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Disney announces feature film based on “Pilar’s Diary”
Flávia Lins e Silva // The book series "Pilar's Diary" of the Brazilian bestelling author Flávia Lins e Silva will gain a feature film adaptation produced by Conspiração, with co-production by Star Original Productions and distribution by Star Distribution. This news was announced during The Walt Disney Company panel at [...]
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HBO Max Turns ‘City of God’ into Series
Paulo Lins // HBO Max's City of God series will follow in the footsteps of the film by Fernando Meirelles and will also be based on Paulo Lins' book "City of God". The plot will take place two decades after that of the original feature film. The narrative will follow [...]
Shortlist LiBeraturpreis 2023
Tatiana Salem Levy // "Vista Chinesa" by Tatiana Salem Levy is on the shortlist of the LiBeraturpreis 2023. The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding title by a female author from Africa, Asia, Latin America, or the Arab world in German translation. The winner will be announced on 14 [...]
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Shortlist Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Prize
Héctor Abad // Héctor Abad‘s “Except for My Heart, All Is Well” is one of 6 finalists of the Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Prize for Novels 2023. It consists of 100,000 dollars. The award ceremony will be held between 25 and 28 May 2023, at the Conjunto Santander de Artes [...]
Evolution of the Translator (LBF 2023)
At this year´s London Book Fair 2023, Nicole Witt has been invited to contribute to the panel "Evolution of the Translator". The panel will take place in the Literary Translation Centre on Wednesday 19th April 2023, from 11:05 until 11:50 am. How has the role of the translator evolved over the [...]
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Finalist of PEN Translation Prize 2023
Marcial Gala // Marcial Gala's Call Me Cassandra is one of the finalists for the 2023 PEN Translation Prize, the 2022 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Fiction, and the 2023 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ fiction. > https://pen.org/literary-awards/ > https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/ > publishingtriangle.org/finalists-2023-triangle-awards/
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Bestselling Title in Colombia
Héctor Abad // "Except for My Heart, All Is Well", the most recent novel by Héctor Abad, occupies the 1st place of the bestselling list of the leading Colombian newspaper El Tiempo for 23 weeks since its publication in October 2022. "La Oculta" is currently number 3 on the list. [...]
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Visão Júnior selects Best Books of 2022
Maria Inês Almeida and Flávia Lins e Silva // The prestigious magazine Visão Júnior considers "The Mystery of the Stinky Sock" by Maria Inês Almeida and Flávia Lins e Silva, illustrated by David Pintor, winner of the Andersen Prize 2015, as one of the Books of the Year 2022 for [...]
