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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 [...]
New Translation Grant between Portugal and the USA
At a difficult time for authors and publishers, FLAD launched the first open call for the translation of literary works in order to promote Portuguese authors in the U.S. market and support Portuguese publishing companies, helping to enable works by American authors who would not otherwise arrive in Portugal. The submission [...]
Spain: Guest of Honour at the FBF 2022
Due to Covid-19, Spain will be the Guest of Honour for the Frankfurt Book Fair one year later, in 2022. There will be a second round for applications for grants for translation projects into German, English, French,Dutch, and Italian of literature from Spain. www.accioncultural.es
Finalist of the PEN Translation Prize 2021
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // That Hair (“Esse cabelo”) by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, translated into English by Eric M. B. Becker and published at Tin House, has been selected as a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize 2021. The novel was chosen from more than [...]
Rights Sold in China
José Eduardo Agualusa, Lídia Jorge, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, Mia Couto // China maintains a strong interest in the fiction of our Portuguese language authors. Latest deals are for Creole Nation (“A nação crioula”) and A Foreigner in Goa (“Um estranho em Goa”) by José Eduardo [...]
Recommended by Michael Imperioli
Marcial Gala // Michael Imperioli, American actor, writer, and director, known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO series "The Sopranos" recommends The Black Cathedral on Instagram: "I am really loving "THE BLACK CATHEDRAL" by the brilliant MARCIAL GALA. It is truly a work [...]
2nd place of the Oceanos Prize 2020
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida wins the second place of the Oceanos Prize 2020 with her novel The Vision of Plants ("A Visão das Plantas"). Almeida won last year's edition with her novel Luanda, Lisbon, Paradise ("Luanda, Lisboa, Paraíso"). Other previous winners are Gonçalo M. Tavares, [...]
75 Notable Translations of 2020
Marcial Gala, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, Graciliano Ramos // World Literature Today has compiled a list of 75 Notable Translations of 2020. Three of our authors have made it onto that list: Marcial Gala with his novel The Black Cathedral, trans. by Anna Kushner, Djaimilia Pereira [...]