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International Literary Agent of the Year 2015
The Literary Agency Mertin has been voted International Literary Agent of the Year 2015 by The London Book Fair, in partnership with the UK Publishers Association! This is a great acknowledgement of our work and above all, it’s a great tribute to our outstanding authors. Christopher MacLehose of MacLehose Press, chairman [...]
Shortlist of the National Prize for Novels “Sara Gallardo” 2022
Sylvia Iparraguirre, Paula Perez Alonso // Sylvia Iparraguirre's "Antes que desaparezca" and Paula Perez Alonso's "Kaidú" are shortlisted for the National Prize for Novels "Sara Gallardo". The name of the prize is a tribute to the Argentinean writer and journalist Sara Gallardo (1931-1988). This year's jury consists of the writers [...]
European Literature Prize 2022
Agustín Fernández Mallo // We are very happy to share with you that Agustín Fernández Mallo won the European Literature Prize 2022 together with his Dutch translator Adri Boon for the Nocilla Trilogy. The prize honours both author and translator of the best work of contemporary European literary fiction that [...]
HBO Max Turns ‘City of God’ into Series
Paulo Lins // In celebration of the 20th anniversary of one of the most acclaimed Brazilian films of all time, City of God, based on the novel by Paulo Lins, HBO Max plans a series based on a new screenplay and has already produced a spin-off. The original film from [...]
Longlisted for Femina Prize 2022
Mia Couto // Mia Couto's The Cartographer of Absences is among 16 novels that are longlisted for the prestigious French Femina Literary Prize 2022 in the category of foreign novels. Presided over by an all-female jury, the award was created in 1904 as a reaction to the misogyny of the [...]
Shortlist of the São Paulo Prize for Literature 2022
Fernando Bonassi, Andréa Del Fuego, and Tatiana Salem Levy // Fernando Bonassi, Andréa del Fuego, and Tatiana Salem Levy are three out of ten finalists of the São Paulo Prize for Literature 2022. The prize is one of the main references for novels in Brazil. The prize consists of R$ [...]
The International Dimension of Lidia Jorge’s Work
Lídia Jorge // On September 9, as part of the Lisbon Book Fair, LeYa hosts a conversation between Lídia Jorge and Nicole Witt, presented by the renowned journalist Luís Ricardo Duarte. They will discuss the international dimension of Jorge's work who is one of the most respected Portuguese authors of [...]
Longlist of the Oceanos Prize 2022
Andréa Del Fuego, Dulce Maria Cardoso, Fernando Bonassi, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, João Paulo Borges Coelho, Mia Couto, José Eduardo Agualusa, and Tatiana Salem Levy // We are proud to announce that eight of our authors are among the semifinalists of the Oceanos Prize 2022! The Paediatrician by Andréa Del [...]