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NYPL’s World Literature Festival: Japanese Crime Fiction: How It Caught The World
04/20/2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join the Library as we welcome Allison Markin Powell, Marie Iida, and Juliet Grames to discuss the popularity of Japanese Crime Fiction.
About this event
The New York Public Library’s World Literature Festival celebrates books and writers from around the world and reflects the languages spoken in our communities. Discover what our patrons are reading in different languages, resources the Library offers, free online events, book recommendations, and more.
Join the Library as we welcome Allison Markin Powell, Marie Iida, and Juliet Grames in the panel “Japanese Crime Fiction: How It Caught The World” to discuss Japanese Crime Fiction in the United States and its growing popularity. The discussion will be led by the English translators of Kaoru Takamura’s Lady Joker, Allison Markin Powell and Marie Iida, as well as editor Juliet Grames from the acclaimed Soho Crime imprint and the literature in translation program.
Our panelists will discuss the genre as a whole, why it has taken off in recent years, and what it’s like translating such a well-revered work.
Allison Markin Powell is a literary translator, editor, and publishing consultant. She received the 2020 PEN America Translation Prize for The Ten Loves of Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami. She was the co-organizer and co-host of the Translating the Future conference, and is a founding member of the translator collectives Cedilla & Co. and Strong Women, Soft Power.
Marie Iida is a Japanese-English interpreter and writer. In addition to working for various international organizations including the Cannes Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, Japan Society, and MoMA, she has served as an on-camera interpreter for the Emmy-nominated Netflix series, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. A member of the Writers Guild of America West, she is currently based in Los Angeles.
Juliet Grames is SVP, Associate Publisher at Soho Press, where she curates the critically acclaimed Soho Crime imprint and the literature in translation program. She is the 2022 recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Ellery Queen Award for her editorial contributions to the genre.
Join the staff of Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library Library and BookOps Selection for this exciting literary conversation.
Note: Program will be recorded.
This event will take place over Zoom. You must register with your email address in order to receive the Zoom link to participate. The link will be sent to you by email approximately one day before the event. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet/cellular connection to join.
This program will be available with closed captions. If you have a specific accessibility request, please email accessibility@nypl.org at least two weeks before the program date.
