Temporary support scheme for literary translators from Dutch

218 sample translations available in 34 languages

16 February 2022

Over the course of 2021, the temporary support scheme for literary translators from Dutch produced a total of 218 sample translations in genres ranging from children’s and young adult literature to non-fiction, from poetry to comic strips. A total of 156 translators received commissions for the translation of a long extract (6,000 words) from a book or books they proposed and promotional materials for those titles.

A number of translators quickly achieved success. For 30 of the titles, rights have been sold in 17 languages. They include classics such as Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer by Menno ter Braak, of which the Bulgarian translation by Boriana Katzarskais has been published on the website Kultura.bg and is now being used in higher education, while the French translation (by Pierre Marie Finkelstein) will be published in March by Éditions La Barque. Sample translations of poetry and of children’s and young adult books also met with a positive response. Poems by Ester Naomi Perquin and Radna Fabias (translated by Nina Targan Mouravi) have appeared in Russian on various literary platforms and in magazines. And children’s books will also be published in ‘smaller’ languages such as Bulgarian, Czech and Lithuanian – there Vosje by Edward van de Vendel and Marije Tolman (translated by Rima Dirse), and Quotum by Marloes Morshuis (translated by Birutė Avižinienė) are expected.

Accredited literary translators from Dutch and Frisian were invited to put in an application for one or more of the titles that have appeared in the various Dutch Foundation for Literature brochures over the past three years, or to propose another relevant title. The most popular were Uit het leven van een hond by Sander Kollaard and Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (four applications each). Wij zijn licht by Gerda Blees, Wat is kunst? by Ted van Lieshout, Zomervacht by Jaap Robben and Eilanddagen by Gideon Samson are each brought to the attention of publishers in three different countries by three translators.

A strikingly large number of the sample translations were by translators from Dutch into English. Whereas German has traditionally been the most important export market for Dutch-language literature, and remains so, translators into English are now sprinting ahead, drawing attention to no fewer than 44 titles by 41 authors, as compared to 30 (by 29 authors) on the German side.

2021 was the second year in which the sample translations scheme was in place as a temporary means of supporting translators, this time in a slightly altered form. The sample translations are now also shared with the rights managers at the Dutch publishing houses concerned, so that all parties involved in promoting a title can reinforce each other’s work. For international publishers, the scheme means that, indirectly, the translation costs of the title are substantially reduced. Of course publishers can also apply for a Translation grant from the Foundation if they buy rights to the title and put it onto the market.

A total of € 327,000 was allocated under the temporary support scheme for sample translations from and promotion of the following titles

In Afrikaans

1001 Nacht by Kader Abdolah (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Wium by Zyl
De boom met het oor by Annet Schaap (Querido, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Amelia De Vaal
De man met de zeegroene ogen by Koos Meinderts (Hoogland & By Klaveren, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Amelia De Vaal
Beer is op vlinder by Annemarie van Haeringen (Uitgeverij Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Amelia De Vaal
De kosmische komedie by Frank Westerman (Querido Fosfor, non-fiction), translator: Daniel Hugo

In Albanian

De uitvreter, Titaantjes, Dichtertje by Nescio (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Albana Shala
Herinneringen by Aletta Jacobs (Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf, non-fiction), translator: Albana Shala

In Arabic

De bruidsvlucht by Annemarie Estor (Poetrycentrum, poetry), translator: Hazim Kamaledin

In Armenian

Er is geen vorm waarin ik pas by Erna Sassen (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Samvel Ghratyan
Herfsttij der middeleeuwen by Johan Huizinga (Olympus, non-fiction), translator: Samvel Ghratyan

In Berber

Koning by Katoren by Jan Terlouw (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Mohamed Saadouni

In Bulgarian

Drift by Bregje Hofstede (Das Mag, fiction), translator: Iglika Vassileva-Van der Heiden
Hoe duur was de suiker by Cynthia McLeod (De Geus, fiction), translator: Aneta Dantcheva-Manolova
Zeb. by Gideon Samson (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Iglika Vassileva-Van der Heiden
De onbetrouwbare verteller by Maxim Februari (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Aneta Dantcheva-Manolova
De Avant-gardisten by Sjeng Scheijen (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Maria Encheva
Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer by Menno ter Braak (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Boriana Katzarska

In Catalan

Eilanddagen by Gideon Samson (Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Gustau Raluy

