Major presence of Polish translators at Warsaw Book Fair (19-22 May 2016)

May 31, 2016 | Poland

Tags: PolandFrom 19 to 22 May the Warsaw Book Fair was held at the National Stadium in Warsaw. The Polish Literary Translators’ Association has already co-hosted events at the Fair in the past and this year the association had an even stronger presence. On 19 May the...

2016 Leipzig Book Fair Translation Prize and 2016 Straelen Translation Award go to Brigitte Döbert

May 31, 2016 | Germany

Tags: GermanyLast March, the German author, editor and translator Brigitte Döbert was awarded two important prizes for her translation of Die Tutoren, the monumental novel by the Serbian author Bora Ćosić, who left Serbia 1992 in protest against the regime. The...

Vote for your favourite picture in CEATL’s picture contest ‘The Face of Translation’!

May 24, 2016 | World

Tags: WorldOn April 23, World Book Day, CEATL launched a Picture Contest ‘The Face of Translation’ to make literary translators more visible. Amateur visual artists were called on to create sparky and clever pictures reflecting the existence and importance of literary...

47th Poetry International Rotterdam Festival (7-11 June 2016)

May 24, 2016 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsFrom 7 to 11 June 2016 the 47th Poetry International Festival will take place in Rotterdam. This annual festival is a renowned meeting place for all poets, translators and lovers of poetry. It is organised by the foundation Poetry International, which...

Groundbreaking contractual agreement with independent publishers in Italy

May 24, 2016 | Italy

Tags: ItalyOn 3rd April 2016 a groundbreaking document was signed between ODEI (the Italian Observatory of Independent Publishers), STRADE (the Italian Union of Translators working in the publishing industry), and the SLC-CGIL (Italian Union of Communication Workers,...