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Armory Square Ventures Announces Groundbreaking Translation Prize to Fuel Literary Creativity and Extend Reach of South Asian Literature

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
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Armory Square Ventures, a technology venture capital firm operating across New York State, announced its launch today of the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation.

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  • Armory Square Ventures, a technology venture capital firm operating across New York State, announced its launch today of the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220728005398/en/
    The Armory Square Prize has a jury comprised of award-winning specialists in South Asian and non-South Asian literary translation (Photo: Business Wire)
    The inaugural prize aims to cultivate a new generation of literary translators working with South Asian languages.
  • The jury for the prize, which includes Sawhney, brings together award-winning specialists in South Asian and non-South Asian literary translation.
  • The Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation is sponsored by Armory Square Ventures.

Zahia Rahmani's "Muslim": A Novel Wins 2020 Albertine Prize

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Thursday, December 10, 2020
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NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Zahia Rahmani's "Muslim": A Novel, which follows a young Kabylian woman immersing herself in her memories and questioning her identity, was named winner of the 2020 Albertine Prize, presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and supported by Van Cleef & Arpels.

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  • NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Zahia Rahmani's "Muslim": A Novel, which follows a young Kabylian woman immersing herself in her memories and questioning her identity, was named winner of the 2020 Albertine Prize, presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and supported by Van Cleef & Arpels.
  • An annual reader's-choice award, the Albertine Prize recognizes US-based readers' favorite work of contemporary French fiction translated and published in the US during the previous year.
  • Narrated in five "acts", "Muslim": A Novel inventively combines fiction, lyrical essay and autobiographic elements.
  • Zahia Rahmani is a writer and art historian, in charge of global art history exhibitions at INHA.