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2nd place of the Oceanos Prize 2019
Dulce Maria Cardoso // Dulce Maria Cardoso wins the second place of the Oceanos Prize 2019 with her novel Eliete - A Normal Life (“Eliete - A vida normal”). The prize consists of 80.000 R$ (approx. 17.270,00 €). > associacaooceanos.pt
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Interviews with El Espectador and the BBC
Héctor Abad Faciolince // Héctor Abad’s new book What Was Present. Diaries (1985-2006) (“Lo que fue presente. Diarios, 1985-2006”) was published at Alfaguara in November 2019. Please find a detailed interview with the author in El Espectador. Héctor Abad in his big BBC interview about his novel Oblivion [...]
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Books of the Year 2019 selected by the Financial Times
José Eduardo Agualusa // The novel The Society of Reluctant Dreamers (“A Sociedade dos Sonhadores Involuntários") by José Eduardo Agualusa was selected among the Books of the Year 2019: Fiction in translation, by the Financial Times. > ft.com
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Selected by Brazilian Publishers
Tatiana Salem Levy // Tatiana Salem Levy is selected by Brazilian Publishers, a project of the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL) and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) as one of the contemporary Brazilian writers who gained prominence in this year's editorial production and as [...]
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In Memoriam: Sergio Schmucler
Sergio Schmucler * x.xx.1959 - † 3 November 2019 WE ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF OUR AUTHOR SERGIO SCHMUCLER, WHO PASSED AWAY ON 4TH NOVEMBER. Sergio Schmucler, born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1959, went into exile to Mexico at the age of seventeen where he studied social anthropology and screenwriting. A tireless fighter [...]
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National Prize for Culture and Arts in Angola 2019
José Eduardo Agualusa // We are happy to share with you that José Eduardo Agualusa is the winner of the National Prize for Culture and Arts in Angola 2019 in the area of literature. The jury underlined his contribution "to the emergence of the emancipated reader" [...]
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City of Badajoz Award 2019
Jorge Carrión // Jorge Carrión has won the City of Badajoz Award in the category journalism, endowed with 6.000 Euros. Among over one hundred works submitted, the jury chose his chronicle "Sanmao en Canarias" about the long stay of the famous Chinese writer in Spain. > [...]
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In Memoriam: Jan Jacobs Mulder
Jan Jacobs Mulder * 16 June 1940 - † 13 September 2019 Jan Jacobs Mulder passed away in Haarlem on 13th of September 2019. Born in 1940, he spent his childhood years in a Japanese internment camp and combined his work in the visual arts with his writing. His historical [...]
