Independent Foreign Fiction Prize awarded to Gerbrand Bakker and translator David Colmer

May 28, 2013 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThis year’s Independent Foreign Fiction Prize of £10,000 has been awarded Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker and his translator David Colmer for Detour, published by Bloomsbury. The ‘mesmeric’ and ‘haunting’ novel beat off stiff competition from a...

The BabelMatrix project has entered a new phase

May 14, 2013 | Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

Tags: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, SlovakiaEver since its creation shortly after the turn of the millennium, the BabelMatrix project has undergone several transformations, and it continues to grow. The aim of this site, which is dedicated to literary translation...

Residency program for literary translators in Vienna

May 13, 2013 | Austria

Tags: AustriaThe Austrian Ministry of Education, Art and Culture in co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria offers 50 residency grants for artists wanting to work on their projects inVienna. The residencies for 2014 are also open to literary translators living outside...

Literary Translation Conference at the Turin Book Fair (16-20 May 2013)

May 10, 2013 | Italy

Tags: ItalyUnder the title of AutoreInvisibile, the Turin International Book Fair, which attracts more than 1400 exhibitors and 300,000 visitors every year, will organise a number of activities of special interest to translators. From Thursday 16 May to Sunday 19 May...

Two residencies for literary translators in Rarogne (Switzerland)

May 8, 2013 | Switzerland

Tags: SwitzerlandLiterary translators working on a book by an author from the Alpine region, or on a book related to that area, can apply for a three-month literary residency in the village of Rarogne, which is about 2½ hours from Zürich. Two grants are available, one...