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Alta L. Price [1]

Listed as: 
Translator
Public address: 
Chicago, IL
Illinois US
Bio: 

Alta L. Price runs a publishing consultancy specialized in literature and nonfiction texts on art, architecture, design, and culture. Alta holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Hunter College. Recipient of the Gutekunst Prize, Alta’s translations from German and Italian have appeared on BBC Radio 4, Trafika Europe, Words Without Borders, and elsewhere. Of the more than forty books Alta has translated, the latest are Juli Zeh’s novel New Year—finalist for the 2022 PEN America Translation Prize as well as the Helen & Kurt Wolff Prize—Mithu Sanyal’s novel Identitti, and Giorgio Agamben’s philosophical analysis Hölderlin’s Madness.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
German
Italian
Born in: 
NY
New York
Raised in: 
NY
New York
Website: 
https://www.altalprice.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Gutekunst Prize, 2013

Education: 
Hunter College
What I'm reading now: 
Kazimira by Svenja Leiber
Identifies as: 
American
Other
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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