CHENXIN JIANG translates from Italian, German, and Chinese. Her translations have received awards including a PEN Translation Fund Grant and the Susan Sontag Prize. Chenxin studied comparative literature at Princeton University. She was born in Singapore and grew up in Hong Kong.
The authors would like to draw your attention to the work of the following charities
Confraternita di Misericordia di Lampedusa e Linosa
https://misericordialampedusa.org
Arci Associazione di Promozione Sociale
http://www.arci.it
Refugee Action
http://www.refugee-action.org.uk
Help Refugees
https://helprefugees.org.uk
Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Refugee-support
Save the Children
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/about-us/emergencies/rescue-at-sea
UNICEF
https://www.unicef.org.uk/child-refugees-europe
First published in Italian as Lacrime di sale: La mia storia quotidiana di
medico di Lampedusa fra dolore e speranza by Mondadori in 2016
First published in Great Britain as Lampedusa: Gateway to Europe in 2017
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English translation copyright © 2017 by Chenxin Jiang
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