Eric Abrahamsen (born 1978) is an American award-winning literary translator from Chinese to English.Eric Abrahamsen, Paper Republic website, https://paper-republic.org/ericabrahamsen/

Biography

Abrahamsen studied Chinese at the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing from 2001, and remained in China until 2016, translating and promoting Chinese literature. He hosts the website ''Paper Republic''.

Awards

* Awarded a PEN Translation Grant for his translation of

Wang Xiaobo Wang Xiaobo () (May 13, 1952 – April 11, 1997) was a renowned contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist from Beijing. Wang was born into a family of Intellectuals in Beijing. He was transferred to a collective farm in Yunnan during the Cult ...

's ''My Spiritual Homeland''. * Awarded a NEA grant for his translation of Xu Zechen's ''Running Through Beijing''. * Shortlisted for the National Translation Award for his translation of Xu Zechen's ''Running Through Beijing''. * 2015 - Awarded

Special Book Award of China The Special Book Award of China (中华图书特殊贡献奖) is an annual award established by the State Press and Publication Administration of the People's Republic of China to recognize foreign translators, writers and publishers who have made ...

Publications

Abrahamsen has translated numerous works of varying lengths, which have been published in ''The New Yorker'', ''Granta'', ''n+1'', and Paper Republic. He also writes about contemporary Chinese literature.

Translations of Novels

* Wang Xiaofang: ''The Civil Servant's Notebook'' (2011) 公务员笔记 * Xu Zechen: ''Running Through Beijing'' (2013) 跑步穿过中关村

Translations of Short Stories

* A Yi: ''Barren Land'' 贫瘠之地 * A Yi: In the Penal Colony 在流放地 *

Bi Feiyu Bi Feiyu (, born 1964) is a Chinese writer.Chitralekha Basu and Song Wenwei ''China Daily'', Jan 12, 2012 His works are known for their complex portrayal of the "female psyche." He has won some of the highest literary awards in China. He also wr ...

: ''The Deluge'' 大雨如注 *

: ''Wang Village and the World'' 地球上的王家庄 * Jiang Yitan: ''China Story'' 中国故事 * Lu Yang:
Silver Tiger
' 银色老虎 * Lu Yang: ''Running Around Beijing'' 在北京奔跑 * Sheng Keyi: ''An Inexperienced World'' 缺乏经验的世界 *

Su Tong Tong Zhonggui ( zh, c=童忠贵, p=Tóng Zhōngguì; born January 23, 1963), known by the pen name of Su Tong ( zh, s=苏童, t=蘇童, p=Sū Tóng, labels=no) is a Chinese writer. He was born in Suzhou and lives in Nanjing. He entered the Depa ...

: ''Watermelon Boats'' 西瓜船 *

: ''Mister Lover'' 舅舅情人 * Xu Zechen: ''A Brief History of Time'' 时间简史 * Xu Zechen: ''Outdoor Film'' 露天电影 * Xu Zechen: ''Wheels Are Round'' 轮子是圆的 * Xu Zechen: ''Visiting Dai on a Snowy Evening'' 雪夜访戴 * Xu Zechen: ''The Dog's Been Barking All Day, July, 2017'' 狗叫了一天 * Zhang Wei: ''King's Blood'' 王血 * Zhang Wei: ''Rain and Snow'' 下雨下雪

GNU Emacs

In his spare time, Abrahamsen is also a programmer active in

Emacs Emacs (), originally named EMACS (an acronym for "Editor Macros"), is a family of text editors that are characterized by their extensibility. The manual for the most widely used variant, GNU Emacs, describes it as "the extensible, customizable, s ...

community. He's the author of Org-Translate, an Org-based translation environment.

External links

Paper Republic website

Eric Abrahamsen profile on Paper Republic

Eric Abrahamsen profile on Words Without Borders

Interview with Eric Abrahamsen in ''World Literature Today'' (2014)

Interview with Eric Abrahamsen in ''SFWP'' (2015)

Feature about Abrahamsen in the South China Morning Post (21 Nov 2021)

References

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