BOA Editions is thrilled to announce that Jeanne Foster and Alan Williamson’s translation of The Living Theatre by Bianca Tarozzi has won the 2018 Northern California Book Award for Poetry in Translation. This award recognizes the top work by a northern California translator published in 2017.
The Northern California Book Award was started in 1981 by the Northern California Book Reviewers, to honor northern California writers and to draw attention to exceptional services in the field of literature. It recognizes works in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Translation, and Children’s Literature. Winners were announced at the 37th Annual Northern California Book Awards ceremony on Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 1:00 pm in the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Main Library.
Congratulations, Bianca, Jeanne, and Alan!
UPDATE 7/2/2018: An earlier version of this post listed The Living Theatre as a finalist for the Northern California Book Award.