In Chinese

Dagboek van een poes by Remco Campert (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Wen Zhang
Ik vind je lief by Sanderijn Van der Doef (Ploegsma, children’s and youth literature), translator: Wen Zhang
De grenzen van mijn taal: een klein filosofisch onderzoek naar depressie by Eva Meijer (Cossee, non-fiction), translator: Yaotian Zhang
Mijn lieve gunsteling by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Teng-Chie (Jerry) Kuo
Zomervacht by Jaap Robben (De Geus, fiction), translator: Teng-Chie (Jerry) Kuo

In Danish

De herinnerde soldaat by Anjet Daanje (Passage, fiction), translator: Lise Bøgh-Sørensen
Beter wordt het niet by Caroline de Gruyter (De Geus, non-fiction), translator: Lise Bøgh-Sørensen
Honderd gedichten vanuit De Lage Landen, een anthologie van hedendaagse Nederlandse dichters with work by Ester Naomi Perquin, Mustafa Stitou, Eva Gerlach, Frank Keizer, Gerda Blees (multiple publishers, Podium, poetry), translator: Nina Malinovski

In German

Adam by Wanda Reisel (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Rainer Kersten
Condities by Thomas Heerma van Voss (Das Mag, fiction), translator: Ulrich Faure
Het aanbidden van Louis Claus by Helena Hoogenkamp (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Anna Carstens
Op weg naar de Hartz by Wessel de Gussinklo (Koppernik, fiction), translator: Ira Wilhelm
Antoinette by Robbert Welagen (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Ingrid Ostermann
Moord op de moestuin by Nicolien Mizee (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Silke Schmidt
Waar ik liever niet aan denk by Jente Posthuma (Pluim, fiction), translator: Dania Schüürmann
Knikkerkoning by Kira Wuck (Podium, fiction), translator: Andrea Kluitmann
Hoor nu mijn stem by Franca Treur (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Dania Schüürmann
De dwaler by Roos van Rijswijk (Querido, fiction), translator: Stefanie Ochel
Pastorale by Stephan Enter (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Christiane Kuby
Nicolas en de verdwijning van de wereld by Anne Eekhout (de Arbeiderspers, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Janine Malz
Hier zijn Ari en Loek by Yvonne de Vries (Hoogland & Van Klaveren, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Birgit Erdmann
Sabel by Suzanne Wouda (Hoogland & Van Klaveren, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Eva Schweikart
Koningskind by Selma Noort (Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Andrea Kluitmann
Bergje by Bregje Hofstede (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Heike Baryga
De sigarenfabriek by Isay Rottenberg. De verborgen geschiedenis van een joodse Amsterdammer in nazi-Duitsland by Hella en Sandra Rottenberg (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Christina Siever
Ook mijn Holocaust. Een reisverslag van 6 dagen en 35 jaar by Maurits de Bruijn (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Lisa Mensing
Kijken is bekeken worden. Uit de kelders van Het Stedelijk by Gerrit Komrij (De Arbeiderspers en Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, non-fiction), translator: Andrea Theresia van Dingstee
De zonen van Bruce Lee by Alex Boogers (Inside / Overamstel, non-fiction), translator: Anne Habermann
Hotel Schiller by Marjolein Bierens (Meulenhoff, non-fiction), translator: Ulrich Faure
Ananas. Een geschiedenis in opzienbarende verhalen en onverwachte ontmoetingen by Lex Boon (Meulenhoff, non-fiction), translator: Silke Schmidt
In de schaduw van een nachtvlinder. Een archeoloog op zoek naar sporen van de holocaust by Ivar Schute (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Christina Siever
Anne Frank was niet alleen. Het Merwedeplein 1933-1945 by Rian Verhoeven (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Waltraud Hüsmert
De kosmische komedie by Frank Westerman (Querido Fosfor, non-fiction), translator: Verena Kiefer
Japan in honderd kleine stukjes by Paulien Cornelisse (Uitgeverij Cornelisse, non-fiction), translator: Gerd Busse
Mens Dier Ding by Alfred Schaffer (De Bezige Bij, poetry), translator: Stefan Wieczorek
Doen en laten by Judith Herzberg (De Harmonie/Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Christiane Kuby
Een mens moet ook niet alles weten by Giobyni della Chiusa (Lebowski, poetry), translator: Andrea Theresia van Dingstee
Biografie van een vlieg en Zomervacht by Jaap Robben (Loopvis, poetry en De Geus, fiction), translator: Birgit Erdmann

