This year’s recipient of the MLA’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work was awarded to A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean, a collection of stories curated by Leïla Sebbar. The book was edited by Lia Brozgal and Rebecca Glasberg, and features translations by Lia Brozgal, Jane Kuntz, Rebekah Lois Vince, and Robert Jay Watson. The book brings together the fascinating personal stories of Jewish writers, scholars, and intellectuals who came of age in lands where Islam was the dominant religion and everyday life was infused with the politics of the French imperial project. The book was published in an open access, digital format as part of the UC Press series on Jewish Histories and Jewish Cultures. You can read the whole book on the UC Press Luminos Platform, accessible here.
Rebecca Glasberg and Lia Brozgal have been awarded the MLA’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work. This prize recognizes the incredible work of their translation team, which included Jane Kuntz, Robert Watson, Rebekah Vince.
Rebecca will be accepting the award on behalf of the team at the MLA Convention in New Orleans, in January. If you happen to be at the convention, please stop by the awards ceremony, which will take place on Friday, January, 10 in the St. James Ballroom (3rd floor) in the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. (You do not need to be registered for the conference to attend the ceremony.)