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Latest news: Congratulations to Anne McLean, translator of our May title To Bury the Dead, for winning the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for her translation of Colombian novel The Armies by Evelio Rosero (Maclehose Press). Anne was shortlisted for two of her translations this year and won the prize for the first time in 2004.
Translator Anne McLean at Macondo Books, Guelph, CanadaAnne McLean at Macondo Books in Guelph, Ontario, Canada

To Bury the Dead coverTo Bury the Dead by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón is an investigation of a brutal political murder and fascinating literary feud hidden by the dust of the Spanish Civil War. The original Spanish version won the International Rodolfo Walsh Prize for Non-Fiction and the Dulce Chacón Prize for Spanish Narrative 2006, and the English version was launched for the first time at the Guardian Hay Festival on 24 May 2009.

Buy To Bury the Dead now for £8.99 with free P&P in the UK.

Read the feature about Parthian translations on the Booktrust's translated fiction website.

At Parthian we are aiming to publish a carnival of voices with fascinating writing in translation from Wales, Catalonia, Germany, the Basque country and Spain. Our own titles have also been translated into a variety of languages.

Please browse our catalogue of translated titles.

Where did it all begin? Why translations? Read A Dog Running Away Story for all the answers.


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Spanish

 

Turkish translation

Turkish

 

Swedish translation

Swedish

 

Arabic translation

Arabic

 

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