27 November 2023 - Awards
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 - Grants awarded
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:
28 August 2023 - Grants awarded
As a result of the third meeting of 2023, 39 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 € 98.001 has been granted for the translation of the following titles:
23 August 2023
On 1 November, Romkje de Bildt becomes the new managing director of the Dutch Foundation for Literature. She succeeds Tiziano Perez, who announced in April that he will be leaving after ten years at the head of the national cultural foundation.
9 August 2023
Due to the popularity of our previous series of translation workshops, New Dutch Writing and Flip Through Flanders are launching another three online translation workshops as part of their campaigns to promote Dutch literature in translation from Flanders and the Netherlands in the UK, and to nurture the next generation of translators. Each two hour workshop will be led by a leading translator from Dutch to English and will focus on a 1-2 page literary text. The workshops are open to anyone with a sound knowledge of Dutch and native-speaker level English.
11 July 2023
The Dutch Foundation for Literature welcomes Julia Franck (Berlin, 1970) to Amsterdam, where she will be staying as a writer-in-residence from July 15th to August 17th. Franck is an important voice in contemporary German literature and has received multiple awards for her work.
13 June 2023 - Grants awarded
As a result of the first meeting of 2023, 40 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 € 125.370 has been granted for the translation of the following titles:
6 June 2023 - Grants awarded
As a result of the first meeting of 2023, 52 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 € 136.111 has been granted for the translation of the following titles:
1 June 2023
The Dutch Foundation for Literature is pleased to welcome poet Paul Tran (United States, 1992) as writer-in-residence in Amsterdam. Tran will be staying from June 1st to 22nd, 2023, upon invitation by the Dutch Foundation for Literature and Poetry International, where they will be performing at the annual poetry festival.
8 May 2023 - Awards
Dutch children’s book author Annet Huizing has won the Premio di Letteratura per Ragazzi ‘Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cento’ 2023, the prize for the best original or translated Italian children’s book. She received the prestigious ‘Premio Cento’ or ‘Cento Prize’ for Het Pungelhuis (The Burlap House), translated into Italian by Anna Patrucco Becchi as La casa del contrabbandiere (La Nuova Frontiera, 2022).
1 May 2023 - Grants awarded
The annual report of the Dutch Foundation for Literature gives an overview of all activities and grants in 2022, including temporary Covid-support for writers and translators as well as subsidies for all arts (on behalf of the six national cultural funds in the Netherlands) to support Ukrainian artists in the Netherlands and to improve both fair practice and inclusion in the Dutch cultural field.
24 April 2023 - International
In 2024, the Netherlands and Flanders will jointly host the Leipziger Buchmesse, the largest public book fair in Germany. One year in advance, during the Leipziger Buchmesse 2023, the Netherlands and Flanders will show a preview of what’s to come through a diverse selection of performances and activities.
14 April 2023 - General
Tiziano Perez has announced that he will leave as managing director of the Dutch Foundation for Literature at the end of 2023. By then he will have led the national culture foundation for ten years, having been involved with the organization in other roles before that. The Supervisory Board will begin the search for a successor.
7 March 2023
The complete collected work of Dutch historian Johan Huizinga has been published in German, in translation by Annette Wunschel. The seventh and final volume of the extensive Huizinga Schriften series was recently published by Brill | Fink. The translation project, initiated by Maarten Valken, was one of the longest-running supported translation projects of the Dutch Foundation for Literature: the first volume was published in 2011.
21 February 2023
On Tuesday 21 February an international program will be launched in Italy, that will put the spotlight on contemporary Dutch arts for children and youth for a year: FuturoPresente. A selection of Dutch theatre makers, writers, illustrators, choreographers and film makers present themselves to the Italian public and professionals. With the aim of strengthening the professional networks between the countries, entering into new partnerships and sharing experiences.
7 February 2023 - General and Press releases
Poet, performer and theater maker Max Greyson is writer in February, upon invitation of the Dutch Foundation for Literature. During his stay, Greyson will be working on two projects: a new collection of poems and a musical theater piece.
2 February 2023
Two Dutch authors and their translators have been longlisted for the 28th edition of the Dublin Literary Prize, with € 100,000 the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.
12 January 2023 - International and General
From Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 January, representatives from nine German publishers will come to Amsterdam to get acquainted with Dutch literature, writers and publishers. This program takes place in the context of the Leipziger Buchmesse 2024, the largest public book fair in Germany, which will be hosted by the Netherlands and Flanders.
For questions concerning the activities of the foundation please contact Romkje de Bildt or Teun Grondman.