The platform #FreeAllWords has published my translation of a recent short story by the Belarusian author Maryna Bandarenka (March 2023). Words Without Borders published my translation of a new story by the Dagestani writer Alisa Ganieva (February 2023).
https://freeallwords.org/maryna-bandarenka/
https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2023-02/a-village-fest-alisa-ganieva-will-firth/
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“A Village Fest”
by Alisa Ganieva, Words Without Borders, 2023, https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2023-02/a-village-fest-alisa-ganieva-will-firth/
Take Six: Six Balkan Women Writers
including stories by Magdalena Blažević, Tatjana Gromača, Vesna Perić and Sonja Živaljević, Dedalus Books, 2023, 288 pages, ISBN 978-1-915568-12-0
Take Six: Six Balkan Women Writers
including seven stories by Natali Spasova, Dedalus Books, 2023, 288 pages, ISBN 978-1-915568-12-0
Balkan Bombshells
Contemporary Women’s Writing from Serbia and Montenegro
Stories by 17 female writers, Istros Books, 2023, 143 pages, ISBN 978-1-912545-84-1
The Antiwar Campaign 1991-2011. The Untold Story
historical study on the peace movement in Croatia, Documenta 2022, https://documenta.hr/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ARK_eng_2022_small.pdf
“Cleaning Up”
by Ivan Dodovski, TURKOSLAVIA, 1, 2022, https://exchanges.uiowa.edu/turkoslavia/issues/issue-1/cleaning-up/
“Bosnia and Ukraine: two rails of the same track”
Essay by Faruk Šehić, 2022, https://voxeurop.eu/en/bosnia-ukraine-two-rails-same-track/
“Serbia on the side of Putin’s executioners in Ukraine”
Essay by Tomislav Marković, 2022, https://voxeurop.eu/en/ukraine-serbia-on-the-side-of-putins-executioners/
Sea, Sun, Salt: Short Stories from Montenegro
Gligorije Dijak, 2022, ISBN 978-9940-22-052-5 (including the three new translations “Dedication” by Milovan Radojević, “Meeting Sylvia” by Jovanka Vukanović and “Spinster” by Aleksandar Ćuković)
A Novel of London
Novel by Miloš Crnjanski, Službeni glasnik, 2022, 892 pages, ISBN 9788651925033 (the second English edition)
“Awakened”
by Marijana Čanak, BODY, https://www.bodyliterature.com/2022/08/25/marijana-canak/
Divine Child
Novel by Tatjana Gromača, Sandorf Passage, 2021, 176 pages, ISBN 978-9533513232
“Revisiting Sofia”
Essay and an excerpt from the novel On the Way Back by Frosina Parmakovska, 2021, https://revisiting-sofia.traduki.eu/english
Horror and Huge Expenses
Short stories by Robert Perišić, Sandorf Passage, 2021, 224 pages, ISBN 978-9533513256
Sampas
An excerpt from the novel Sampas by Ilija Đurović, 2021, https://stadtsprachen.de/en/text/sampas/?English
“A Drop of Happiness”
by Selvedin Avdić, Wasafiri, 105, 2021, pp. 20-22
“One on One”
Excerpt from Vladimir Batshev’s novel Descendant of Bathsheba in Cardinal Points Literary Journal, vol. 10, 2020
The Eighth Wonder of the World
by Jordan Plevneš, Plamen Press, 2020, 158 pages, ISBN 978-0996072267
The Montenegrin Political Novel: dark thrillers, melodrama, and the decadence of the rich and the powerful
A Novel of London
Novel by Miloš Crnjanski, Diálogos, 2020, 665 pages, ISBN 978-1944884666
Language and Politics in ex-Yugoslavia
Minister
50-page excerpt from the novel Minister by Stefan Bošković for the website of the European Union Prize for Literature
Trafika Europe no. 17. Mysterious Montenegro
Excerpts from the novels Dominik by Milovan Radojević and Arcueil by Aleksandar Bečanović in Trafika Europe no. 17. Mysterious Montenegro, https://cld.bz/users/user-N5y4U8g/Trafika-Europe-Quarterly/TE17-Mysterious-Montenegro
From Nowhere to Nowhere
Novel by Bekim Sejranović, Sandorf, 2020, 192 pages, ISBN 978-9533512945
Filling the Gaps: On Translating Miloš Crnjanski’s Novel of London
Resurrecting the Dead: Translator Will Firth on Unearthing Balkan Classics
The Olcinium Trilogy
Novel trilogy by Andrej Nikolaidis, Istros Books, 2019, 400 pages, ISBN 978-1912545995
“Search: Porn”
by Stefan Bošković, Words Without Borders, https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/june-2019-queer-search-porn-stefan-bokovic-will-firthc
“Fashion and Friends”
by Stefan Bošković, BODY, https://bodyliterature.com/2019/05/25/stefan-boskovic
Mothers and Daughters
Novel by Vedrana Rudan, Dalkey Archive Press, 2018, 225 pages, ISBN 978-1628972931
