Apparently the Turkish version of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept is valid. My US publisher failed to inform me that the Turkish rights were sold to this publisher in Istanbul. Imagine how I felt, dear Readers, when a person from the University of Michigan Press told me this! I don't know what year it was published in Turkey, and if it is still in print at all. I don't even a copy! I am still waiting for further explanation from the University of Michigan Press.
Let me clarify that my contract with the University of Michigan Press allowed them to sell the rights - and we split the advances and royalties according to the contract. So they did nothing wrong in selling Turkish rights, but well, it would have nice if they let me know, however. It's not every day one's work is translated and published in Turkish.
I told the person I could have mentioned that in my resume! I was in Turkey once, and am planning to go to Turkey again - I could have, or could contact the publisher to arrange for a book signing.
Well, let us wait and see, dear Readers.
About Me
- Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
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- Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.
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