Frankfurt homage inspires Czech translators to join forces in an open letter to publishers

Nov 8, 2019 | Czech Republic, Norway

Tags: Czech Republic, NorwayAt Frankfurt International Book Fair, translators were paid a homage by the Norwegian writer Erika Fatland, who said that “Translators, who are often ignored, are the heroes of literature that I deal with every day.” They were also praised...

Awarding of the 2019 Bastian Prize 2019 for translated literature into Norwegian

Oct 16, 2019 | Norway

Tags: NorwayThe 2019 Bastian Prize for Outstanding Literary Translation was awarded in the course of the International Translation Day celebrations in Oslo on 26 September 2019. The Bastian is the annual translation prize of the Norwegian Association of Literary...

Call for applications: ‘Translating the North’ into Italian (deadline: 15 July 2018)

May 9, 2018 | Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden

Tags: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Norway, SwedenStradeLab, a cultural association linked with SLC-Strade, is organising ‘Laboratorio Nordico – Translating the North’, the first peer-to-peer seminar for literary translators from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and...

Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize for 2016 for the translation of non-fiction literature awarded to Oda Myran Winsnes

Oct 12, 2016 | Norway

Tags: NorwayOda Myran Winsnes has been awarded the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize for 2016 for her Norwegian translation of Samar Yazbek’s The Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria. The prize, which is awarded each year by the Norwegian Booksellers’...

NORLA’s Translator’s Award 2016 goes to Nargis Shinkarenko

Oct 12, 2016 | Norway

Tags: NorwayThe Russian translator Nargis Shinkarenko is the recipient of NORLA’s 2016 Translator’s Award for her translations of non-fiction literature from Norwegian into Russian. The announcement was made on 29 September in Oslo, during the celebration of...