Laertes, a Press for Literary Translation

Laertes, a Press for Literary Translation Laertes is an independent press committed to literary translation — to the furthering of that particular art.

Our aim is also to relay works from far and wide, in any genre, that render the full human weight.

A wonderful announcement in Broadway World of Bounds by Tino Caspanello, translated by Haun Saussy and Stiffler by Dori ...
11/28/2025

A wonderful announcement in Broadway World of Bounds by Tino Caspanello, translated by Haun Saussy and Stiffler by Dori Basha, translated by Blendi Kraja. Posted with such appreciation of Anomalous Co.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/The-American-Theatre-of-Actors-Brings-YouA-REPERTORY-OF-ONE-ACT-WORKS-20251124?fbclid=IwY2xjawOWn8hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEef640p-TgAw_If1L8_ksQr8nK4YvztQAa_aX27_Jr3UB51LJ745dwBaQnoPk_aem_VWh9DNJ5JPHFoBVmlwNapQ

The American Theatre of Actors will present a repertory of one-act productions featuring two international works and two early plays by Eugene O’Neill. Performances will take place across ATA’s Sargent Theatre and Beckmann Theatre in Midtown Manhattan.

Two leaderboard ads to run in American Theatre for the whole month of January . . . With Karen Malpede, Andrei Kureichik...
11/26/2025

Two leaderboard ads to run in American Theatre for the whole month of January . . . With Karen Malpede, Andrei Kureichik, John Freedman, Maxine Mills, and Biba Kayewich . . .

From our worldwide distributor: Gazelle Book Services . . . with great thanks!
11/26/2025

From our worldwide distributor: Gazelle Book Services . . . with great thanks!

🎭 Dive into the powerful world of Balkan master playwright Goran Stefanovski with the collection 4 by Stefanovski and a 1 act!

This anthology is a journey through charged family dramas, gripping historical rifts, and profound subversion. Experience the tension of Wild Flesh, set against the advent of WWII in Yugoslavia, and the three-movement, ground-shaking rebellion of The False Bottom.

Ready to read? Pre-order your copy today and explore these incredible works! ➡️

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The power of this conjunction will be extraordinary, so happy for the event, with Tino Caspanello, Dori Basha, Haun Saus...
11/21/2025

The power of this conjunction will be extraordinary, so happy for the event, with Tino Caspanello, Dori Basha, Haun Saussy, Blendi Kraja, and Anomalous Co.

Expected in 2027, a second volume of dystopian dramas with extraordinary playwrights from across the world: Tino Caspane...
10/24/2025

Expected in 2027, a second volume of dystopian dramas with extraordinary playwrights from across the world: Tino Caspanello, Karen Malpede, Laura Aparicio, Andrei Kureichik, and Astrid Saalbach; translated by Haun Saussy, Kate Eaton, and Michael Evans. The design and cover image, a masterpiece as always by Maxine Mills and Biba Kayewich (the drawing based on the puppet created by Basil Twist for Better People).

A long-awaited project slated for next year: cover and title pages. Starring (in the order of the table of contents), Eb...
10/17/2025

A long-awaited project slated for next year: cover and title pages. Starring (in the order of the table of contents), Ebru Nihan Celkan, Bosco Israel Cayo Alvarez, Jeton Neziraj, Karen Malpede, and Wei Yu-Chia; translated by Ozlem Karadag, William Gregory, Alexandra Channer, and Jeremy Tiang. The design and cover image rendered respectively (magnificently) by Maxine Mills and Biba Kayewich.

Soon to go to press, a collection by Karen Malpede, whose plays, from the keenest human concerns, aim toward the thrivin...
09/14/2025

Soon to go to press, a collection by Karen Malpede, whose plays, from the keenest human concerns, aim toward the thriving of the world. With a glorious rendering by Biba Kayewich and stunning design by Maxine Mills.
https://www.laertesbooks.org/4-by-malpede

At long last a collection devoted to Goran Stefanovski — with all the human depths and intricacies that such an antholog...
08/12/2025

At long last a collection devoted to Goran Stefanovski — with all the human depths and intricacies that such an anthology implies — is on the brink of its entrance into the world. Greatest thanks to Pat Marsh, Igor Stefanovski, Jana Nightingale, Slobodan Unkovski, Chris Torch; and to Maxine Mills, Biba Kayewich, and Margaretta Yarborough as always.
https://www.laertesbooks.org/4-by-stefanovski

Arising in these next months, preorders being received, the encompassing anthology: The Insulted Plays by Andrei Kureich...
08/11/2025

Arising in these next months, preorders being received, the encompassing anthology: The Insulted Plays by Andrei Kureichik, translated by John Freedman, brilliance upon brilliance. To Maxine Mills, Valerie Price, Margaretta Yarborough, Valleri Robinson, Alisa Lin, and Bryan Brown, great thanks!

Laertes is an independent press committed to literary translation — to the furthering of that particular art. Our aim is also to relay works from far and wide, in any genre, that render the full human weight.

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Laertes is an independent press committed to literary translation — to the furthering of that particular art. Our aim is also to relay works from far and wide, in any genre, that render the full human weight.

We strive to publish keenly human documents – literature that catches the fullness of our experience and situation in the world, from Cavafy’s solitary notes, at the start of the twentieth century, that bear on homosexual lack of agency, (together with the poems that came to birth in the same period), to a play set during the war in Kosovo and the NATO bombings; from the poetry of Pascoli on the brink of the twentieth century, embedded in rustic life and the natural world, to the work of engaged poets, playwrights, and prose writers who grapple in distant places with the crises of our times.

We seek to hold a lamp to difficult human circumstances, obscure moments of history, and dimensions of life on earth that seem to be escaping us. Literary translation is that lamp – the beautiful instrument of such illumination.

Laertes is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) humanities organization.