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The Neighbour enters list of the Crime Leaderboard
Patrícia Melo // The Neighbour (“Gog Magog”) by Patrícia Melo enters the December list of the Crime Leaderboard (KrimiBestenliste), a joint project of the FAZ and Deutschlandradio Kultur, as number five. In January 2019, The Neighbour is voted number three, in February it is voted number seven. [...]
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Albert Jovell Prize for novels 2018
Rogelio Guedes // Rogelio Guedea wins the Albert Jovell Prize for novels 2018 with his work “Habitaciones compartidas”. The prize is awarded for the fourth time, and the work will be published by Editorial Almuzara. Guedea’s novel has been selected out of 96 manuscripts. The award [...]
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Top 10 of Portuguese Literature chosen by Babelia
Agustina Bessa-Luís, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Lídia Jorge and Dulce Maria Cardoso // “The Sibyl” by Agustina Bessa-Luís, “Learning to Pray in the Age of Technology” by Gonçalo M. Tavares, “The Murmuring Coast” by Lídia Jorge and “The Return” by Dulce Maria Cardoso are among the Top 10 of Portuguese Literature chosen by Babelia, [...]
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Number 1 of Litprom’s best of-list Winter 2018
Patrícia Melo // Gog Magog by Patrícia Melo is number 1 on the best-of list Weltempfänger Winter 2018 by Litprom. > litprom.de > klett-cotta.de
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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 [...]
