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SSS Letter 87, Spring 2021 (Pdf) Download THE SOCIETY IN THIS ISSUE: for SLOVENE STUDIES PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ..................................1 FROM THE EDITORS AND TREASURER ..........2 UPCOMING EVENTS ........................................2 LITERATURE TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH ........2 LETTER NEW MEMBERS & JAK TRANSLATION SEMINAR (REPORT) ........3 WWW. SLOVENESTUDIES.COM | SPRING-SUMMER 2021 | #87 PROGRAM REPORTS ....................................4-5 CONVERSATION WITH MARGARET WALKER ..................................6-7 TRUBAR AWARD & REPORT FROM THE UK ...................................8 President’s Message... BE WELL, BE ACTIVE, & STAY ENGAGED It is my distinct pleasure to open this newest issue of the In addition, as a new feature, we are including brief self-profiles from Society’s Letter by welcoming and thanking our two new co- members of the Society who have responded to our call to share editors, who are responsible for compiling the issue you’re reading their Slovene-specific interests and the ways they have devised over now. Kristina Reardon (PhD 2019, University of Connecticut), who the past extraordinary year and a half to stay in touch with the pulse also serves as the Society’s secretary, and Olivia Hellewell (PhD of Slovene studies, to continue learning, discovering, and sharing 2019, University of Nottingham), both of them promising young their discoveries with those around them - and to lay groundwork scholars, Slovene-to-English literary translators of considerable for more intensive exploration and sharing, once we’re all able to accomplishment, and stalwarts of the Society already, have joined return to the field again, attending performances, visiting archives, creative forces here to ensure that we have a diverse and engaging conducting research and engaging with colleagues, students and overview of significant events in the scholarly and creative lives of friends unimpeded. the Society’s members as they relate to Slovene studies. That shouldn’t be long now. We’d welcome further profiles from any In this issue Kristina has interviewed Margaret Walker, a new of you who would like to share them. In the meantime, speaking on member of the Society whose exploration of her own Slovene roots behalf of all of us on the Executive Council: Be well, be active, and will take you by surprise, just as the ways she has begun to channel stay engaged with the phenomenal worlds of creativity and interest those new connections and discoveries into a remarkable creative that Slovenia has to offer. n outlet are likely to inspire you. You may have already read Kristina’s review of Margaret’s new book, His Most Italian City, set in Trieste Michael Biggins, President, under Italian Fascist rule, in the most recent issue of Slovene Studies. Society for Slovene Studies | Spring 2021 PAGE | 1 — FROM OUR NEW NEWSLETTER CO-EDITORS — LITERATURE TRANSLATED We welcome you to this edition of the SSS Newsletter. In it, we hope you’ll find engaging TO ENGLISH IN 2020 content that focuses on the recent accomplishments of members as well as ongoing literary, At intervals, we will assemble lists of recently academic and other cultural events related to Slovenia. published Slovene literature in English We originally met at a SSS meeting at the annual ASEEES convention in Chicago, and translation for Society members and our we also had the opportunity to participate in Michael Biggins’ literary translation course taught other readers to pursue at their leisure. This virtually from the University of Washington when we were Ph.D. students. More recently, we’ve list contains major work published in English attended the 2020 JAK (Slovene Book Agency) translation seminar online together, and since we translation in calendar year 2020. Readers graduated and began to pursue translation from Slovenian and Slovene studies research in our may also consult the Slovenian Book Agency’s full-fledged careers, we have found ourselves keeping in touch with each other. We’ve enjoyed database for literature published in English and conversations about translation and literature over the years that are difficult to have with other other languages in 2020 and before. colleagues in our immediate vicinity who do not have the expertise or keen interest in Slovene • The Big Circle - Emilijan Cucekˇ ˇ (Self-Published, or Slovene studies that the two of us have.. We see the SSS as a space for scholars of all ages, 2020), trans. Emilijan Cucek. specializing in all fields, to connect over shared interests, and we have benefited on both the • Blackberry Heaven: A Novel in Stories professional and personal level from this scholarly space. It’s our hope that the newsletter content - Nataša Kramberger (Ljubljana: Litterae that we curate will provide a similar space of connection for all readers and members. Slovenicae, 2020), trans. Kristina Reardon. In future issues of our newsletter, you can expect to find interviews with Society members • Felix After The Rain - Dunja Jogan (London: and authors, features on Slovene studies programs that