In English

Zwanendrifters by Dido Drachmann (Scratch, graphic novel), translator: Moshe Gilula
Jaar Nul by Frenk Meeuwsen (Sherpa, graphic novel), translator: Laura Watkinson
Het smartlappenkwartier by Philip Snijder (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Emma Rault
De verdwenene by Lot Vekemans (Cossee, fiction), translator: Laura Watkinson
Rolien en Ralien by Josepha Mendels (Cossee, fiction), translator: Liz Waters
In de straten van Tepalka by Tip Marugg (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Scott Rollins
Winarta by Basuki Gunawan (literary magazine De Nieuwe Stem, fiction), translator: David Colmer
De laaiende stilte by Albert Helman (Amsterdamsche Boek- en Courantmaatschappij, fiction), translator: David McKay
Pastorale 1943 by Simon Vestdijk (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Marjolijn de Jager
Bint by F. Bordewijk (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: David Colmer
Het lichtschip by Mathijs Deen (Thomas Rap, fiction), translator: Jonathan Reeder
Zeeverhalen (een selectie uit het werk) by Maarten Biesheuvel (Van Oorschot, short stories), translator: Antoinette Fawcett
Het gulden vlies van Thule by Thea Beckman (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Brent Annable
Het helse paradijs by Thea Beckman (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Brent Annable
Gozert by Pieter Koolwijk (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Jonathan Ellis
Luna by Pieter Koolwijk (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Jonathan Ellis
Noem geen namen by Astrid Sy (Luitingh-Sijthoff, children’s and youth literature), translator: Anna Asbury
By honingbij tot hagelslag by Joel Broekaert (Ploegsma, children’s and youth literature), translator: Colleen Higgins
Hele verhalen voor een halve soldaat by Benny Lindelauf (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Kristen Gehrman
Olle by Guus Kuijer (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Michele Hutchison
De lege hemel by Marjan Slob (Ambo Anthos, non-fiction), translator: Brendan Monaghan
In het huis van de dichter by Jan Brokken (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: David McKay
De blinde fotograaf by Hannes Wallrafen (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Laura Vroomen
Goed kijken begint met negeren by Wieteke van Zeil (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Susan Ridder
Verplicht gelukkig. Portret van een familie by Saskia Goldschmidt (Cossee, non-fiction), translator: Lorraine T. Miller
Ook mijn Holocaust. Een reisverslag van 6 dagen en 35 jaar by Maurits de Bruijn (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Jonathan Reeder
Het complete Rekelboek en Alptraum. Stanley’s laatste gems by Koos van Zomeren (De Arbeiderspers, non-fiction), translator: Sue Anderson
Frictie by Miriam Rasch (De Bezige Bij, non-fiction), translator: Brendan Monaghan
Ongekende liefde. Mijn levensverhaal, verteld aan mijn dochter by Vamba Sherif (De Geus, non-fiction), translator: Susan Ridder
Schuldig: Een verkenning van mijn geweten by Jannah Loontjens (Podium, non-fiction), translator: Anna Asbury
Brief aan mijn moeder by Ischa Meijer (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Hester Velmans
Eichmann in Jeruzalem by Abel J. Herzberg (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Rob Naborn
Denken is verrukkelijk by Margriet van der Heijden (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Lorraine T. Miller
Voor altijd onze man in Teheran by Thomas Erdbrink (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Jeannette K. Ringold
Het geheim van de Gucci-koffer. Hoe de adel uit Midden-Europa verdween by Pauline Terreehorst (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Arienne van den Dries
Ik had me de wereld anders voorgesteld by Anil Ramdas (Querido, non-fiction), translator: Scott Rollins
Doe je best. Lof van het ongrijpbare leven by Marjoleine de Vos (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Rob Naborn
Vuil Goed by Rob Schouten (De Arbeiderspers, poetry), translator: Willem Groenewegen
[Collection of poetry](http://www.letterenfonds.nl/en/book/671/the-poetry-of-remco-campert by Remco Campert (De Bezige Bij, poetry), translator: Donald Gardner
Wie was ik by Alfred Schaffer (De Bezige Bij, poetry), translator: Michele Hutchison
Selection of poetry from Vallende Stilte by Gerrit Kouwenaar (Querido, poetry), translator: Francis Redvers Jones
‘Nachtboot’ and other poems by Maria Barnas (Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Donald Gardner
Collected poetry by Hanny Michaelis (Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Judith Wilkinson

In Estonian

Kort Amerikaans by Jan Wolkers (Meulenhoff, fiction), translator: Kerti Tergem
Oeroeg by Hella S. Haasse (Querido, fiction), translator: Kerti Tergem

