The Los Angeles Review of Books and Yefe Nof present the third year of their joint translation residency from December 2 to December 16, 2024. Applications will be open to emerging translators who have not yet published a book-length project. During the duration of their stay, the resident will have the opportunity to complete a translation of a short work in consultation with Boris Dralyuk, former LARB editor in chief and winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

Started in 2022, the LARB + Yefe Nof Translation Residency was created to provide more resources and opportunities for translators, a vital part of opening up the world of publishing. A natural collaboration, the LARB + Yefe Nof Residency seeks to highlight the work of translators and create opportunities for their work to be celebrated. In addition to the residency itself, the successful applicant will have their translation published in the journal Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly. 

Literary translation remains a marginalized genre as translated works represent less than 3% of books published in the United States. As inaugural translation resident Laila Riazi notes, “translation crosses historical thresholds, in addition to linguistic ones. Translation can function as historical excavation, reviving forgotten works that then ripple out across the translator’s present.”

Ena Selimović, the 2023 resident and co-founder of Turkoslavia, says of her time at the residency: “Literary translation needs time and attention and support. This last piece is perhaps the LARB + Yefe Nof Translation Residency’s most important gift of all.”

This residency is made possible by Los Angeles Review of Books and Yefe Nof supporters. Applications are open from August 21 to September 21. Please contact info@yefenof.com with any questions.