CEATL AGM held in Milan 3-6 June 2015

Jun 13, 2015 | Europe

Tags: EuropeThe Annual General Assembly of CEATL’s national representatives, organised by the Italian associations STradE and A.I.T.I., was held in Milan between 3-6 June. After the Treasurer’s Report and the Secretary’s Report had been accepted, as well as the...

Brockway Prize to Dutch – German translator Ard Posthuma

Jun 10, 2015 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsThe Brockway Prize, a biennial prize for poetry translations from the Dutch, has been awarded to Ard Posthuma. The prize was established by the Dutch Foundation for Literature and is worth 5,000 euro. It will be presented on 12 June during the Poetry...

New award for stimulating translation between the north and the south of the Mediterranean

Jun 8, 2015 | Italy, Spain

Tags: Italy, SpainWith the aim of contributing to strengthening translation movement between the countries on the north shore and those on the south shore of the Mediterranean, the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), King Abdulaziz Foundation for Human Sciences...

Literary translation workshops for professional translators from English, French, German and Russian into Italian (Fosdinovo, 19-21 July 2015)

Jun 7, 2015 | Italy

Tags: ItalyFrom 19-21 July 2015 the third event in the ‘Traduttori in Movimento’ series will take place in Fosdinovo Castle in Italy. The programme offers workshops for translators from English, French, German and Russian into Italian. Translators from Italian into...

Translation slam with Clarissa Botsford and Frederika Randall on text by Giuseppe Lupo (Marsilio) (Milan, 5 June 2015)

May 28, 2015 | Italy

Tags: ItalyOn the occasion of the annual assembly of CEATL, the Italian translators associations AITI and STradE will organise a translation slam from Italian to English based on an unpublished text by Giuseppe Lupo (Marsilio). Contenders in this public event will be...

The 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize to Jenny Erpenbeck and Susan Bernofsky

May 28, 2015 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThe 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize has been awarded to Jenny Erpenbeck and Susan Bernofsky for The End of Days, the first translation from German to win since 2002. The prize of £10,000 is shared equally between author and translator,...