Samantha Schnee
Authors / EditorThe founding editor of Words Without Borders. Her translation of The Goddesses of Water, a collection by Mexican poet Jeannette Clariond, was published by Shearsman Books in the UK (August 2021) and World Poetry Books in the US. Her translation of Carmen Boullosa’s penultimate novel, The Book of Anna, was published by Coffee House Press last year, and her translation of Boullosa’s Texas: The Great Theft was shortlisted for the PEN America Translation Prize. She is a trustee of English PEN, where she chaired the Writers in Translation committee from 2014–17, and she currently serves as secretary of the American Literary Translators Association. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she lives in Houston, Texas.
In the Headlines
Words Without Borders / What Media Says
Nov 09, 2022
Media Writing(s)
“Curiosity and Excitement”: An Interview with Khairani Barokka, on Khairani Barokka, published in Words Without Borders (Nov 09, 2022)
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