Congratulations to Lara Norgaard!
Lara was shortlisted for the 2024 ALTA First Translation Prize for her translation of the Indonesian novel 24 Hours with Gaspar by Sabda Armandio, published by Seagull Books.
From the judges’ citation: “Set decades into the future, when Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta has sunk underwater, Sabda Armandio’s 24 Hours with Gaspar blends pulp, sci-fi, and satire into a surreal and delicious piece of metafiction pastiche. A detective story at its most digressive and divergent, amid the chaos this very funny novel brews, it also surprises with nuanced reflections about memory, morality and choice. While Armandio’s non-linear plotting and spiky stylings could sink a less capable translator, Lara Norgaard more than keeps the reader afloat with her cool and confident translation.”
Founded as a graduate program in 1904 and joining with the undergraduate Literature Concentration in 2007, Harvard’s Department of Comparative Literature operates at the crossroads of multilingualism, literary study, and media history.
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