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Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Writes Monthly Letter for Folha de S.Paulo
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // Over the next year, Ilustrada Ilustríssima (Folha de S.Paulo) will publish a monthly letter written by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida. The letters are fictitious, inspired by the isolation caused by the pandemic and the desire for proximity that it has evoked. [...]
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Number 1 of Buchkultur’s “The Top Ten Crime Novels of the Season”
Patrícia Melo// Patrícia Melo has been voted Number 1 of Buchkultur's "The Top Ten Crime Novels of the Season", ahead of Giancarlo De Cataldo, Merle Kröger and Marc Elsberg. Last year's winner was Young-ha Kims.
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Barbastro Prize for Literature 2021
Jorge Carrión// Jorge Carrión has just been awarded the Barbastro Prize for Literature 2021 with his novel "Museo del siglo XXI" (Museum of the 21st Century)! It's dotated with 15.000 Euros and includes the publication at the renowned publishing house Galaxia Gutenberg. The president of the [...]
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Shortlist of Grand Prize for Novel 2020
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida's The Telephones is one out of out of five finalists of the Grand Prize for Novel of the Portuguese Writers Association (APE). Among the other finalists are João Tordo and Valter Hugo Mãe. The Prize is supported [...]
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Annibal Caro Award for Best Translation
Dulce Maria Cardoso // Dulce Maria Cardoso's novel Eliete – A Normal Life won the Italian Annibal Caro Award 2021 for the best translation. The novel was translated by Daniele Petruccioli. > cronachemaceratesi.it/premio-annibal-caro
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Crime Leaderboard March, April, and May 2021
Patrícia Melo // Piled Women by Patrícia Melo was voted number 3 in March and is still part of the April and May lists of the Crime Leaderboard (KrimiBestenliste), a project of Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The novel receives excellent reviews, so far, among others, in Der Spiegel, [...]
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Grand Prize for Chronicles and Literary Disperses
Lídia Jorge // Lídia Jorge wins the Grand Prize for Chronicles and Literary Disperses with her book In Every Sense, published at Dom Quixote in 2020 and now already in its second edition. The Prize, established by the Portuguese Writers' Association with the sponsorship of the [...]
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Launching of “Vista Chinesa” in Brazil
Tatiana Salem Levy // Vista Chinesa, the latest novel by Tatiana Salem Levy has just been launched at Todavia in Brazil. The media coverage is overwhelming. Please find a selection further down. An English sample translation is available. "The strength of the book lies in its [...]
