Prix lémanique for translation goes to Holger Fock and Jean-Yves Masson
Tags: France, GermanyThe 2015 Prix lémanique for translation will be awarded to the translators Holger Fock and Jean-Yves Masson. In addition to being President of CEATL Holger Fock is a German translator of literary fiction and non-fiction from French and has...
Slovenia hosts 12th Pranger Festival on poetry and translation
Tags: SloveniaThis year’s Pranger Festival, a gathering of poets, critics and translators of poetry, was held from 30 June to 5 July in the towns of Rogaška Slatina, Šmarje pri Jelšah and Ljubljana in Slovenia. Each year at the Festival three critics each choose three...
The 2015 Lavrin prize for the translation of Slovenian literature goes to Michael Biggins
Tags: SloveniaThe Society of Slovene Literary Translators has named affiliate professor and Slavic librarian Michael Biggins as the recipient of the Janko Lavrin Prize. The prize is awarded annually to honour an individual who has made a significant contribution to...
Reda report : comparative chart showing the main articles regarding the book industry
Tags: EuropeWhile Julia Reda called for a hasty harmonisation and the inconsiderate broadening of exceptions that would all have been made mandatory (thus endangering both the book industry and the rights of authors on their work), the European Parliament consistently...