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'Remembering Babylon' published in Japan
Starting 29 February 2012
One of the masterpieces of contemporary Australian fiction, David Malouf's Remembering Babylon, is now available in Japanese.
The translation – published by Gendai Kikakushitsu Publishing with the support of the Australia-Japan Foundation – was launched at the Australian Embassy on 28 February by Australian Ambassador Bruce Miller.
Remembering Babylon is the first of a series of Australian contemporary novels to be translated and published in Japan by Gendai Kikakushitsu Publishing.
Remembering Babylon has won a number of international awards, including the inaugural International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award – one of the most lucrative literary prizes in the world – the Prix Baudelaire, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Best Novel), and was shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction and the Miles Franklin Literary Award.
ABC Radio National: Books and Arts Daily - Australian Literature in Translation
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Contact: Gendai Kikakushitsu Publishing Supported by the Australia-Japan Foundation
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