Vondel Translation Prize goes to Dutch-English translator Paul Vincent

Jan 23, 2012 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsThe jury for the Vondel Translation Prize 2011 has awarded the prize to Paul Vincent for My Little War, his English translation of Louis Paul Boon’s Mijn kleine oorlog. The jury consisted of critic Paul Binding (Times Literary Supplement) and...

Dutch Literature Foundation translation prizes for Claudia Di Palermo, Vincent Hunink and Bartho Kriek

Dec 12, 2011 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsThe Dutch Foundation for Literature’s Prizes 2011 for the Translator as Cultural Intermediary have been awarded to Vincent Hunink (Latin-Dutch), Bartho Kriek (English-Dutch) and Claudia Di Palermo (Dutch-Italian). These prizes are intended to...

Dutch Literary Translation Days will focus on translation and Zeitgeist

Nov 18, 2011 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsOn Friday 9 and Saturday 10 December 2011 the thirteenth edition of the Dutch Literary Translation Days will take place in Amsterdam. On the first day a symposium will be organized on the theme of ‘Translation and Zeitgeist: the shelf life of the...

‘Le bonheur du traducteur’: des traducteurs néerlandais parlent de la satisfaction que peut apporter une traduction remarquée

Sep 20, 2011 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsLes traducteurs littéraires de cinq romans européens sont attendus lors d’une tournée des librairies néerlandaises en septembre et octobre. Au cours de cette manifestation appelée ‘Vertalersgeluk’ (‘Le bonheur du traducteur’),...

Translation events during Poetry International Festival

Jun 7, 2011 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsDe 42nd annual Poetry International Festival, ‘a festive stage for world poetry’, will take place in Rotterdam from 14 until 19 June. ‘Without translators our festival would simply be impossible,’ say the organizers of the festival, at which poets...