In Farsi

Hersenschimmen by J. Bernlef (Querido, fiction), translator: Ramin Farahani

In Finnish

Bougainville. Een gedenkschrift by F. Springer (Querido, fiction), translator: Titia Schuurman

In French

De geschiedenis van mijn seksualiteit by Tobi Lakmaker (Das Mag, fiction), translator: Daniel Cunin
Pathologieën by Jacob Israël de Haan (public domain, fiction), translator: Olivier by Wersch-Cot
Pijpelijntjes by Jacob Israël de Haan (public domain, fiction), translator: Daniel Cunin
Vallen is als vliegen by Manon Uphoff (Querido, fiction), translator: Arlette Ounanian
Eilanddagen by Gideon Samson (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Myriam Bouzid
Schaduw van de leeuw by Linda Dielemans (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Mireille Cohendy
Oomen stroomt over by Francine Oomen (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, non-fiction), translator: Noëlle Michel
Liever dier dan mens by Pieter van Os (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Myriam Bouzid
Vaderliefde by P.F. Thomése (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Paul Gellings
Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer by Menno Ter Braak (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Pierre-Marie Finkelstein
De schilders van duin- en bollestreek by Werner van den Belt en Bob Hardus (WBooks, non-fiction), translator: Thomas Beaufils
Verzamelde gedichten by Paul Rodenko (De Harmonie, poetry), translator: Paul Gellings
Het koningsgraf (uit: Verzamelde gedichten) by Bertus Aafjes (Meulenhoff, poetry), translator: Christian Marcipont
Monniksoog / Afscheid by Cees Nooteboom (Karaat / Koppernik, poetry), translator: Philippe Noble
Collected poems by Menno Wigman (Prometheus, poetry), translator: Jan Mysjkin
Collected poems by Adriaan Morriën (Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Christian Marcipont

In Greek

De Schaduwen van Radovar by Marloes Morshuis (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Maria Pigada
Ik moet dit doen by Maren Stoffels (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Maria Pigada
Het is oorlog maar niemand die het ziet by Huib Modderkolk (Podium, non-fiction), translator: Margarita Bonatsou

In Hongarian

Jheronimus by Marcel Ruijters (Lecturis, graphic novel), translator: Tamás Balogh
Uit het leven van een hond by Sander Kollaard (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Miklós Fenyves
De goudsmid en de meesterdief by Tonke Dragt (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Szabolcs Wekerle
De torens van februari by Tonke Dragt (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Szabolcs Wekerle
De brieven van Mia by Astrid Sy (Oxfam Novib, children’s and youth literature), translator: Erika Winkler
Iedereen was er by Toon Tellegen (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Orsolya Varga
Herinneringen. De autobiografie van Nederlands bekendste feministe en eerste vrouwelijke arts by Aletta Jacobs (Boom, non-fiction), translator: Judit Gera
BAM. Een reis van niets naar niets by Jelle Brandt Corstius (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Bérczes Tibor
Johan Cruijff. De biografie by Auke Kok (Hollands Diep, non-fiction), translator: Tamás Balogh

In het Indonesian

Nog pas gisteren by Maria Dermoût (Querido, fiction), translator: Frieda Amran
De Wraak van Diponegoro by Martin Bossenbroek (Athenaeum, Polak & Van Gennep, non-fiction), translator: Maya Sutedja-Liem

In het Italian

Ernest Hemingway is gecanceld by Henk van Straten (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Claudia Di Palermo
Wat is kunst? by Ted van Lieshout (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Olga Amagliani
Eilanddagen by Gideon Samson (Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Olga Amagliani
Hoe Tortot zijn vissenhart verloor by Benny Lindelauf (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Anna Patrucco Becchi
Mafiopoli. Een zoektocht naar de ’Ndrangheta, de machtigste maffia van Italië by Sanne de Boer (Nieuw Amsterdam, non-fiction), translator: Maria Cristina Coldagelli
De tuinen by Bomarzo by Hella S. Haasse (Querido, non-fiction), translator: Franco Paris
Het vaderpaard / It faderpaard. All poems by Tsjêbbe Hettinga (De Bezige Bij, poetry), translator: Claudia Di Palermo
Verzamelde gedichten by Hendrik Marsman (Querido, poetry), translator: Franco Paris

In Japanese

In Hollandia Suburbia by Guido van Driel (Concerto Books, graphic novel), translator: Ryochi Ichinose
Zwanendrifters by Dido Drachman (Scratch Books, graphic novel), translator: Natsumi Kawano
Winterijs by Peter van Gestel (Fontein, children’s and youth literature), translator: Yumi Nishimura

