Asymptote (magazine) explained

Asymptote
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Type:Online literary magazine
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Author:Lee Yew Leong
Editor:Lee Yew Leong

Asymptote is a Taiwan-based online literary magazine dedicated to translations of world literature, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama, mostly to English, but also to other languages.[1] Reviews, interviews, blogs, visual arts and audiovisual materials are also found on the website; issues are released four times a year. As of July, 2018, Asymptote had published work translated from 100 language by writers from 117 different countries.[2] Writers such as Mary Gaitskill, Jose Saramago, J.M. Coetzee, Junot Diaz, Yann Martel, and Mo Yan have appeared in the magazine.

The magazine was established in 2011 by the Taipei-based Singaporean writer Lee Yew Leong, who is the editor-in-chief.[3] Lee said in 2011, "We operate differently from other translation journals in that we don't just sit back and wait for translations to come to us. We actually identify the good work from writers [that haven't yet been introduced to the English-speaking world] and actively seek out translators to help to translate the work for us."[4]

In 2016, Asymptote celebrated its fifth anniversary with public events held in New York, London, Ottawa, and Chicago.[5]

Awards

In 2015, the magazine received the International Literary Translation Initiative Award, one of a dozen awards given yearly by the London Book Fair.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asymptote. 29 March 2011 . Poets and Writers. August 10, 2016.
  2. Book: Tanasescu . Raluca . Tanasescu . Chris . Marais . Kobus . Meylaerts . Reine . 2019 . Translator Networks of Networks in Digital Space: The Case of Asymptote Journal . Complexity Thinking in Translation Studies Methodological Considerations . Routledge . 978-1138572485 . 134–135.
  3. Web site: Lee Yew Leong on Asymptote. Poetry Society of America.
  4. Web site: Young Journal 'Asymptote' Takes Literature All Over the World . Publishers Weekly. September 29, 2011. Habash . Gabe.
  5. Web site: Asymptote Journal: A Five-Year Anniversary Celebration . Hertzberg . Andrew . 2016-04-08 . Third Coast Review . https://web.archive.org/web/20160408184817/https://thirdcoastreview.com/2016/04/08/asymptote-journal-a-5-year-anniversary-celebration/ . 2022-10-23 . 2016-04-08 .
  6. Web site: LBF International Excellence Awards 2015: Winners Announced . 21 April 2015 . London Book Fair . 1 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807103654/http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en/news-and-media/Press-Releases/LBF-International-Excellence-Awards-2015-Winners-Announced/ . 7 August 2016 . dead .