Translation
Elisabeth Jaquette's translations from the Arabic have been shortlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, TA First Translation Prize, and Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, longlisted for the Booker International Prize and Best Translated Book Award, and supported by the Jan Michalski Foundation, PEN/Heim, and several English PEN Translates Awards.
In addition to her work as a literary translator, she has contributed translations to The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Guardian, Amnesty International, Index on Censorship, PEN World Voices Festival, Institute for Palestine Studies, Arab Reform Initiative, Palestine Festival of Literature, VICE News, and Industry Arabic, among other organizations. |
Books:
- Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (Fitzcarraldo/New Directions, 2020) Finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, longlisted for the Booker International Prize, winner of an English PEN Translates Award
- The Frightened Ones by Dima Wannous (Harvill Secker/Knopf, 2020) Winner of an English PEN Translates Award
- Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun (Comma Press, 2019) Winner of a PEN/Heim and English PEN Translates Award, shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
- The Apartment in Bab el-Louk by Donia Maher, illustrated by Ganzeer and Ahmed Nady (Darf Publishers, 2018)
- Suslov's Daughter by Habib Abdulrab Sarori (Darf Publishers, 2017)
- The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz (Melville House, 2016) Shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize, longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award, Winner of an English PEN Translates Award
Book sections:
- 'Siniora' by Ahmed Naji in The Book of Cairo (Comma Press, 2019) Winner of an English PEN Award
- 'Scenes from the Life of an Autocrat' by Basma Abdel Aziz in The Apex Book of World Sci-Fi Vol.5 (Apex, 2018)
- 'The Nudism of Sheikh Fouad Hobeiche' by Hala Bizri in Art, Awakening, and Modernity in the Middle East (Routledge, 2017)
- 'Trump and Gaddafi' by Hazem Saghieh in Don't Panic I'm Islamic (Saqi, 2017)
- Calligraphies of Love by Hassan Massoudy, with Sophie Lewis (Saqi, 2017)
- 'The Corporal' by Ali Bader in Iraq + 100 (Comma Press, 2016) Winner of an English PEN Award
- 'Passing' by Rania Mamoun in The Book of Khartoum (Comma Press, 2016) Winner of an English PEN Award
- 'When Ideas Fall in Line' by Asmaa Al Ghul in Life from Elsewhere (Pushkin Press, 2015)
- Interviews in Sidewalk Salon Cairo by Manar Moursi & David Puig (2015)
- Introduction by Atef Abu Saif in The Book of Gaza (Comma Press, 2014) Winner of an English PEN Award
Other published translations:
Short Fiction
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Nonfiction
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