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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, [...]
The Best Books of 2020: Literature in Translation!
Marcial Gala // Marcial Gala's novel The Black Cathedral ("La catedral de los negros") has been included in The 10 Best Books in translation by Steve Donoghue in Open Letters Review. > openlettersreview.com
Passion and Patience
Publishers Weekly talks with German Agent Nicole Witt about the current state of the Spanish-language market > publishersweekly.com
Shortlist of the São Paulo Prize for Literature 2020
Adriana Lisboa, Patrícia Melo, Paulo Scott and Joca Reiners Terron // Adriana Lisboa, Patrícia Melo, Paulo Scott and Joca Reiners Terron are four out of ten finalists of the São Paulo Prize for Literature 2020. The prize is one of the main references for novels in Brazil. The prize consists [...]
Shortlist of the Oceanos Prize 2020
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 [...]
FIL Prize in Romance Languages 2020
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 [...]
De agente para agente
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: [...]
Participation in literary Festival Eñe in Spain
Marc-Uwe Kling // We’re proud to share the link of the literary Festival Eñe, where Marc-Uwe Kling participated in a virtual round table about "Humour, satire, dystopia and deep purpose" in his novel QualityLand (Ullstein 2017, Tusquets 2020). In this cyber meeting between Berlin and Madrid, [...]