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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 [...]
Portugal and PALOP Leipzig Book Fair 2021
"Portugal and PALOP, which includes Portuguese and African authors writing in Portuguese, are the Guests of Honour at the Leipzig Book Fair 2021, rescheduled for May. > leipziger-buchmesse.de/International/portugal/
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
Longlisted for PEN Translation Prize 2021
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // That Hair (“Esse cabelo”) by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida has been longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize 2021. This year’s judges are Amanda Sarasien, Ana L. Méndez-Oliver, Jacqui Cornetta, Niloufar Talebi, Sevinç Türkkan, and Somrita Urni Ganguly. The Finalists will be [...]
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 [...]
Jan Michalski Prize 2020
Mia Couto // Mia Couto wins Jan Michalski Prize 2020 for Literature for his trilogy The Sands of the Emperor (“As Areias do Imperador”). The jury, formed of Jul (Julien Berjeaut), Siri Hustvedt, Benoît Duteurtre, Andreï Kourkov, Alicia Giménez Bartlett, and Tomasz Różycki, hailed the “exceptional quality of the writing, [...]