Residencies in Translators’ House in Rome free of charge in January-February 2014

Nov 22, 2013 | Italy

Tags: ItalyCasa delle Traduzioni in Rome offers residencies free of charge for the period January-February 2014, subject only to a fee of €30 for the entire stay. The translators’ house is a specialized research centre and library dedicated to translation. It offers...

The 2013 Czech State Prize for Translation to Vratislav Jiljí Slezák

Nov 22, 2013 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicThe 2013 Czech State Prize for Translation has been awarded to the renowned translator and Renaissance man Vratislav Jiljí Slezák, a founding member of the Czech Literary Translators’ Guild and a laureate of its Josef Jungmann Translation Prize. He...

Literary translation on the Milan ‘Book City’ festival (21-24 November 2013)

Nov 21, 2013 | Italy

Tags: ItalyBook City (Milan, 21-24 November 2013) is a literary festival organized by the Municipality of Milan in cooperation with several publishing houses. The festival offers hundreds of meetings with authors, book presentations, dialogues, readings, exhibitions...

Martin de Haan is the laureate of the 2013 Translation Prize of the Dutch Foundation for Literature

Nov 19, 2013 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsThis year’s Translation Prize of the Dutch Foundation for Literature will be awarded to Martin de Haan, literary translator from French to Dutch. The Prize, in recognition of his entire body of work as a translator will be awarded on Friday 13...

International Meeting for Translators of German Literature (9-16 March 2014, Berlin/Leipzig)

Nov 16, 2013 | Germany

Tags: GermanyAnother session of the International Meeting for Translators of German literature, to run 9-16 March 2014, is being organised by the Robert Bosch Foundation and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, in cooperation with the Pro Helvetia Foundation, the Goethe...