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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 [...]
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Premi Llibreter 2018
José Eduardo Agualusa // José Eduardo Agualusa has been awarded the Premi Llibreter 2018 in Barcelona for the Catalan translation of his novel Teoria Geral do Esquecimento (“A General Theory of Oblivion”). The jury consists of booksellers. > gremidellibreters.cat > elpais.com
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Camões Prize 2018
Germano Almeida // Germano Almeida of Cape Verde is the winner of the 2018 Camões Prize for Literature, the most prestigious international award honoring the work of Portuguese language writers. Among its former winners are Miguel Torga, Jorge Amado, José Saramago, Pepetela, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, [...]
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Nat Geo Kids develops animated series
Flávia Lins e Silva // Nat Geo Kids has greenlit its first two original productions for children in Latin America, entitled Nat Geo Lab and Pilar and will develop the Pilar series by Flávia Lins e Silva into an animated series for young audiences. Nat Geo [...]
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In Memoriam: Carlos Heitor Cony
Carlos Heitor Cony * 14 March 1926 - † 5 January 2018 CARLOS HEITOR CONY PASSED AWAY ON 5TH JANUARY 2018. Carlos Heitor Cony is one of Brazil's most distinguished authors. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1926, he has been a writer and journalist all his life, witnessing and [...]
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In Memoriam: Moacyr Scliar
Moacyr Scliar * 23 March 1937 - † 27 February 2011 WE ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF OUR FRIEND AND AUTHOR MOACYR SCLIAR, WHO PASSED AWAY ON 27 FEBRUARY. Moacyr Scliar was one of Latin America's most important contemporary writers who was repeatedly awarded the most distinguished prizes of [...]