In Croatian

De val van Thomas G. by Nelleke Noordervliet (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Maja Weikert
Leven en laten leven by Hendrik Groen (Meulenhoff, fiction), translator: Svetlana Grubić Samaržija
Koning van Katoren by Jan Terlouw (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Radoby Lučić
Wat is kunst? by Ted van Lieshout (Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Svetlana Grubić Samaržija

In Lithuanian

Quotum. Project Z by Marloes Morshuis (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Birutė Avižinienė
Vosje by Edward by de Vendel (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Rima Dirse
De boom met het oor by Annet Schaap (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Rima Dirse
Sammie en opa by Enne Koens (Moon Amsterdam, children’s and youth literature), translator: Rima Dirse

In Macedonian

Mijn naam is Selma by Selma by de Perre (Thomas Rap, non-fiction), translator: Darko Cvetanoski

In Norwegian

Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Hedda Vormeland

In Ukrainian

Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Hedda Vormeland
Koning van Katoren by Jan Terlouw (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Oksana Smerek
Troost van bedroefde harten Selection letters by Vincent van Gogh (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Jaroslav Dovhopolyy
Veldgrauw by Evertjan van Roekel (Spectrum, non-fiction), translator: Jaroslav Dovhopolyy
Mijn naam is Selma by Selma van de Perre (Thomas Rap, non-fiction), translator: Oksana Smerek

In Polish

Het land, in brieven van Elisabeth Maria Post (Johannes Allart, fiction), translator: Jan Urbaniak
Hoe Tortot zijn vissenhart verloor en Hele verhalen voor een halve soldaat by Benny Lindelauf (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Jadwiga Jędryas

In Portugese

Dubbelspel by Frank Martinus Arion (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Mariângela Guimarães
Uit het leven van een hond by Sander Kollaard (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Mariângela Guimarães
Licht op Lissabon by Harrie Lemmens (De Arbeiderspers, non-fiction), translator: Leonor Raven
En altijd maar verlangen by Frénk van der Linden (Luitingh-Sijthoff, non-fiction), translator: Maria Júlia Abreu de Souza
Monniksoog / Afscheid by Cees Nooteboom (Koppernik, poetry), translator: Ana Maria Carvalho

In Romenian

Zomervacht by Jaap Robben (De Geus, fiction), translator: Irina Anton
Uit het leven van een hond by Sander Kollaard (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Oana Marin
Paarden vliegen business class. Verhalen over mens en dier in het Midden-Oosten by Olaf Koens (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, non-fiction), translator: Oana Marin

In Russian

Finse dagen by Herman Koch (Ambo Anthos, fiction), translator: Irina Bassina
Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Irina Michajlova
Wat is kunst? by Ted by Lieshout (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Ekaterina (Katja) Assoian
Een indiaan als jij en ik by Erna Sassen (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Albina Guryanova
Het meisje met de vlechtjes by Wilma Geldof (Luitingh-Sijthoff, children’s and youth literature), translator: Irina Leichenko
Moed en overmoed. Leven en tijd by Mata Hari by Jessica Voeten & Angela Dekker (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Olga Grishina
Dierentalen by Eva Meijer (ISVW Uitgevers, non-fiction), translator: Katja Assoian
Vrij van corona. Het begin van een nieuw tijdperk by Jaap Goudsmit (Pluim, non-fiction), translator: Ekaterina Tereshko
Cliffrock Castle. Werken op een kasteel in Schotland by Josephine Rombouts (Querido, non-fiction), translator: Olga Grishina
Achteraf by Karel van het Reve (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Elena Fadeeva
Habitus by Radna Fabias (De Arbeiderspers, poetry), translator: Nina Targan Mouravi
Meervoudig afwezig by Esther Naomi Perquin (Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Nina Targan Mouravi

In Servian

Hé, wie zit er op de wc? by Harmen by Straaten (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Nevena Kukoljac
Boer Boris gaat naar zee by Ted van Lieshout (Gottmer, children’s and youth literature), translator: Nevena Kukoljac
De zwarte zon by Jeroen Brouwers (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Olivera Petrovic van der Leeuw
Het Schilder-boeck by Karel van Mander (publiek domein, non-fiction), translator: Jelica Novakovic-Lopusina

