I’m proud to announce that my translation of Bernard Quiriny’s “Rara Avis” will join the roster of authors, translators, and stories honored by inclusion in Dalkey Archive‘s anthology Best European Fiction 2012, guest edited by Aleksandar Hemon. This will mark Belgian Francophone fabulist Quiriny’s third appearance in the U.S., after “A Guide to Famous Stabbings” in the Spring 2010 Subtropics and “Fear of the First Line” in the July 2010 issue of World Literature Today. While these stories were taken from his first collection, Fear of the First Line, the story in the Dalkey anthology is taken from his second collection, Contes carnivores, which won the Prix Rossel, Francophone Belgium’s top literary prize. I’d like to thank Dalkey Archive, editor Hemon, the Fulbright Foundation, and the NEA for their support of my work on this author.
Congratulations to all in the anthology!
Austria • Lydia Mischkulnig, “A Protagonist’s Nemesisâ€
Belgium: Flemish • Patricia de Martelaere, from The Unexpected Answer
Belgium: French • Bernard Quiriny, “Rara Avisâ€
Bosnia • Muharem Bazdulj, “Magic†and “Sarajevoâ€
Bulgaria • Rumen Balabanov, “The Ragiadâ€
Croatia • Maja Hrgović, “Zlatkaâ€
Czech Republic • JiÅ™i Kratochvil, “I, LoshaÄâ€
Estonia • Armin Köomägi, “Logisticians Anonymousâ€
Finland • Maritta Lintunen, “Passiontideâ€
France • Marie Darrieussecq, “Juergen the Perfect Son-in-Lawâ€
Georgia • David Dephy, “Before the Endâ€
Germany • Clemens Meyer, “The Case of M.â€
Hungary • Zsófia Bán, “When There Were Only Animalsâ€
Iceland • Gerður Kristný, “The Ice Peopleâ€
Ireland: English • Desmond Hogan, “Kennedyâ€
Ireland: Irish • Gabriel Rosenstock, “‘. . . everything emptying into white’â€
Latvia • Gundega RepÅ¡e, “How Important Is It To Be Ernest?â€
Liechtenstein • Patrick Boltshauser, “Tomorrow it’s Deggendorfâ€
Lithuania • Ieva ToleikytÄ—, “The Eye of the Maplesâ€
Macedonia • Žarko Kujundžiski, “When the Glasses are Lostâ€
Moldova • Vitalie Ciobanu, “Orchestra Rehearsalâ€
Montenegro • Andrej Nikolaidis, “The Comingâ€
Netherlands • Sanneke van Hassel, “Pearlâ€
Norway • Bjarte Breiteg, “Down There They Don’t Grieveâ€
Poland • Janusz Rudnicki, “The Woes of Idiot Augustusâ€
Portugal • Rui Zink, from Tourist Destination
Romania • Dan Lungu, “Seven PM Wifeâ€
Russia • Danila Davydov, “The Telescopeâ€
Serbia • Marija Knežević, “Without Fear of Changeâ€
Slovakia • Róbert Gál, “Agnomiaâ€
Slovenia • Branko GradiÅ¡nik, “Memorinthâ€
Spain: Castilian • Santiago Pajares, “Todayâ€
Spain: Catalan • Pep Puig, “Clara Bouâ€
Spain: Galician • AgustÃn Fernández Paz, “This Strange Lucidityâ€
Switzerland: French • Noëlle Revaz, “The Childrenâ€
Switzerland: German • Michael Stauffer, “The Woman with the Stocksâ€
Switzerland: Romansh • Arno Camenisch, from Sez Ner
Ukraine • Serhiy Zhadan, “Owner of the Best Gay Clubâ€
United Kingdom: England • Lee Rourke, “Catastropheâ€
United Kingdom: Scotland • Donal McLaughlin, “enough to make your heartâ€
United Kingdom: Wales • Duncan Bush, “Bigamyâ€