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Gold Book 2023 for Mauricio Rosencof
Mauricio Rosencof // We are happy to announce that the Uruguayan Chamber of Books has awarded the prestigious Gold Book 2023 to Mauricio Rosencof's biographical essay, 'With the Root on the Shoulder,' in the category of Recent Memory. This recognition comes as the book also commemorates 50 years since the [...]
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5 Finalists of the Oceanos Prize 2023
Lídia Jorge// We are proud to announce that Lídia Jorge´s novel "Mercy" is among the five finalists of the Oceanos Prize 2023 in the category prose. This year´s winners will be announced at the São Paulo Instituto Itaú Cultural (IC) on Thursday 7 December at 8pm (UTC-03:00). The ceremony will [...]
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Jabuti Prize 2023 in the category Brazilian Book Published Abroad
Paulo Scott // We are delighted to share that the English edition of the novel Phenotypes ("Marrom e amarelo") by our author Paulo Scott is the winner of the Jabuti Prize 2023 in the Brazilian Book Published Abroad category. And Other Stories has published Scott's novel to great acclaim of [...]
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Longlist of the Prix des libraires du Québec 2024
Marcial Gala and Patrícia Melo // We are happy to announce that our authors Marcial Gala and Patrícia Melo are among the semi-finalists of the Prix des libraires du Québec 2024 in the category Novels, short stories, stories from outside Quebec. Gala is recognized for his title "Call me Cassandra", [...]
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Hilde-Domin-Prize 2023
Bachtyar Ali // Our author Bachtyar Ali is awarded the Hilde-Domin-Prize of the City of Heidelberg. This prize is given to writers who live in exile in Germany and publish in German language. The prize consists of 15.000 Euros. Among the members of the jury are Gregor Dotzauer and Cornelia [...]
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TV series “Booklovers” about literature
Jorge Carrión // Jorge Carrión turns his titles "Bookshops" and "Against Amazon" into a TV series, "Booklovers", which will be available on Caixa Forum+, a Spanish streaming platform for culture and science. The series is available in Spanish with English and Portuguese subtitles. In each episode, Carrión travels through a [...]
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Finalist Jabuti Prize 2023 in the category Brazilian Book Published Abroad
Paulo Scott // We are excited to announce that the English edition of the novel Phenotypes ("Marrom e amarelo") by our author Paulo Scott is among the finalists of the Jabuti Prize 2023 in the category Brazilian Book Published Abroad. The nominated edition is published by And Other Stories. The [...]
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Most translated Portuguese authors
Gonçalo M. Tavares and Lídia Jorge // According to a survey by the renowned Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Notícias and the Portuguese Book Institute DGLAB, Gonçalo M. Tavares and Lídia Jorge are Portugal's third and fifth most translated Portuguese authors. Fernando Pessoa is still leading the ranking with 564 publications. [...]