In Slovenian

Confrontaties by Simone Atangana Bekono (Lebowski, fiction), translator: Staša Pavlović
Wij zijn licht by Gerda Blees (Podium, fiction), translator: Staša Pavlović
Hersenschimmen by J. Bernlef (Querido, fiction), translator: Stana Anželj
Slauerhoff, Herinneringen en brieven by F.C. Terborgh (De Bezige Bij, non-fiction), translator: Martina Soldo

In Slovak

Typex’s Andy: de vele levens van Andy Warhol by Typex (Scratch, graphic novel), translator: Zoran Oravec
Mystiek lichaam by Frans Kellendonk (Meulenhoff, fiction), translator: Adam Bžoch
De Waterman by Arthur van Schendel (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Zoran Oravec

In Spanish

Cliënt E. Busken by Jeroen Brouwers (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Julio Grande
Het aanbidden van Louis Claus by Helena Hoogenkamp (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Guillermo Briz
Dubbelspel by Frank Martinus Arion (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Julio Grande
Als de winter voorbij is by Thomas Verbogt (Nieuw Amsterdam Uitgevers, fiction), translator: Marcela Cazau
Wij zijn licht by Gerda Blees (Podium, fiction), translator: Micaela by Muylem
Mooi doodliggen by A.F.Th. by der Heijden (Querido, fiction), translator: Gonzalo Fernández Gómez
Uit het leven van een hond by Sander Kollaard (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Gonzalo Fernández Gómez
Een aap op de wc by Joukje Akveld (Hoogland & Van Klaveren, children’s and youth literature), translator: Gustau Raluy
Afhankelijkheidsverklaring by Rebekka de Wit (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Guillermo Briz
BAM. Een reis van niets naar niets by Jelle Brandt Corstius (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Micaela van Muylem
Verdwijnpunt by Wytske Versteeg (Querido, non-fiction), translator: Inge Luken
De wet van de stilte. Reis door Colombia by Karin Anema (Scriptum, non-fiction), translator: Marcela Cazau

In Czech

De rat van Amsterdam by Pieter Waterdrinker (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Radka Smejkalova
Terug tot Ina Damman by Simon Vestdijk (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Madla de Bruin-Hüblová
Wij zijn licht by Gerda Blees (Podium, fiction), translator: Madla de Bruin-Hüblová
Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Pavla van Dam Marková
Liefde, als dat het is by Marijke Schermer (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Radka Smejkalova
Bensboot by Pieter Koolwijk (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Libuse by Dijk
Geheimen van het wilde woud by Tonke Dragt (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Jana Pellarová
Ik ben Vincent en ik ben niet bang by Enne Koens (Luitingh Sijthoff, children’s and youth literature), translator: Pavla van Dam Marková
Baltische zielen by Jan Brokken (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translators: Jana Červenková en Lenka Strnadová
De Kozakkentuin by Jan Brokken (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translators: Jana Červenková en Lenka Strnadová
Laura H. Het kalifaatmeisje uit Zoetermeer by Thomas Rueb (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Blanka Juranová

In Turkish

Antoinette by Robbert Welagen (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Hasan Türksel
Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Gül Özlen
Perenbomen bloeien wit by Gerbrand Bakker (Cossee, children’s and youth literature), translator: Mustafa Ozen
Wij waren hier eerst by Joukje Akveld (Gottmer, children’s and youth literature), translator: Nevin Soysal
Homme en het noodgeval by Annejan Mieras (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Hasan Türksel
We haten elkaar meer dan de joden. Tweedracht in de Palestijnse maatschappij by Els van Diggele (Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, non-fiction), translator: Kadir Turkmen
Hoe de eerste vonken zichtbaar waren by Simone Atangana Bekono (Uitgeverij Wintertuin, poetry), translator: Mustafa Ozen

To find out more

Information about accredited translators from Dutch can be found on the website of Flanders Literature (work in progress) or in the translations database at en.vertalingendatabase.nl. The website of the Expertisecentrum Literair Vertalen presents a database of translators both into and out of Dutch, where translators can add their own profile.
Information on the titles mentioned above (and their Dutch publishers) can be found in our database of Dutch books and their authors or in the case of poetry on Poetry International Archives. Or feel free to contact our genre specialists:
Childrens books: Agnes Vogt Non-Fiction, Mireille Berman (Contemporary) Fiction: Barbara den Ouden Classics: Victor Schiferli Graphic novels: Barbara den Ouden Poetry: Victor Schiferli
Browse or download the 176 sample translations (of 3,000 words) from Dutch that were supported in 2020 here: http://docs.letterenfonds.nl/index-en.php

A number of translators quickly achieved success. For 30 of the titles, rights have been sold in 17 languages.