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Litprom translation recommendation
Leticia Martin // Litprom also recommends the translation of the novel Oestrogens by Leticia Martin into German.
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Premio Ñ 2018
Marcial Gala // Marcial Gala wins the Premio Ñ 2018 with his novel Call Me Cassandra (working title: “Intensoscompromisos con la nada”). > clarin.com
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Rights sold and deals closed for QualityLand
Marc-Uwe Kling // Feltrinelli secured the Italian rights to QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling. Taiwanese, Dutch, Russian and Swedish rights have also been sold recently, and an offer for Chinese rights has been received. We're happy to announce two English language deals for QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling: [...]
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PEN Clube and Literature Without Frontiers Prize
Gonçalo M. Tavares // Gonçalo M. Tavares is one of five finalists of the Prémio PEN Clube with his novel The Woman-Without-a-Head and the Man-With-the-Evil-Eye (“A mulher-sem-cabeça e o homem- do-mau-olhado”). Among the former laureates are Agustina Bessa-Luís and José Saramago. Tavares is also the winner of [...]
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Shortlisted for the Jabuti Prize 2018
Joca Reiners Terron // Night Within Night (“Noite dentro da noite”) by Joca Reiners Terron has been shortlisted for the Jabuti Prize 2018 in the category novels. The winner will be announced on 8th November 2018. The prize consists of 100,000 Brazilian Reais for the author [...]
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Invitation to Shanghai International Literary Week
Mia Couto // Mia Couto is invited to the Shanghai International Literary Week (SILW) in August in Shanghai, next to Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk. Four novels by Mia Couto are launched and presented in China and Taiwan this year, and Nicole Witt is happy to accompany [...]
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German Science Fiction Award 2018
Marc-Uwe Kling // Marc-Uwe Kling receives the German Science Fiction Award 2018 for his novel QualityLand. According to the jury, QualityLand is the best German genre novel in the category of science fiction. > boersenblatt.net
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QualityLand rights acquired by Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Marc-Uwe Kling // Rights to QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling have just been acquired by Kawade Shobo Shinsha, one of the most important literary publishing houses in Japan. Their international list includes contemporary and classic authors such as Chimamanda Ngozo Adichie, George Saunders, Patricia Highsmith, Mario Vargas [...]
