UK Society of Authors prizes for Literary Translation

Apr 8, 2016 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThe translation prizes (administered by the Society of Authors) were awarded at an event in February, at Europe House in London, followed by a discussion with A.L. Kennedy and Adam Mars-Jones. The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize (£3,000) for...

EsAsi prize for young translators awarded to Sara Marina Virk (Slovenia)

Mar 2, 2016 | Slovenia, Spain

Tags: Slovenia, SpainThe fourth biennial EsAsi award for the best translation from Spanish into Slovene by a translator under the age of 30 goes to Sara Marina Virk, whose translation of Felisberto Hernandez’s short story ‘Mur’ (1948) was selected as...

Translate in the City: Literary summer school in London (11-15 July 2016)

Feb 28, 2016 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomTranslate in the City is the third literary translation summer school to be held at City University London between 11 and 15 July. It offers the opportunity to translate texts across the literary genres into English, working with leading...

2016 Johann-Heinrich-Voß Prize for Translation goes to Anne Weber

Feb 23, 2016 | Germany

Tags: GermanyThe German author and  translator Anne Weber has been awarded the 2016 Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Translation by the German Academy for Language and Poetry (Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung) for her work from French into German. The prize is...

Open letter to publishers worldwide to meet the Ten principles for fair contracts

Jan 15, 2016 | World

Tags: WorldOn 5 January 2016, authors from a number of countries released open letters asking publishers to reconsider the contract terms they offer authors and outlining the parts of publishing contracts where, from the author’s perspective, reform is urgently...

CEATL’s reaction to the Commission’s action plan “towards a modern, more European copyright framework”

Jan 13, 2016 | Europe

Tags: EuropeBrussels, 11 January 2016 As an association representing authors, CEATL has read with attention the communication and action plan for a reform of EU copyright rules published by the Commission on December 9th 2015. * CEATL welcomes the emphasis put on the...