Apr 18, 2014 | Netherlands
Tags: NetherlandsOn Monday 3 March the literary translators’ division of the Dutch Authors’ Guild (VvL), in cooperation with the Foundation for Literary Activities Amsterdam (SLAA), hosted its annual discussion evening on translation, ‘Vertaalslag’. This year’s theme...
Mar 30, 2014 | Netherlands
Tags: NetherlandsIn April & May 2014 the fourth edition of the Translators Bliss Tour (‘Vertalersgeluktournee’) will take place in The Netherlands. The tour offers readers and literature lovers the opportunity to enter into a dialogue with translators on their...
Nov 19, 2013 | Netherlands
Tags: NetherlandsThis year’s Translation Prize of the Dutch Foundation for Literature will be awarded to Martin de Haan, literary translator from French to Dutch. The Prize, in recognition of his entire body of work as a translator will be awarded on Friday 13...
Oct 3, 2013 | Netherlands, United Kingdom
Tags: Netherlands, United KingdomThe Vondel Translation Prize 2013 has been awarded to David Colmer for The Misfortunates, his translation into English of De helaasheid der dingen by Flemish author Dimitri Verhulst. The jury consisted of British critic Paul Binding...
Oct 3, 2013 | Belgium, Netherlands
Tags: Belgium, NetherlandsAfter twenty years students in the Netherlands and Flanders can again follow an academic course in literary translation. The new master’s programme, launched last September, is an international joint programme of Utrecht University (the...