“Transparent Animals”
by Stefan Bošković, Best European Fiction 2019, Dalkey Archive Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1628972863
Head Full of Joy
Collection of short stories by Ognjen Spahić, Dalkey Archive Press, 2018, 305 pages, ISBN 978-1628972733
Mrs. Black
Excerpt from the novel by Olja Knežević on the World Literature Today blog, https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/fiction/mrs-black-excerpt-olja-knezevic
The Lighter (Chapter 4)
by Natali Spasova in The Missing Slate
Constructing the World: Art and Economy 1919-1939
Articles by Zelfira Tregulova/Faina Balakhovskaya and Daniel Bulatov
Constructing the World: Art and Economy 1919-1939, Eckhart J. Gillen and Ulrike Lorenz (eds.), Kerber Verlag, 2018
“The Educational Use of Videoed Memoirs and Material on the History of the Minsk Ghetto and the Maly Trostenets Extermination Site”
Iryna Kashtalian, INTERACTIONS: Explorations of Good Practice in Educational Work with Video Testimonies of Victims of National Socialism, Werner Dreier, Angelika Laumer and Moritz Wein (eds.), Stiftung “Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft”, 2018
Balkan Poetry Today
Three poems by Slađana Kavarić and three by Vukan De Deo in Balkan Poetry Today, 2017
Balkan Poetry Today
Three poems by Ivan Trposki and three by Dušan Ristevski in Balkan Poetry Today, 2017
“Febo Waited for a Pencil”
Short story by Brano Mandić, BODY, https://www.bodyliterature.com/2017/10/14/brano-mandic/
Journey to Russia
Literary travelogue by Miroslav Krleža, Sandorf 2017, 242 pages, ISBN 978-953-351-029-3
From Turmoil and Diversity: Contemporary Montenegrin Prose Writing
World Literature Today
“White Dogs” by Milovan Radojević, “Koko and Raden” by Brano Mandić and “Leaving” by Slađana Kavarić in World Literature Today, March 2017
“Parts of Town”
by Ilija Đurović, BODY, http://bodyliterature.com/2017/02/07/ilija-durovic
Change is the Only Constant: Writing from Macedonia
Short Fiction from Macedonia
“Nectar” by Rumena Bužarovska, “Fog” and “Fire” by Nenad Joldeski, “The Lighter (Chapter 1)” by Natali Spasova and “The Bird on the Balcony” by Petre Dimovski in Words Without Borders, January 2017,
https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2017-01/change-is-the-only-constant-writing-from-macedonia/
“Kim K & Co”
by Marija Knežević, Far off Places, IV, I, 2016, pp. 30-32
“A Creature of Habit”
by Rumena Bužarovska, World Literature Today, September-October 2016, pp. 33-35
Quiet Flows the Una
Novel by Faruk Šehić, Istros Books 2016, 193 pages, ISBN 978-1-908236-49-4
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/quiet-flows-the-una-review-a-river-runs-through-him-1.2586923
“The Five Widows”
by Ilija Đurović, Best European Fiction 2016, Dalkey Archive Press, Champaign/London 2015, ISBN 978-1628971149
“Waves”
by Rumena Bužarovska, Best European Fiction 2016, Dalkey Archive Press, Champaign/London 2015, ISBN 978-1628971149
Till Kingdom Come
Novel by Andrej Nikolaidis, Istros Books 2015, 128 pages, ISBN 9781908236-241,
http://ceel.org.uk/culture/books/balkan-nightmares-till-kingdom-come-nikolaidis-istros-books-2015-reviewed-by-robin-ashenden/
Homunculus
Aleksandar Prokopiev, Istros Books 2015, ISBN 978-1-908236-23-4
“The Gates of Hell” & “Happiness on a Leash”
by Ružica Gašperov, Zagreb Noir, Akashic Books, New York 2015
by Neven Ušumović, Zagreb Noir, Akashic Books, New York 2015
“The Silence of Lamb-Eaters: Transition as a Post-War Crime”
by Andrej Nikolaidis, Welcome to the Desert of Post-Socialism: Radical Politics After Yugoslavia, Srećko Horvat and Igor Štiks (eds.), Verso 2015, ISBN 978-1781686201
“The Eyes of Entropija Plamenac”
by Balša Brković, Best European Fiction 2015, Dalkey Archive Press, Champaign/London 2014, ISBN 978-1564789679
“Snakelet”
by Aleksandar Prokopiev, Best European Fiction 2015, Dalkey Archive Press, Champaign/London 2014, ISBN 978-1564789679
The Coming
novel by Andrej Nikolaidis, Istros Books 2012, 127 pages, ISBN: 978-1908236036
“Limb”
by Robert Perišić, Come Here Often?, Black Balloon Publishing 2014, ISBN 978-1936787227
The Great War
Novel by Aleksandar Gatalica, Istros Books 2014, 414 pages, ISBN 978-1908236203
Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize (2015) and longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2015)