TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Filipino translations

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Top Translated Filipino Authors - Includes Cecilia Brainard

Thanks to my literary agent Senja Pozar for negotiating all but one of my foreign translations, putting me in the 'Top Translated Authors' of the Philippine Works and Translation Data base.

The data base chart, maintained by Anthony John Balisi, a project begun by the NBDB, is from September 2025.

It's dynamic and changes. In this chart I tie with Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa in getting 17.2 percent of the total number of translations.

Thanks to my literary agent Senja Pozar for negotiating all but one of my foreign translations, putting me in the 'Top Translated Authors' of the Philippine Works and Translation Data base.

As of 2024, my Selected Short Stories and three novels (When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, Magdalena, The Newspaper Widow) have been translated into:

Azerbaijani (Qanun Publishing House);
Arabic (Egyptian Office for Publishing and Distribution);
Greek (Lemvos Editions);
Japanese (Genki Shobou);
Portuguese (Editora Rua do Sabao, Brazil);
North Macedonian (Bata Press),
North Macedonian (Prozart Media Dooel);
Serbian (Agora Press);
Slovenian (Super Zalozba); and
Turkish (Bilge Kultur Sanat).

Several of my short stories have been translated into Finnish.

I'm sharing this primarily to give credit to my literary agent Senja.

For more information:

PHtranslationdatabase@gmail.com

Read the latest (30 September 2025) update:

Academia: https://www.academia.edu/.../The_Database_of_Philippine...

Short link: https://bit.ly/PHTranslationDB2025-09

I'm sharing this primarily to give credit to my literary agent Senja.

For more information:

PHtranslationdatabase@gmail.com

Read the latest (30 September 2025) update:

Academia: https://www.academia.edu/.../The_Database_of_Philippine...

Short link: https://bit.ly/PHTranslationDB2025-09

Cecilia Brainard and Senja Pozar

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Press Release about foreign Translations of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's Fiction
Publishers of Cecilia Brainard's Foreign Translations
Filip Batkoski (Bata Press)
Leonardo Garzaro (Editor Rua do Sabao)
Senja Pozar - Literary Agent
Dimitris Tsoukatos (Lemvos Editions)
Mohamed Radi (Egyptian Office for Publishing and Distribution
Dejan Trajkoski (Prozart Media)
Nenad Saponja (Agora)
Jale Memmedova (Qanun Publishing House)
Dr. Takuya Matsuda (Genki Shobou)

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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

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.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Guest Blogger: Anthony Balisi re Database of Philippine Works in Translation

My Guest Blogger is Anthony Balisi. Tuni, as he is called by his friends, is a literary agent, writer, editor, book designer and publishing specialist. He served as the former Director at the National Book Development Board - Philippines. The following is his comprehensive bibliography and database of Philippine works in translation. You can reach him at <balisi.ajr@gmail.com>.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

The Database of Philippine Works in Translation is a growing bibliographic resource that catalogs Philippine literature translated into English and other foreign languages compiled and maintained by Anthony John Balisi since 2020. It covers all types of works, not limited to literary texts, that have been translated into a foreign language.

The database also includes publications about the Philippines released abroad, as well as works by non-Filipino authors. However, titles originally published in English in the Philippines and later released as international English editions are not included. This database contains published Philippine works translated into foreign languages, mainly from the post-World War II period onwards.

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, but more of a work-in-progress. Feel free to message me if you want to offer an addition to the list.

📢 Translated? Published abroad? Share it with us! 💌 PHtranslationdatabase@gmail.com

🔗 Academia: https://www.academia.edu/114678496/The_Database_of_Philippine_Works_in_Translation

🔗 Short link:

https://bit.ly/PHTranslationDatabase2025