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We welcome our new Authors
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. [...]
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BOOKFEST city of the FBF Special Edition
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 [...]
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BOOKFEST digital of the FBF Special Edition
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: [...]
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New book of poetry called Return Home
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). > [...]
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Critics Awards 2019
Unai Elorriaga // Unai Elorriaga has won the Critics Awards 2019 in the Basque language for his novel Iturria. The prize is awarded annually by the Spanish Association of Literary Critics (AECL). > deia.eus
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Longlisted for Femina Prize 2020
Dulce Maria Cardoso // Eliete – A Normal Life (“Eliete - A vida normal”) by Dulce Maria Cardoso is longlisted for the prestigious French FeminaLiterary Prize 2020. The winner will be announced in October. > portugalinews.eu > lefigaro.fr
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Forgotten We’ll Be Film Premiere
Héctor Abad Faciolince // This year’s San Sebastian Film Festival closed with the international premiere of the Colombian filmmaker Fernando Trueba’s Forgotten We’ll Be, out of competition. Adapted from Héctor Abad Faciolince’s homonymous bestselling novel El olvido que seremos, the film is a Cannes 2020 selection, [...]
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Nocilla Dream shortlisted in Sweden
Agustín Fernández Mallo // Nocilla Dream by Agustín Fernández Mallo has been shortlisted for the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern International Literary Prize 2020. The award honors both writer and translator. The total prize sum of 150.000 SEK (approx. 14.500 Euro) is equally shared between the recipients. The winners [...]
