Jon Cho-Polizzi

Some interesting books on this longlist! I’ve been enjoying reading Kurdish writer Fatma Aydemir’s ‘Djinns’ lately (translated from German by @jpolizei.bsky.social). Looks like there are some other titles I need to add to my ever-growing “to read” pile!

A photograph of the 14 titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The books are stood on a wooden table against a brick wall with their spines facing the camera.

Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.
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Disrupting Translation

Maha also discusses our 'Disrupting Translation' event with @jpolizei.bsky.social and Thalia Ostendorf, which you can still watch here: www.goethe.de/prj/vor/en/a...

Melody Makeda Ledwon Awarded Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders Melody Makeda Ledwon is recognized for her translation of a multilingual novel recovering the history of a Cape Coloured family

Melody Makeda Ledwon will receive the 2025 Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators, Words Without Borders announced today. The grant recognizes Ledwon’s translation from German of the novel Knives, Tongues by Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner. Learn more here:

Tim | Sharon Dodua Otoo Everything’s going to be fine.

Thrilled to have gotten to co-translate this beautiful short story by Sharon Dodua Otoo. It starts off innocently enough, and then things quickly spiral into ever more reality-bending complexity. (Also check out her novel ADA'S ROOM, trans. @jpolizei.bsky.social.)
thebaffler.com/fiction/tim-otoo

German Literatures in (Post)Migration This series focuses on literatures in (post)migration in the context of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Germany. Considering a broad range of temporal and ...

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CFP and project description for the new Palgrave book series: “German Literatures in (Post)Migration“ co-edited by Ela Gezen and Jon Cho-Polizzi with an epic editorial board 💪🏽

Ela Gezen and I did a thing… allow me to promote our new #bookseries on #German Literatures in (Post)Migration! we‘ve already got exciting projects in the works but please hit us up with proposals, we want to know what you‘re working on (literary #translation of hard-to-place projects welcome, too!)

Djinns Unveils Silence in the Home Djinns emerge in a fractured home in Istanbul, reflecting the intercultural and intergenerational tensions in Fatma Aydemir’s family saga.

👻 Elena Pare reviews “Djinns” by Fatma Aydemir, a gripping family saga set between Germany and Istanbul, where silence conceals generations of trauma and migration. @jpolizei.bsky.social 


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Djinns Unveils Silence in the Home Djinns emerge in a fractured home in Istanbul, reflecting the intercultural and intergenerational tensions in Fatma Aydemir’s family saga.

wonderfully detailed review of my #translation of Fatma Aydemir’s #Djinns in @markaz-review.bsky.social #booksintranslation #booksky

themarkaz.org/djinns-unvei...

Conversation: An evening with Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize winner Dr. Jon Cho-Polizzi - Goethe-Institut USA Thu, 05/15/2025 – Exploring the vital role of translation in shaping our understanding of contemporary German literature

bay area #translation peoples come hang out!

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now more than ever we need more brave voices like @timmohr.bsky.social to advocate for the polyphony of this world

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rest in power ✊🏽

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you can still get it as an eBook! 🥲

Ada’s Realm "Soaring, spellbinding, utterly epic" MUSA OKWONGA "A time-travelling wonder of a read" PATERSON JOSEPH "A work of fierce imagination" NII AYIKWEI PARK...

The English translations need no less than two skeets - the UK and Commonwealth translation is called "Ada's Realm" and was published by MacLehose Press

Shout out to the award-winning and truly beautiful soul of a translator Jon Cho-Polizzi (@jpolizei.bsky.social) 🌹

Thank you so, so much!

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Excellent statement from @aaupcu.bsky.social

wrote my first blurb and landed with the best of company 😍 @translationista.bsky.social

this happened! hugely honored to give the keynote for the german area of inquiry at #NeMLA. massive thanks to all the organizers and attendees 💚

got a copy of my translation of
fatma aydemir’s djinns
the uk edition 😍
peirene press 💚
#booksintranslation

stoked to be part of ALTA‘s multilingual #translation workshop team again this year! there are so many amazing #translators in the lineup; sign up & tell your friends!

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such a pleasure talking with and listening to this amazing group of #translators yesterday

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.

Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.

Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

Congrats to all the longlisted books and a special shout-out to the authors and #translators nominated for works in #translation!

48 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2025 - Electric Literature Books by Zora Neale Hurston, Laila Lalami, Andrea Long Chu, Angela Flournoy, and EL's own Denne Michele Norris are among the most anticipated

some forthcoming 2025 books by women of color I’m excited about!!!

in this piece out today in @electriclit.bsky.social 🖤

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not just in deutschland, brother 😮‍💨

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YouTube video by Goethe-Institut Dänemark #Vorzeichen: Disrupting Translation

to round off the year, the recording of our summer event "disrupting translation" with thalia ostendorf and @jpolizei.bsky.social is now live! co-curated and hosted by @mahaelhissy.bsky.social and me as part of her #vorzeichen series and my veni project: youtu.be/JkUjUM9Ot5E

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still very much in awe of @translationista.bsky.social‘s @thebaffler.com review of Djinns 📖

Kultur nicht zu fördern, weil Kultur angeblich elitär & was für Reiche ist, ist ne self-fulfilling prophecy: Weniger Förderung heißt Kunst machen wird schlechter bezahlt & nur Wohlhabende können sich leisten in diese Berufe zu gehen.