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Diane' Translated Lit Genre Challenge - 2019
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1. Literary Fiction: Fair Play by Tove Jansson.Original title: Rent spel
Original language: Swedish
Translator: Thomas Teal
2. Short stories: ແພງແມ່ Mother's Beloved: Stories from Laos by Outhine Bounyavong.Original title: ແພງແມ່
Original language: Lao
Translators: Bounheng Inversin and Daniel Duffy
3. Biography: Facundo: or Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.Original title: Facundo o civilización y barbarie en las pampas argentinas
Original language: Spanish
Translators: Mary Peabody Mann
4. Wildcard (Plays): Lysistrata by Aristophanes.Original title: Λυσιστράτη
Original language: Greek
Translators: Sarah Ruden
Another for literary fiction: Yugoslavia, My Fatherland by Goran Vojnović.Original title: Jugoslavija, moja dežela
Original language: Slovenian
Translators: Noah Charney
Another for literary fiction: Half of Man Is Woman by Zhang Xianliang.Original title: 男人的一半是女人
Original language: Mandarin Chinese
Translator: 张贤亮
Another for literary fiction: The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Álvaro Mutis.Original title: Empresas y Tribulaciones de Maqroll el Gaviero
Original language: Spanish
Translator: Edith Grossman
Another for short stories: The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales by Nikolai Leskov.Original title: Очарованный странник
Original language: Russian
Translators: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
5. History: The Book Of Luelen by Luelen Bernart.Original title: The Book of Luelen
Original language: Pohnpeian
Translators: John L. Fischer, Saul H. Riesenberg, and Marjorie G. Whiting
Another for historical fiction: One Night, Markovitch by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen.Original title: לילה אחד, מרקוביץ
Original language: Hebrew
Translator: Sondra Silverston
6. Poetry/Epics: Poems of Yeghishe Charents by Yeghishe Charents.Original title: Unknown
Original language: Armenian
Translator: Unknown
Another for literary fiction: Bartleby & Co. by Enrique Vila-Matas.Original title: Bartleby y Compañía
Original language: Spanish
Translator: Jonathan Dunne
7. Folklore: Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid.Original title: Au Tchad sous les étoiles
Original language: French
Translator: Karen Haire Hoenig
Another for literary fiction: The Afternoon of a Writer by Peter Handke.Original title: Nachmittag eines Schriftstellers
Original language: German
Translator: Unknown
8. Fantasy: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.Original title: ichi-kyū-hachi-yon
Original language: Japanese
Translators: Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel
Another for plays: Tartuffe by Molière.Original title: Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur
Original language: French
Translator: Roger W. Herzel
9. Classics: Auto-da-Fé by Elias Canetti.Original title: Die Blendung
Original language: German
Translator: C.V. Wedgwood
Another for fantasy: The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino.Original title: Il castello dei destini incrociati
Original language: Italian
Translator: William Weaver
Another for classics: The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga.Original title: I Malavoglia
Original language: Italian
Translator: Raymond Rosenthal
Another for historical fiction: Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann.Original title: Die Vermessung der Welt
Original language: German
Translator: Carol Brown Janeway
10. Sci-Fi/Dystopia: The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz.Original title: الطابور
Original language: Arabic
Translator: Elisabeth Jaquette
Another for classics: Demian by Hermann Hesse.Original title: Demian: Die Geschichte einer Jugend
Original language: German
Translator: Damion Searls
11. Graphic novels: Akissi: Cat Invasion by Marguerite Abouet.Original title: Akissi, Attaque de Chats
Original language: French
Translator: Judith Taboy
Another for historical fiction: Simon and the Oaks by Marianne Fredriksson.Original title: Simon och ekarna
Original language: Swedish
Translator: Joan Tate
Another for classics: The Garden Where the Brass Band Played by Simon Vestdijk.Original title: De koperen tuin
Original language: Dutch
Translator: A. Brotherton
Another for short stories: The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim.Original title: Al Masih al-iraqi
Original language: Arabic
Translator: Jonathan Wright
Another for classics: The Castle by Franz Kafka.Original title: Das Schloß
Original language: German
Translators: Mark Harman, Regaip Minareci, and Şerif Yeşilbucak
12. Children's: Molly Goes Shopping by Eva Eriksson.Original title: Malla Handlar
Original language: Swedish
Translator: Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard
13. Memoir: Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi.Original title: Воспоминания
Original language: Russian
Translators: Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler, Anne Marie Jackson, & Irina Steinberg
14. Thriller: My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen.Original title: Ensimmäinen murhani
Original language: Finnish
Translators: Owen F. Witesman
15. Travel: The Valley of Andorra by Jean-François Bladé.Original title: la vallée d'Andorre
Original language: French
Translators: William Warren Tucker
16. Humor: Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes.Original title: Er ist wieder da
Original language: German
Translators: Jamie Bulloch
17. Contemporary Fiction: Upstaged by Jacques Jouet.Original title: Upstaged
Original language: French
Translators: Leland de la Durantaye
18. Horror: The Golem by Gustav Meyrink.Original title: Der Golem
Original language: German
Translators: Mike Mitchell
19. Mystery: Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette.Original title: Fatale
Original language: French
Translator: Donald Nicholson-Smith
20. YA: I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad. (Classified as YA literature on Amazon)Original title: আব্বুকে মনে পড়ে
Original language: Bengali
Translator: Arunava Sinha
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I Remember Abbu (other topics)Fatale (other topics)
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BiographyChildren's/FairytalesClassic Fiction (>50 years old)
Contemporary fiction
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Folklore/Mythology
Graphic Novels/Manga/Comics
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Literary Fiction/Historical Fiction
Memoir/Autobiography
Mystery (Crime, Detective. Cozy, Noir, etc.)
Non-fiction (Essays, Cookbooks, Self-help, True crime, etc.)
Poetry/EpicsRomance
Science Fiction/DystopiaShort Stories
Thrillers/Suspense/Espionage
Travel Writing
Wildcard
Young Adult/New Adult