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© Khasraw Hamakarim
Interview in the Los Angeles Review of Books
Bachtyar Ali // In an interview in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Behrouz Boochani appoints Bachtyar Ali as his favorite Kurdish writer next to the poet Sherko Bekas. Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights defender, writer and film producer who was held in the Australian-run Manus [...]
© Joana Caiano
Next Decade: Six names to mark the coming years
Gonçalo M. Tavares // The prestigious Portuguese weekly magazine Expresso has chosen six names to mark the coming years, in Portugal and abroad. A work to read in the special edition dedicated to the next decade. Leaders and references in culture, the fight for the environment, [...]
© Anna Eichenbronner
Writers to Watch Spring 2020 @ Publishers Weekly
Marcial Gala // We're happy to share that The Black Cathedral by our Cuban author Marcial Gala, just published in a beautiful edition at FSG, was included in Publishers Weekly’s "Writers to Watch Spring 2020". > publishersweekly.com Farrar, Straus and Giroux acquired world English rights to [...]
© Tiago Miranda
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
© Daniela Abad
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 [...]
© Rosa Cunha
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
© Pedro Loureiro
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 [...]
© The Estate of Sergio Schmucler
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 [...]
