Travel the World with Poudre Libraries
Every August, we celebrate Women in Translation Month (WITM) by focusing on books written by women in languages other than English. This annual celebration was started by Meytal Radzinski in 2014 in an effort to bring more attention to the literary accomplishments of women writers throughout the world, as well as the disparities seen within translated literature statistics. Notably, only 36% of English translated works are from non-European countries, and only 31% of translated authors are women.
We as readers deserve to have access to stories that truly reflect the vastness of the world in which we live, through different lenses shaped by language, culture, and experience. (www.womenintranslation.org)
Poudre Libraries has a wealth of translated literature from women across the world within our catalog and available from other libraries via Prospector. Find your next read below!
Africa
Aya: Life in Yop City
Marguerite Abouet
Translated by Helge Dascher
Country: Côte d’Ivoire
Original Language: French
Year of the Elephant
Leila Abouzeid
Translated by Barbara Parmenter
Country: Morocco
Original Language: Arabic
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
Meryem Alaoui
Translated by Emma Ramadan
Country: Morocco
Original Language: French
Scarlet Song
Mariama Bâ
Translated by Dorothy S Blair
Country: Senegal
Original Language: French
The Abandoned Baobab
Ken Bugul
Translated by Marjolijn de Jager
Country: Senegal
Original Language: French
The Joyful Song of the Partridge
Paulina Chiziane
Translated by David Brookshaw
Country: Mozambique
Original Language: Portuguese
When the Night Agrees to Speak to Me
Ananda Devi
Translated by Kazim Ali
Country: Mauritius
Original Language: French
The Belly of the Atlantic
Fatou Diome
Translated by Lulu Norman and Ros Schwartz
Country: Senegal
Original Language: French
Thirteen Months of Sunrise
Rania Mamoun
Translated by Elisabeth Jaquette
Country: Sudan
Original Language: Arabic
The Threshold
Iman Mersal
Translated by Robyn Creswell
Country: Egypt
Original Language: Arabic
Awu’s Story
Justine Mintsa
Translated by Cheryl Toman
Country: Gabon
Original Language: French
Essential Encounters
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury
Translated by Cheryl Toman
Country: Cameroon
Original Language: French
La Bastarda
Trifonia Melibea Obono
Translated by Lawrence Schimel
Country: Equatorial Guinea
Original Language: Spanish
A Daughter of Isis
Nawal El Saadawi
Translated by Sherif Hetata
Country: Egypt
Original Language: Arabic
The Magic Doll
Adrienne Yabouza
Translated by Paul Kelly
Country: Central African Republic
Original Language: French
The Americas
Here Be Icebergs
Katya Adaui
Translated by Rosalind Harvey
Country: Guadeloupe
Original Language: French
Family Album: Stories
Gabriela Alemán
Translated by Dick Cluster and Mary Ellen Fieweger
Country: Ecuador
Original Language: Spanish
A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende
Translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson
Country: Chile
Original Language: Spanish
City of Kings
Rosario Castellanos
Translated by Robert S. Rudder and Gloria Chacón de Arjona
Country: Mexico
Original Language: Spanish
Victoire: My Mother’s Mother
Maryse Condé
Translated by Richard Philcox
Country: Guadeloupe
Original Language: French
Our Share of Night
Mariana Enriquez
Translated by Megan McDowell
Country: Argentina
Original Language: Spanish
Sirena Selena
Mayra Santos-Febres
Translated by Stephen Lytle
Country: Puerto Rico
Original Language: Spanish
Slash and Burn
Claudia Hernandez
Translated by Julia Sanchez
Country: El Salvador
Original Language: Spanish
Near to the Wild Heart
Clarice Lispector
Translated by Alison Entrekin
Country: Brazil
Original Language: Portuguese
Loop
Brenda Lozano
Translated by Annie McDermott
Country: Mexico
Original Language: Spanish
I, Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú
Translated by Ann Wright
Country: Guatemala
Original Language: Spanish
Fury
Clyo Mendoza
Translated by Christina MacSweeney
Country: Mexico
Original Language: Spanish
December Breeze
Marvel Moreno
Translated by Isabel Adey and Charlotte Coombe
Country: Colombia
Original Language: Spanish
Blood Red
Gabriela Ponce
Translated by Sarah Booker
Country: Ecuador
Original Language: Spanish
Eartheater
Dolores Reyes
Translated by Julia Sanches
