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Professor awarded grant for literary translation

2/23/2017 by : Spencer DeRoos , A&S Communications

Nick Admussen, assistant professor in the Department of Asian Studies, has been named one of 15 recipients of the 2017 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for his translation of “Floral Mutter,” a collection of poems by Sichuanese poet Ya Shi. PEN America, the association responsible for awarding these grants, noted that “Admussen’s translations, which are perfectly balanced and polished, recreate…