27 November 2023
Attention translators: the Peirene Stevns Prize 2024 is now open for translators from Dutch to English. The prize is part of Peirene Press, an independent publisher of new voices and stories from across the world, publishing books from 25 countries and 20 different languages. This year’s prize is aimed at emerging translators from Dutch to English.
26 September 2023
As a result of the fourth meeting of 2023, 32 grants were awarded to foreign publishers of Dutch literature. The translation grants are intended for the translation of Dutch fiction, children’s books, non-fiction and poetry. In total € 93.882 has been granted for the translation of the following titles:
(Passage, 2022)
This masterful novel spans two centuries in a mosaic of styles and genres. Its central…
(Hoogland & Van Klaveren, 2023)
Koos Meinderts is not a writer of absolute truths, preferring instead to support the…
(Atlas Contact, 2023)
After decades of writing about the representation of women in cultural history, Maaike…
(Atlas Contact, 2023)
In a European city, an unnamed customer service representative works for a start-up.…
16 August 2023
If you arrive in the Netherlands for the first time in your life and it’s December, it’s easy to get the impression there’s one test of Dutchness, one path to fitting in: ice skating. You can’t avoid it or pretend it doesn’t exist.
