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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 [...]
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Finalists Oceanos Prize 2026
José Eduardo Agualusa and Adriana Lisboa // We are excited to share that among the finalists for the Oceanos Prize 2026 are two of our authors: In the prose category, one of six finalists is José Eduardo Agualusa's novel "All About God", published by Quetzal in Portugal and by Tusquets [...]
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2026 Formentor Prize for Literature
Gonçalo M. Tavares // Update 3 November 2026: On Sunday, 1 November 2026, the Formentor Prize for Literature 2026, considered a prelude to the Nobel Prize in Literature, was presented to Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares at Cape Formentor on the island of Mallorca. At the [...]
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Yasnaya Polyana Literary Prize 2026
José Eduardo Agualusa // We are proud to announce that José Eduardo Agualusa has won the renowned Yasnaya Polyana Literary Prize in the Foreign Literature category for his novel The Creole Nation (“Nação Crioula”), published in Russia by Inostrannaya Literatura and translated by Varvara Makhortova. The prize [...]
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Finalists Jabuti Prize 2026
Andrea del Fuego, Morgana Kretzmann and Adriana Lisboa // We are very happy to announce that three of our authors are finalists for the Jabuti Prize 2026: Andrea del Fuego's reworked and enhanced 2025 edition of her short prose collection I Deny Everything. Sudden Fictions (“Nego Tudo. Ficções súbitas”) is [...]
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Rai Cinema Award & Prompt Magazine Prize 2026
Jorge Carrión // We are excited to share that the AI-powered short film Membrane, based on Jorge Carrión's novel of the same title, has been awarded the Rai Cinema Award and the Prompt Magazine Prize at the AI.motion Film Fest 2026 in Milan, Italy. The short [...]
Pitch at Iberseries & Platino Industria 2026
Mariana Sández // We are happy to announce that A House Full of People (“Una casa llena de gente”) by Mariana Sández has been selected to be pitched for screen adaptations at Iberseries & Platino Industria 2026. Iberseries & Platino Industria is the leading international meeting point [...]
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Finalist Jan Michalski Prize for Literature 2026
Tatiana Salem Levy // We are happy to share that Tatiana Salem Levy has been selected as one of three finalists for the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature 2026 for her novel "Vista Chinesa". Awarded annually by the Jan Michalski Foundation since 2010, the prize celebrates [...]
