SUNDIAL HOUSE: Latin American & Iberian Literature in Translation
Founded in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University in 2022, Sundial House publishes literary translations to provide a forum for the voices of Latin American and Iberian authors, in their original languages as well as in English.
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Sundial House
Since 1920, the Hispanic Institute at Casa Hispánica has fostered the dissemination of Spanish and Latin American culture. One of its founding objectives was to publish “works of undisputed merit and of special value,” including the first edition of Mistral's Desolación. Through its literary translation series, Sundial House honors the Hispanic Institute’s editorial legacy while expanding its literary scope.
A paltry 3% of all books published in the United States are works in translation and Sundial House aims to increase the readership of international literary works of merit. To that end, the series privileges translations into English of creative voices who exemplify all the rich cultural traditions of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula.
Sundial House publishes translations into English and bilingual editions of the work of authors from any of the cultures and languages manifest in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. Unfortunately, Sundial House is unable to accept unsolicited proposals at this time.
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