read more about her work here: instagram.com/p/C7wssqTuzy8/…
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Meet the shortlist: Sayari Debnath! Sayari (sayari 🇵🇸) is a culture journalist whose translation of Mahua Sen Mukhopadhyay's short stories is shortlisted for the 2024 Armory Square Prize. Read more about her work here: instagram.com/p/C7y7yQZu6L3/…

Meet the shortlist: Sayari Debnath!
Sayari (<a href="/pureheroinetwts/">sayari 🇵🇸</a>) is a culture journalist whose translation of Mahua Sen Mukhopadhyay's short stories is shortlisted for the 2024 Armory Square Prize.
Read more about her work here: instagram.com/p/C7y7yQZu6L3/…
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Meet the shortlist: Aruni Kashyap! Aruni writes in Assamese and English, and his translation of Anuradha Sarma Pujari's Ten Love Stories and a Novella of Despair is shortlisted for the 2024 Armory Square Prize. Read more about his work here: instagram.com/p/C71p_uYOKQn/…

Meet the shortlist: Aruni Kashyap! 
Aruni writes in Assamese and English, and his translation of Anuradha Sarma Pujari's Ten Love Stories and a Novella of Despair is shortlisted for the 2024 Armory Square Prize.
Read more about his work here: instagram.com/p/C71p_uYOKQn/…
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Meet the shortlist: Shivangi & Tejaswi! Shivangi (Shivangi) is an English language journalist and an emerging literary translator. Tejaswi (Tejaswi 🥐) is an English Language and Literature graduate from the University of Oxford. Read more: instagram.com/p/C740mF4PAj_/…

Meet the shortlist: Shivangi &amp; Tejaswi!
Shivangi (<a href="/sheevaangi/">Shivangi</a>) is an English language journalist and an emerging literary translator. Tejaswi (<a href="/TejaswiRawal/">Tejaswi 🥐</a>) is an English Language and Literature graduate from the University of Oxford. 
Read more: instagram.com/p/C740mF4PAj_/…
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✨Join us on Monday, 10 June, for a panel discussion on the future of Southasian fiction in translation, with prize-winning translators @shreedaisy, Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Jayasree Kalathil, and leading literary agent Kanishka Gupta. Register for the event here: forms.gle/8oCbGuHu9UujQ2…

✨Join us on Monday, 10 June, for a panel discussion on the future of Southasian fiction in translation, with prize-winning translators @shreedaisy, <a href="/microMAF/">Musharraf Ali Farooqi</a>, Jayasree Kalathil, and leading literary agent <a href="/kan_writersside/">Kanishka Gupta</a>. 

Register for the event here:
forms.gle/8oCbGuHu9UujQ2…
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Meet the shortlist: Aditya Vikram! Aditya (Aditya Vikram) is a writer, translator, and emerging literary scholar from Lucknow, India, whose translation of Mridula Garg's Sister, My Sister is shortlisted for the 2024 Armory Square Prize. Read more: instagram.com/p/C7_0uxhOLil/…

Meet the shortlist: Aditya Vikram!
Aditya (<a href="/kaalimirch_/">Aditya Vikram</a>) is a writer, translator, and emerging literary scholar from Lucknow, India, whose translation of Mridula Garg's Sister, My Sister is shortlisted for the 2024 Armory Square Prize.
Read more: instagram.com/p/C7_0uxhOLil/…
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We have a winner!🎉🎉 Congratulations to Sana R. Chaudhry! Her translation of Fahmida Riaz's Fortress of the Forgotten Ones was chosen by our jury as the winner of the 2024 Armory Square Prize. Read more: armorysv.com/2024-prize-win…

We have a winner!🎉🎉
Congratulations to <a href="/sana_r_ch/">Sana R. Chaudhry</a>! Her translation of Fahmida Riaz's Fortress of the Forgotten Ones was chosen by our jury as the winner of the 2024 Armory Square Prize. 
Read more: armorysv.com/2024-prize-win…
Kanishka Gupta (@kan_writersside) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge congratulations to our brilliant author, Sana R. Chaudhry, for winning yet another important prize—the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature for her English translation of Fehmida Riaz's Urdu historical novel Qila-e-Faramoshi (Fortress of the Forgotten Ones)!

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📢 Submissions are now open for the 2025 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation! The prize is open to English translators working with any work in any South Asian language. Learn more and apply here: armorysv.com/2025-submissio…

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Time's running out to apply for this year's Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation! See submission guidelines and apply here: armorysv.com/translation-pr…

Time's running out to apply for this year's Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation! See submission guidelines and apply here:
armorysv.com/translation-pr…
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Get inspired to submit for this year's Armory Square Prize while you check out the previous years' shortlists on WordsWithoutBorders.bsky.social. We're thrilled that every shortlisted writer's work is featured by Words Without Borders: wordswithoutborders.org/read/collectio…

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🚨Deadline extended!🚨 To ensure that all qualified translators are able to submit their work for this year's prize, we are extending the deadline by two weeks. All submissions must be received by April 15. Guidelines and submission form here: armorysv.com/translation-pr…

🚨Deadline extended!🚨 To ensure that all qualified translators are able to submit their work for this year's prize, we are extending the deadline by two weeks. All submissions must be received by April 15.
Guidelines and submission form here: armorysv.com/translation-pr…