Call for applications: Paul Celan Fellowships 2015/2016 for translators

Dec 27, 2014 | Austria

Tags: AustriaThe aim of the Paul Celan Fellowship Program is to overcome deficits and asymmetries in the exchange of ideas and the reception of scholarly literature which result from the division of Europe in the 20th century. Therefore, the program supports...

Award for Seminar on translating Swedish children’s literature into Italian

Dec 20, 2014 | Italy, Sweden

Tags: Italy, SwedenOn 11 December 2014, at the traditional Saint Lucy dinner, the Italian-Swedish Chamber of Commerce Assosvezia, together with the Swedish Embassy and the group for the promotion of Sweden, awarded the prize ‘Promoter of Sweden of the year 2014’ to...

London Book Fair initiates an award for literary translation initiatives

Dec 17, 2014 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThe London Book Fair is offering an International Literary Translation Initiative Award, which recognises the contribution of ‘organisations that have succeeded in raising the profile of literature in translation, promoting literary translators,...

The new application form for EU translation grants for publishers is now online

Dec 15, 2014 |

The new call for applications for the Literary Translation sub-programme of EU’s Creative Europe programme is now online. Publishers can apply by 4 February, 2015. Please note that the application procedure has been changed since the start of Creative...

2014 Tarabya Prizes for German – Turkish literary translations awarded

Dec 8, 2014 | Germany, Turkey

Tags: Germany, TurkeyDuring a festive ceremony at the German consulate in Istanbul on 1 December the Tarabya Translation Prizes for literary translations were presented. Gürsel Aytaç was honoured with the major translation prize. Ms Aytaç is the Turkish translator of...