you may want to tap into, recent Tiny Owl, 2020), trans. Olivia Hellewell. translations of major Slovene writing into English, as well as a range of other articles and • The Fig Tree - Goran Vojnovicˇ (London: Istros announcements that pertain to your Slovene-related interests. While this issue focuses heavily Books, 2020), trans. Olivia Hellewell. on Slovenian literature, future issues may tend more toward Slovene music and musicology, • The Masochist - Katja Perat (London: Istros Slovene art and art history, Slovene folklore and ethnography, Slovene language and linguistics Books, 2020), trans. Michael Biggins. studies, the history of Slovenia and the Slovene diaspora around the world, Slovenian current • Newcomers: Book Two - Lojze Kovacicˇ ˇ affairs or any number of other subjects that appeal to our diverse, international membership. (New York: Archipelago, 2020), trans. Michael If you have ideas for features, articles, or if there is a specific type of Slovene-related news you Biggins. would like to see, please reach out to one or both of us. We would be delighted to receive your suggestions, ideas, and submissions. We can be reached at [email protected] and • Stan the Elephant - Manica K. Musil (New York: Windmill Books, 2020), trans. Jason Blake. [email protected]. n If you or a scholar you know has recently translated Olivia Hellewell Kristina Reardon work into English, please write Kristina.reardon@ University of Nottingham (UK) College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) gmail.com for inclusion on the next list. UPCOMING EVENTS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SSS FUNDS: April 22. 3:30-4:30 pm EST. Center fund “Meet the Translator” with Michael Biggins Velikonja prize New members speaking about Newcomers, Books 1 and Archito P. Anzil Michael and Ivanka Antolin Kelli Buzzard 2 by Lojze Kovacic,ˇ ˇ as part of a series Veronica Aplenc Michael Biggins Marko Drobnjak sponsored by Folio, the literary program of Darko Kajfez the Seattle Athenaeum. Held online. Josef Figa Teresa Melfi David E. and Roberta Kromm Jerry Lomshek Militza Paiva June 15. 1-2:30 pm EST: Warren Mazek Maya Margaronis Geoffrey Puckett Slovene Literature as World Literature, a Timothy Pogacar talk by Michael Biggins held as part of the Marjeta von Rabenau Elizabeth Shiffrar Marjeta von Rabenau American Slovenian Education Foundation’s Karl Ryavec Gary Good Anthony Ravnik (ASEF) Featured Speaker Series. Held Alan La Pointe online. Link TBA, see www.asef.net. Printing fund Endowment fund Theresa LeMaire Michael and Ivanka Antolin October 2021: David E. and Roberta Kromm Stephen Motika Michael Biggins A conference on the occasion of the Lydia Pulsipher Caren McPherson hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Debevec Marjeta von Rabenau Julie Romero Prof. Rado Lencek,ˇ co-founder of the Darko Kajfez Anthony Ravnik Melissa Schnyder Society for Slovene Studies and long-time David E. and Roberta professor of Slavic linguistics at Columbia Jernej Watson Borut Žunicˇ Kromm University, sponsored by Slovenska matica, Ljubljana. Details TBA. Lencek prize Ludmilla Lazar Deceased members Michael Biggins Thomas Mehle Vladimir Rus November 18-21 & December 2-3: David E. and Roberta Kromm Raymond Miller Association for Slavic, East European Darko Kajfez Treasurer and Eurasian Studies annual national Mary Ann Miosek Murphy conference, New Orleans, LA (Nov 18-21) Jerry Lomshek Timothy Pogacar Marjeta von Rabenau and online (Dec 2-3). Dates and times of Maya Margaronis Susan Sachen the Society’s annual business meeting and Denis Sankovic numerous Slovene studies-related panels Gojko Stare and presentations to be published in June Marjeta von Rabenau at www.aseees.org/convention and in the Society’s fall 2021 newsletter. PAGE | 2 S LOVENE STUDIES MEET OUR NEW MEMBERS We welcome new members into the Society for Slovene Studies and invite them to email [email protected] with biographical information to be featured in a future newsletter! Here, we present the thumbnail biographies of four members who joined our ranks in 2020, with gratitude to these members for their generosity in sharing details about their Slovene connections, whether academic, familial, or otherwise. METKA TERSELICH LUKE STRGAR Terselich is a native of Bogota Colombia and currently lives in Strgar has Slovenian roots tracing back to his paternal Dallas, where she runs Dallas Event Floral. Her grandparents, father, grandparents, both of whom were Yugoslavian immigrants, uncle and aunt emigrated from Slovenia to Colombia after WWII. originally to Canada, then the US. Luke currently resides in She writes that her love for flowers and passion for nature were Portland, Oregon where he works as a software engineer and influenced by her stara mama, who grew her own dahlias on her machine learning researcher. Following his most recent trip to high-rise balcony in Bogotá. She and her sister, Dunia, a noted pastry Slovenia in August of 2019 Luke was inspired to join SSS, hoping chef in Dallas, share a design studio where they work together to to learn more about Slovenian history, culture, and language.
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