Sophie Hughes

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Sophie Hughes is a literary translator who works chiefly from Spanish to English. She is known for her translations of contemporary writers such as Laia Jufresa, Rodrigo Hasbún, Alia Trabucco Zerán^[1] and Fernanda Melchor.

Her translation of Alia Trabucco Zerán's The Remainder was shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize.^[2] In 2020 she was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize with Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor.^[3]

In 2020 she co-edited with Sarah Cleave Europa28: Writing by Women on the Future of Europe, published by Comma Press in collaboration with Hay Festival and Womarts.

Translated Works[]

• Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
• An Orphan World by Giuseppe Caputo (with Juana Adcock)
• Mac and His Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas (with Margaret Jull Costa)
• The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán
• The Hole by José Revueltas (with Amanda Hopkinson)
• Affections by Rodrigo Hasbún
• Umami by Laia Jufresa
• The Sorrows of Mexico by Lydia Cacho et al. (contributor)
• The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse by
• Still the Same Man by Jon Bilbao

Recognition[]

• 2020: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize : translation of Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor. (Fitzcarraldo Editions, UK, 2020; New Directions, US, 2020)
• 2020: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize : co-translation of Mac and His Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas with Margaret Jull Costa. (Harvill Secker, UK, 2019; New Directions, US, 2019)
• 2019: Shortlisted for the Premio Valle Inclán: translation of The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán (And Other Stories, UK, 2018; Coffee House Press, US, 2019)
• 2019: Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize : translation of The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán. (And Other Stories, UK, 2018; Coffee House Press, US, 2019)
• 2018: PEN Translates award: translation of An Orphan World by Giuseppe Caputo (Charco Press, 2018), which she co-translated with Juana Adcock
• 2018: PEN Translates award: translation of Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2020; New Directions, US, 2020)
• 2018: Longlisted for National Translation Award in Prose: translation of Affections by Rodrigo Hasbún
• 2017: PEN/Heim Translation Grant Fund Recipient to translate The Remainder, debut novel of Chilean writer Alia Trabucco Zerán
• 2017: Shortlisted for Best Translated Book Award for translation of Laia Jufresa's Umami. (Oneworld Publications, 2016)
• 2016: PEN Translates award: translation of Laia Jufresa's Umami. (Oneworld Publications, 2016)
• 2016: PEN Translates award: translation of Rodrigo Hasbún, Affections (Pushkin Press, 2016)
• 2015: British Centre for Literary Translation Prose Mentorship

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