Join literary translator, Anton Hur, and Translation Studies Hub in a colloquium on the art of pitching translation. In Hur’s own words, “Pitching is now, unfortunately, an essential part of being a working literary translator, but what is it and how does it work? I will deliver a short lecture based on my ‘Pitch Guide for Translators,’ walk through an actual pitch (PEN/Heim pitch for Cursed Bunny and/or Sublunary Editions pitch for Indeterminate Inflorescence), and have a discussion with participants about it all. There are always a million questions re: pitching but very few translators have done a lengthy seminar on the issue—this is a great and rare opportunity!” Anton Hur is the author of Toward Eternity and No One Told Me Not To. He is a prolific translator of numerous books, including the bestseller by and about the Korean boy band BTS. His translation of Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize and the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature. Registration required: bit.ly… Advance reading:
“Pitch Guide for Translators”
antonhur.com… “PEN/Heim cover letter for CURSED BUNNY”
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