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Selected for Prix Médicis étranger 2019
Lidia Jorge // Estuary by Lidia Jorge has been selected with 12 other novels for the Prix Médicis étranger 2019. > www.publico.pt
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Bellas Artes Prize for the Best Translation
Gonçalo M. Tavares // After A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father by Gonçalo M. Tavares has already been finalist of the prizes Oceanos (Brazil) and Jean-Monnet (France) and winner of the Tabula Rasa (Portugal) and now the Bellas Artes Prize for [...]
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In Memoriam: Agustina Bessa-Luís
Agustina Bessa-Luís * 5 October 1922 - † 3 June 2019 Agustina Bessa-Luís passed away in Porto on 3rd of June 2019. Born in 1922 in the North of Portugal, Bessa-Luís is considered one of the most important writers of contemporary Portuguese literature. She has novels, stories, plays, and essays [...]
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Mexican Academy of Language
Rogelio Guedea // We're proud to inform that Rogelio Guedea has been admitted to the Mexican Academy of Language, the Mexican equivalent of the Royal Spanish Academy.
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Best Translation Award Japan
José Luís Peixoto // The novel "Galveias" by José Luís Peixoto has won the The Best Translation Award in Japan. > besttranslationaward.com/
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HBO announces QualityLand series
Marc-Uwe Kling // HBO announces QualityLand series. It will be a co-production between HBOand Lionsgate. Mike Judge, screenwriter, producer, and actor, will co-write and executive produce the pilot with Josh Lieb ("Silicon Valley", "The Tonight Show", "The Daily Show"). > hollywoodreporter.com
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Finalist of the Jean Monnet Prize
Gonçalo M. Tavares // Gonçalo M. Tavares is finalist of the Jean Monnet Prize for the best European book published in France with his novel A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father (“Uma menina está perdida no seu século à procura do [...]
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The Invisibles enters list of the Crime Leaderboard
Lucía Puenzo // The Invisibles ("Los invisibles") by Lucía Puenzo enters the February list of the Crime Leaderboard (KrimiBestenliste), a joint project of the FAZ and Deutschlandradio Kultur, as number three. Every month, a list of ten crime novels is compiled by a jury of 19 critics [...]
