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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, [...]
Anna Seghers Prize 2020 Award Ceremony
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 20th November: > Video Anna Seghers Prize 2020 Ceremony Hernán Ronsino is [...]
International Literary Agencies in Dialogue
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]