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Tell Me, Kenyalang by Kulleh Grasi Longlisted for International Award

Pauline Fan, writer & literary translator

06-Apr-20 14:30

Tell Me, Kenyalang by Kulleh Grasi Longlisted for International Award

In its 13th year of honoring literature in translation, the Best Translated Book Awards recently named its 2020 longlists for fiction and poetry. Among the longlisted works for the international award is "Tell Me, Kenyalang" by Malaysian poet Kulleh Grasi, which was translated from Malay into English by Pauline Fan. We find out more about this collection of poems - the only Southeast Asian work to make it onto the longlist.

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lim Sue Ann, Dashran Yohan


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