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Sophie Hughes

Sophie Hughes
Sophie Hughes' translations from Spanish and reviews have appeared in the Guardian, Asymptote Journal, the White Review, the Times Literary Supplement, and Music & Literature. She has worked as an editor-at-large for Asymptote Journal and translation correspondent for Dazed & Confused, and in 2015 she co-guest edited a Words Without Borders feature on contemporary Mexican literature. Her forthcoming translations include Laia Jufresa’s Umami (Oneworld Publications, Summer/Fall 2016) and Rodrigo Hasbún’s Affections (UK Pushkin Press, Summer 2016/US Simon & Schuster, Spring 2017)


On the Joyful Tears of a Translator

When Deborah Smith, Translator of Han Kang's The Vegetarian, Won the Man Booker International Prize
May 20, 2016  By Sophie Hughes
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