One of the first things I did on Thursday when I learned that Herta Müller, author of UNP title Nadirs, had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, was call translator Sieglinde Lug. Lug, professor emeriti at Denver University, didn’t answer my call. Or the calls of various international media seeking a comment. She was inside a studio, recording audio books for the blind. And by the time she got the news that Müller, who Lug has met, had won the prize, most of the rest of the world already knew. When she called me back on Friday, an exhilarated Lug … Continue reading UNP reprinting Nadirs, and a few words from the translator

Longtime readers of our blog may remember that last year, J.M.G. Le Clézio, who has published two translation titles with the University of Nebraska Press, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. A year later, it's happened again. Herta Müller, a German writer, is this year's winner, and the University of Nebraska Press published the translation of her first book in 1999. Following is the full press release: LINCOLN, Neb. (Oct. 8, 2009) – German writer Herta Müller, whose short story collection Nadirs was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 1999, is the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize … Continue reading University of Nebraska Press author winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (again!)

Happy Mother’s Day, one day late. Our Mother’s Day sale is over, but if you missed out on that one, we’re in the midst of a new sale – one offering a variety of baseball, science fiction and Lewis and Clark titles at 75 percent off. The sale continues through June 12, so there’s still lots of time to take advantage of low prices on great University of Nebraska Press titles. Speaking of baseball titles, Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television, by James R. Walker and Robert V. Bellamy Jr., has won the Society of American Baseball … Continue reading Sports books (and others) on sale, plus an award and a review

The 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced yesterday. You can view the full list of this year’s winners and finalists in poetry, literature, and various categories of news reporting here. No University of Nebraska Press titles won Pulitzers this year, but today does bring news from our Nobel Prize-winning author, J. M. G. Le Clezio. The University of Nebraska Press has obtained rights to publish an English translation of Le Clezio’s short story collection Mondo and Other Stories. The collection is slated for publication in spring 2011. Even Publishers Weekly took notice. In other award news, The Great Plains during … Continue reading Pulitzers, UNP in Publishers Weekly, and three titles up for awards

The Buffalo News (in Buffalo NY) recently ran a fantastic review of Searching for Tamsen Donner, by Gabrielle Burton. Here’s an excerpt of what writer R.D. Pohl has to say: The portions of the book that recount the Burton family trek across the Rockies and High Sierras are written with a deft comic touch and the plucky, feminist bravado that made “Heartbreak Hotel” such a crossover hit. What may surprise readers is the author’s intuitive gifts as a researcher and narrative historian. She succeeds where other historians and biographers have failed in uncovering and publishing here all 17 of Donner’s … Continue reading Review of Searching for Tamsen Donner, one award winner, and one nominee

Good news here at the University of Nebraska Press. In the past few days, we’ve learned that no less than SIX of our titles are up for various awards: — The Great Plains During World War II by R. Douglas Hurt, and Bright Epoch: Women and Coeducation in the American West, by Andrea G. Radke-Moss, have been both been selected as finalists for the Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize. — Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty by Dan Levitt, Chief Bender's Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star by Tom Swift, are two of the … Continue reading Awards, Awards, Awards!

Welcome back to the work week. I hope you’re enjoying the warm (yet rainy weather), and perhaps have the good fortune of being able to spend the day curled up with a good book. If not, here’s a bit of reading to tide you over. Remember how on Friday I mentioned that University of Nebraska Press author John Turnbull (The Global Game) would appear on NPR’s Only a Game? Well, he did, on Saturday, and you can listen to him and fellow editor Alon Raab discuss soccer with host Bill Littlefield here. In other news, UNP author William L. Ramsey has received … Continue reading Another week, an award and a podcast