The StoryGraph's Translation Challenge 2021 - hosted by thestorygraph

A translated book originally published before 1950
The translation can be published any time, but the original book in its original language should have been published in or before 1950!
All books added
Moomin and Family Life by Tove Jansson

Moomin and Family Life

Moomin Comic Strip #2

Tove Jansson

40 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction childrens comics adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Ronald de Leeuw, Arnold J. Pomerans, Vincent van Gogh

The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

Ronald de Leeuw, Arnold J. Pomerans, Vincent van Gogh

528 pages • first pub 1914 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history emotional reflective slow-paced
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

Pushkin Press Classics

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction classics short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Living Corpse by Leo Tolstoy

The Living Corpse

Leo Tolstoy

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics literary
Kojiki Mythes Choisis by Joffrey Chassat
Kojiki Mythes Choisis
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Joffrey Chassat

Kojiki Mythes Choisis

Joffrey Chassat

158 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

classics religion
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Extraordinary Voyages #3

Jules Verne

211 pages • first pub 1864 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous medium-paced
Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke

Sonnets to Orpheus

Rainer Maria Rilke

130 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)

classics poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Anthology of Classical Arabic Poetry: From Pre-Islamic Times to Al-Shushtari by Paul Smith

Anthology of Classical Arabic Poetry: From Pre-Islamic Times to Al-Shushtari

Paul Smith

334 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry
The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura

The Book of Tea

Kakuzo Okakura

89 pages • first pub 1906 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
Aesop's Fables by Aesop

Aesop's Fables

Aesop

306 pages • first pub -560 (editions)

fiction childrens classics short stories adventurous informative fast-paced