SB – Literarische Agentur

International Literary Agent of the Year 2015

SB — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 18:06:15 +0000

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 of the jury, described Nicole Witt as “a wise reader, a fine linguist and the leader of an agency which is a by-word in ethical practice”.

www.publishingperspectives.com

Shortlist of the Oceanos Prize 2020

SB — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:00:12 +0000

Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida and José Luís Peixoto //

Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida and José Luís Peixoto are two out of ten finalists of the Prêmio Oceanos 2020, one of the main references in the literary scene of Portuguese language. Both authors are participating with their latest novels, de Almeida with The Vision of Plants (“A Visão das Plantas”) and Peixoto with Autobiography (“Autobiografia”). Both of them have won the prize in former editions: Peixoto in 2016 with “Galveias” and de Almeida in 2019 with “Luanda, Lisbon, Paradise”.

> itaucultural.org.br/oceanos/2020/finalistas-2020

FIL Prize in Romance Languages 2020

SB — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:26:16 +0000

Lídia Jorge //

Opening and concession ceremony: Saturday 28th November 2020

The International Book Fair (FIL) of Guadalajara has granted the renowned FIL Prize in Romance Languages 2020 to the Portuguese author Lídia Jorge “because of the magnitude of her work, which portrays the way in which human beings face the great events of history”. The jury also highlighted Jorge’s literary career, “marked by originality and independence of judgement”. The prize honors the author’s lifetime achievement and consists of 150,000 U$.

Saturday 28th November
Opening ceremony and presentation of the FIL Prize for Literature in Romance Languages 2020

Participants: Lídia Jorge and Anna Caballé (Laudatio)
18:00 to 19:50 (Europe)
11:00 to 12:50 (Mexico)

> More information and programme with Lídia Jorge
(Saturday 28th November, Monday 30th November, Friday 4th December)

De agente para agente

SB — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 14:32:54 +0000

As maiores agentes literárias do Brasil – Novembro na Oasys Cultural

Chats with the most important literary agents for Brazilian literature.

Lucia Riff, Marianna Teixeira Soares, Luciana Villas Boas and Nicole Witt interviewed by Valéria Martins.

You can follow Nicole’s chat which took place on Tuesday, 25 November 2020, here:

> youtu.be/OVtn19BSxJU

> oasyscultural.com.br/deagenteparaagente

Anna Seghers Prize 2020 Award Ceremony

SB — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:05:19 +0000

Hernán Ronsino //

We’re proud to share the link of the award ceremony of the renowned Anna Seghers Prize 2020, held virtually in the Brecht-Weigel Museum at the Berlin Academy of the Arts on 20^th November:

> Video Anna Seghers Prize 2020 Ceremony

Hernán Ronsino is one of the two winners. The prize has been awarded since 1986 and is endowed with 12.500 € for each author. Among the former winners are authors like Nino Haratischwili, Guadalupe Nettel, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, and Gioconda Belli.

> anna-seghers.de

International Literary Agencies in Dialogue

SB — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 11:59:34 +0000

A different look. Germany-Spain connection towards Frankfurt 2022. International Literary Agencies in Dialogue.

Nicole is happy to participate in an online conference with two colleagues.

When: Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 15:00 – 15:45 hs

Where/To register: > buchmesse.de

Organized by Bookshop Cálamo, Zaragoza, Spain, and Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany.

Literary agencies play an important – but mostly invisible – role as a bridge between authors and publishers in the book market worldwide. How can they introduce and legitimise new topics that do not correspond to the mainstream of literature?

Bernat Fiol. SalmaiaLit Literary Agency. Barcelona
Andrea Montejo. Indent Literary Agency. New York
Nicole Witt. Literary Agency MertinWitt. Frankfurt

Moderator: Sergio Vila-Sanjuán. Writer and journalist. Barcelona

> youtube.com

We welcome our new Authors

SB — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:05:14 +0000

Isabel Baboun, Fernando Fagnani, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida //

We are proud to introduce three new authors to our list: Isabel Baboun, a young author and actor from Chile, Fernando Fagnani, a writer and well-known editor from Argentina, and Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, an already award-winning author from Portugal.

BOOKFEST city of the FBF Special Edition

SB — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:22:24 +0000

Paulo Scott, Héctor Abad Faciolince //

Literarische Agentur MertinWitt has organized in cooperation with the Frankfurt Book Fair two hybrid events, forming part of the BOOKFEST city of the Frankfurt Book Fair Special Edition 2020.

Black Books Matter – Voices from Brazil

A conversation Paulo Scott, who tells the story of two brothers with different skin colors in his novel “Brown and Yellow”, which is inspired by a true event, Silvio Almeida, author of “Structural Racism”, and Bianca Santana, known for “When I discovered that I am black”.

The event took place on 14th of October 2020 at the Cervantes Institute Frankfurt and was presented by Michael Kegler and Nicole Witt. The guests were switched on live from Brazil. > Full Video Link

Against oblivion – a conversation with Héctor Abad Faciolince, Daniela Abad, Fernando Trueba and Javier Cámara.

How an unforgettable memory became a book, a documentary and a feature film.

With the kind support of: Penguin Random House (Colombia), ProColombia (Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH

The event took place on 15th of October 2020 at the Cervantes Institute Frankfurt and was presented by Marifé Boix García (Frankfurter Buchmesse) and Nicole Witt. The guests were switched on live from Colombia and Spain. > Full Video Link

BOOKFEST digital of the FBF Special Edition

SB — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:02:59 +0000

Marc-Uwe Kling, Héctor Abad Faciolince, Paulo Scott, Dulce Maria Cardoso //

We are happy to share with you some clips showing several of our authors at the BOOKFEST digital of the FBF Special Edition 2020.

Marc-Uwe Kling //

German Bestsellers
BOOKFEST digital – Studio 1
Marc-Uwe Kling presented: QualityLand

7:16:22 — 7:21:24 > Video Link

Héctor Abad Faciolince //

International
BOOKFEST digital – Studio 1
Against Oblivion – with Héctor Abad, Daniela Abad and Fernando Trueba.

8:26:19 — 8:36:25 > Video Link

Paulo Scott //

Focus Brazil/Chile/Nicaragua/Argentina
BOOKFEST digital – Studio 2
Paulo Scott – Poetry, Novel and Color

9:58:48 — 10:10:46 > Video Link

Dulce Maria Cardoso //

Fantastic colors
BOOKFEST digital – Studio 2
Dulce Maria Cardoso – Two views on female Portuguese literature

11:26:20 — 11:40:50 > Video Link

New book of poetry called Return Home

SB — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 10:56:25 +0000

José Luís Peixoto //

Between the months of March and June, during the quarantine, José Luís Peixoto wrote a book of poetry called Return Home (“Regresso a Casa”), published or forthcoming at Quetzal (Portugal), Dublinense (Brazil), Cuadrivio (Mexico), and soon at La Bella Varsovia (Spain).

> observador.pt

Also during this period, Peixoto created a website about his travel texts: > joseluispeixotoemviagem.com/