Johnny Lorenz on 'Crooked Plow' (Longlisted for the International Booker Prize - 2024)

Today, Johnny Lorenz will speak on his translation of 'Crooked Plow,' which is long-listed for the International Booker Prize-2024.Johnny Lorenz, son of Brazilian immigrants to the United States, is a translator of Brazilian Literature, poet and literary critic. He holds a doctorate in English from the University of Texas at Austin and is a professor at Montclair State University. His translation of Clarice Lispector's A Breath of Life (New Directions) was a finalist for the Best Translated Book Award, and his translation of Lispector's The Besieged City (New Directions) was listed as one of the Best Books of 2019 by Vanity Fair. His Crooked Plow (Verso) translation by Itamar Vieira Junior received support from the National Endowment for the Arts. His forthcoming translation of The Front (Sundial House) by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira received a Sundial Literary Translation Award. He has received a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant and a Fulbright to support his work. His scholarly articles on writers such as Machado de Assis, Rubem Fonseca and Clarice Lispector have appeared in Luso-Brazilian Review, Latin American Literary Review and Modern Fiction Studies.  You can buy 'Crooked Plow' using - https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/lorenz* For your Valuable feedback on this Episode - Please click the link given below.https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/feedbackHarshaneeyam on Spotify App –https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/onspotHarshaneeyam on Apple App – https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/onapple*Contact us - [email protected] ***Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by Interviewees in interviews conducted by Harshaneeyam Podcast are those of the Interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Harshaneeyam Podcast. Any content provided by Interviewees is of their opinion and is not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp