F193. A Celebration of the Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation, Sponsored by ALTA
Friday, February 10, 2017
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
Cliff Becker (1964–2005) was the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Director. Believing "translation is the medium through which American readers gain greater access to the world,” he expanded NEA support for translation. His widow, Leila, and daughter, Sahara, established the Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation, now administered through ALTA. The series editors will discuss how this unique publication prize fulfills Becker’s vision and the translators will read from their books.
Participants
Dennis Maloney is the founding editor/publisher of White Pine Press, a nonprofit literary publisher founded in 1973. White Pine Press publishes poetry, fiction, and literature in translation from around the world. He is also a poet and translator. His most recent book is Listening to Tao Yuan Ming.
J. Kates is a poet, literary translator, and the codirector of Zephyr Press.
Carolyn L. Tipton teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. Awards for her poems and translations include fellowships from the NEH and the NEA. She has won both the National Translation Award and the Cliff Becker Translation Prize.
