12 November 2013
With the French translation of his novel Op zee (At Sea), Toine Heijmans has won the prestigious French literary prize ‘Prix Médicis étranger’. Heijmans is the first Dutch author ever to win the annual award, surpassing amongst others Alan Hollinghurst, Jaume Cabré and Javier Marías.
6 November 2013
In the fifth meeting of 2013, at the end of October, 29 grants were awarded to foreign publishers of Dutch literature. The translation grants are intended for the translation of Dutch fiction (10), graphic novels (3), children’s books (4), illustrated children’s books (1), non-fiction (9) and poetry (2). In total € 70,930 has been granted for the translation of the following titles:
(De Bezige Bij, 2013, 224 pages)
Walter van den Berg grew up in a seedy neighbourhood, about which he has written two…
(Pushkin Press, 2013)
It is nighttime, long ago. Five young men are keeping vigil by a ‘pale flame’ in a…
4 December 2013
In November 2013 the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture published the results of a feasibility study carried out at the Directorate’s request by the Italian bureau Consulmarc Sviluppo.
