Man Booker International Prize to Hungarian writer Krasznahorkai and his translators Szirtes and Mulzet

May 23, 2015 | Hungary, United Kingdom

Tags: Hungary, United KingdomThe Man Booker International Prize has been awarded, in a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum, to the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, the first non-anglophone author to win since Ismail Kadaré in 2005. The prize, worth...

PRESS RELEASE on the European Commission’s strategy for a Digital Single Market

May 21, 2015 |

Brussels, Copenhagen, Paris, Rome, 20 May 2015 Representing more than 10,000 literary translators in 29 European countries, CEATL (Conseil européen des associations de traducteurs littéraires) has read with interest the communication published by the European...

Asymptote winner of International Literary Translation Initiative Award

Apr 23, 2015 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomOn 14 April, the London Book Fair, in partnership with the UK Publishers Association handed over International Excellence Awards 2015 in 18 categories of international publishing. The International Literary Translation Initiative Award went to the...

CEATL supports the #CopyrightforFreedom campaign

Apr 22, 2015 | Europe

Tags: EuropeAs part of the ongoing European debate on copyright, CEATL supports the #CopyrightforFreedom campaign launched by the Federation of European Publishers on 20 March 2015 at the Paris Book Fair. Writing, publishing, working as a bookseller, reading books,...

Literature Across Frontiers publishes statistical report on literary translations in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Apr 16, 2015 | Ireland, United Kingdom

Tags: Ireland, United KingdomOn 13 April Literature Across Frontiers presented a new statistical report on the publishing of literary translations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The report, prepared by Alexandra Büchler and Giulia Trentacosti, provides data on the...

EsAsi Awards for professional and young literary translators Spanish – Slovene (deadline for submission: 1 October 2015)

Apr 1, 2015 | Slovenia, Spain

Tags: Slovenia, SpainIn 2008 the embassy of Spain in Slovenia launched the EsAsi award for the best translation into Slovene of literary works originally written in Spanish.  This biennial award for professional translators, worth € 3000, aims to recognise the work of...