2 April 2013 - Grants awarded
In the second meeting of 2013, in mid-March, 28 grants were awarded to foreign publishers of Dutch literature. The awarded translation grants are intended for the translation of Dutch fiction (9), graphic novels (3), children’s books (1), non-fiction (10) and poetry (5). In total € 126,555 has been granted for the translation of the following titles:
28 February 2013 - Grants awarded
Erasmus and Spinoza will soon be published in an Italian and an Albanian translation respectively, Benny Lindelauf will be published in America and Annie M.G. Schmidt in South Africa and Hungary. In the first meeting of 2013 in mid-February, 34 grants were awarded to foreign publishers of Dutch literature. The awarded translation grants are not only intended for the translation of non-fiction (9) and (illustrated) children’s books (12), but also for theatre (1), fiction (9) and poetry (3). In total € 95,855 has been granted for the translation of the following titles:
15 March 2013
When I arrived at NIAS in september 2012, I had brought the first draught with me of my translation of The Wapshot Chronicle, by John Cheever. I planned to start again at page 1, to undertake the long and painstaking process of polishing and correcting, tuning and tweaking, that is necessary to…