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El patio y las muchas miradas

Sobre el diseño residencial orientado hacia el interior, la visibilidad mutua y la ambivalente búsqueda de comunidad This essay was originally published in English on Atlas of Attention . Del cuartel al patio La remodelación del antiguo Parque de Artillería de Burgos se ha celebrado como un importante hito urbanístico. Tras décadas en las que el recinto militar permaneció en gran medida inaccesible, su transformación ha reconectado distintas partes de la ciudad, ha incorporado nuevos parques y calles y ha devuelto una importante extensión de suelo a la vida cotidiana de este sector urbano (Burgos Conecta, 2024). En términos estrictamente urbanísticos, la operación puede entenderse como un acto de reparación. Sin embargo, la historia del lugar encierra una interesante ironía. El antiguo cuartel representaba uno de los mayores espacios cerrados de la ciudad. El acceso estaba controlado y el recinto permanecía en gran medida al margen de la vida urbana ordinaria. L...
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Some interesting opportunities in 2020

John Dryden Competition

BCLT co-sponsors the annual John Dryden Competition. The competition awards three prizes and commendations if merited, for unpublished literary translations from any language. The translations may also draw on any source text comprising poetry, prose or drama from any period. Prize-winners are announced in the summer on the BCLA website and prizes are presented thereafter every year at the BCLA ‘AGM and Colloquy’.  Winning entries are eligible to be published in full on the website, and extracts from winning entries are also eligible for publication in the journal Comparative Critical Studies.
Members of the BCLA are entitled to one entry free of charge; all three prize-winners are also entitled to BCLA membership.
Deadline for entries is 10 February 2020.
For conditions of entry and further details download the 2019-2020 John Dryden Competition Entry Form
Contact Richard Hibbitt for more information.

MA in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia: 

The course focuses exclusively on literary translation and combines translation practice with translation theory. Described by former external examiner Dr Francis Jones as 'deservedly a UK leader in literary translation studies', this innovative course has been training literary translators for over two decades.
Find out more about the MA in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia

Possible Sources of Funding for Translators & Translation Projects

English PEN produces a very useful spreadsheet listing possible sources of funding for translators working across the world. Visit English PEN to find out more. Literature Across Frontiers lists possible sources of funding for publishers. Frankfurt Book Fair website has a great page of organisations which offer programmes for the promotion of translations for publishing companies and translators. Creative Europe Desk UK offers funding for publishing works from one Eurpoean language into another.
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