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NTA in Poetry
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz, translated from the Polish by Bill Johnston
(Archipelago Books)
NTA in Prose
What's Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos, translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich
(New Vessel Press)
Lucien Stryk Prize
Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon, translated from the Korean by Don Mee Choi
(New Directions)
IPTA
The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti, translated from the Italian by Simon Carnell & Erica Segre
(Harvill Secker (UK) and Atria (US))
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43rd Annual ALTA Conference
November 11–14, 2020
Tucson, AZ
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