Country: Argentina
Original Language: Spanish
On a Woman’s Madness
Astrid Roemer
Translated by Lucy Scott
Country: Suriname
Original Language: Dutch
It Would be Night in Caracas
Karina Sainz Borgo
Translated by Elizabeth Bryer
Country: Venezuela
Original Language: Spanish
Pink Slime
Fernanda Trías
Translated by Heather Cleary
Country: Uruguay
Original Language: Spanish
Asia
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-Joo
Translated by Jamie Chang
Country: South Korea
Original Language: Korean
Owlish
Dorothy Tse [Xiahong Xie]
Translated by Natascha Bruce
Country: Hong Kong
Original Language: Chinese
Arid Dreams: Stories
Duanwad Pimwana
Translated by Mui Poopoksakul
Country: Thailand
Original Language: Thai
Written on Water
Eileen Chang
Translated by Andrew F. Jones
Country: China
Original Language: Chinese
Tomb of Sand
Geetanjali Shree
Translated by Daisy Rockwell
Country: India
Original Language: Hindi
The White Book
Han Kang
Translated by Deborah Smith
Country: South Korea
Original Language: Korean
Jumpnauts
Hao Jingfang
Translated by Kenneth Liu
Country: China
Original Language: Chinese
The Nakano Thrift Shop
Hiromi Kawakami
Translated by Allison Markin Powell
Country: Japan
Original Language: Japanese
Voices of the Lost
Hoda Barakat
Translated by Marilyn Booth
Country: Lebanon
Original Language: Arabic
The Gray House
Mariam Petrosyan
Translated by Yuri Machkasov
Country: Armenia
Original Language: Russian
Three Apples Fell from the Sky
Narine Abgaryan
Translated by Lisa C. Hayden
Country: Armenia
Original Language: Russian
Disoriental
Négar Djavadi
Translated by Tina Kova
Country: Iran
Original Language: French
River of Fire
Qurratulain Hyder
Transcreated by the Author
Country: India
Original Language: Urdu
My First and Only Love
Sahar Khalifeh
Translated by Aida Bamia
Country: Palestine
Original Language: Arabic
Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata
Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
Country: Japan
Original Language: Japanese
The Baghdad Clock
Shahad Al Rawi
Translated by Luke Leafgren
Country: Iraq
Original Language: Arabic
The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa
Translated by Stephen Snyder
Country: Japan
Original Language: Japanese
The Weave of My Life
Urmila Pawar
Translated by Maya Pandit
Country: India
Original Language: Marathi
Europe
Voices from Chernobyl
Svetlana Alexievich
Translated by Keith Gessen
Country: Ukraine
Original Language: Belarusian
The Last Cato
Matilde Asensi
Translated by Pamela Carmell
Country: Spain
Original Language: Spanish
The Postcard
Anne Berest
Translated by Tina Kover
Country: France
Original Language: French
Empty Wardrobes
Maria Judite de Carvalho
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Country: Portugal
Original Language: Portuguese
Four Minutes
Nataliya Deleva
Translated by Izidora Angel
Country: Bulgaria
Original Language: Bulgarian
Doppelgänger
Daša Drndić
Translated by S.D. Curtis and
Celia Hawkesworth
Country: Croatia
Original Language: Croatia
The Tenant
Katrine Engberg
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Country: Denmark
Original Language: Danish
The End of Days
Jenny Erpenbeck
Translated by Susan Bernofsky
Country: Germany
Original Language: German
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
Translated by Ann Goldstein
Country: Italy
Original Language: Italian
The Golden Cage
Camilla Läckberg
Translated by Neil Smith
Country: Sweden
Original Language: Swedish
The Hunger Angel
Herta Müller
Translated by Philip Boehm
Country: Romania
Original Language: German
First Blood
Amélie Nothomb
Translated by Alison Anderson
Country: Belgium
Original Language: French
Norma
Sofia Oksanen
Translated by Owen W. Witesman
Country: Finland
Original Language: Finnish
The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Translated by Michele Hutchison
Country: Netherlands
Original Language: Dutch
Last Rituals
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Translated by Bernard Scudder
Country: Iceland
Original Language: Icelandic
The Door
Szabó, Magda
Translated by Ali Smith
Country: Hungary
Original Language: Hungarian
Gerta
Kateřina Tučková
Translated by Véronique Firkusny
Country: Czech Republic
Original Language: Czech
The Few Things I Know About
Glafkos Thrassakis
Vassilis Vassilikos
Translated by Karen Emmerich
Country: Greece
Original Language: Greek