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 2008 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize  * 2008 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
Belgian author Paul Verhaeghen has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his novel Omega Minor . The £10,000 prize is usually divided between the author and English translator for... (08/05/2008) more...

 

 Exiled Writers INK Translation Scheme  * Exiled Writers INK Translation Scheme
Are you a writer forced to live in exile? Are you finding it hard to get translated and published in the UK? Exiled Writers INK is running a scheme to... (08/05/2008) more...

 

 STRAP e-mail list  * STRAP e-mail list
A new free international e-mail list co-hosted by the Universities of East Anglia, Warwick and London Metropolitan has just been launched. STRAP - Stage Translation Research Adaptation and Practice -... (07/05/2008) more...

 

 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2008  * Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2008
The shortlist for the 2008 Prize has been announced: Tr. Margaret Jull Costa, Eça de Queiroz, The Maias (Dedalus) Tr. Richard Dove, Friederike Mayröcker, Raving Language: Selected Poems 1946-2006 (Carcanet)... (06/05/2008) more...

 

 Corda Foundation Call For Papers  * Corda Foundation Call For Papers
The non-profit Corda Foundation is offering awards for the scholarly study of the poetry of David Rosenmann-Taub. The prizes include these categories: Undergraduate Students; Graduate Students; Faculty and Scholars; Poetry... (02/10/2007) more...

 

 Popescu Prize 2007  * Popescu Prize 2007
The Corneliu M. Popescu Prize for European Poetry Translation 2007 uncovers Estonian treasure Ilmar Lehtpere wins the Corneliu M. Popescu Prize for European Poetry Translation 2007 with his translation of... (21/09/2007) more...

 

 New website for CLT  * New website for CLT
The Center for Literary Translation at Columbia University has just launched its website: www.centerforliterarytranslation.org . Based in the Writing Division of the Columbia University School of the Arts, the Center... (30/08/2007) more...

 

 Charles Pick Fellowship  * Charles Pick Fellowship
The Charles Pick Fellowship is dedicated to the memory of the distinguished publisher and literary agent, Charles Pick, whose career began in 1933 and continued until shortly before his death... (16/08/2007) more...

 

 David T. K. Wong Fellowship  * David T. K. Wong Fellowship
The David T. K. Wong Fellowship is a unique and generous annual award of £26,000 to enable a fiction writer who wants to write in English about the Far East... (16/08/2007) more...

 

 Call for Submissions: No Man's Land #2  * Call for Submissions: No Man's Land #2
Contemporary German-language fiction and poetry in English translation. Deadline: 30 August 2007 After its launch in December 2006 with English translations from the 10th anniversary issue of the alternative Berlin... (19/07/2007) more...

 

 Bursary Opportunities  * Bursary Opportunities
Call for applications from translators working in China, Bulgaria and Romania Ireland Literature Exchange/Idirmhalartán Litríocht Éireann (ILE) Translation Bursary Programme Ireland Literature Exchange/Idirmhalartán Litríocht Éireann (ILE) invites applications from literary... (10/07/2007) more...

 

 Rossica Translation Prize 2007  * Rossica Translation Prize 2007
On 24 May 2007, the judges of the 2007 Rossica Translation Prize - Elaine Feinstein, Professor Catriona Kelly, and Professor Peter France announced the prizes: WINNER Joanne Turnbull for her... (24/05/2007) more...

 

 BCLT Literary Translation Summer School  * BCLT Literary Translation Summer School
Places Still Available! Registration is now open for BCLT's annual international literary translation Summer School, which takes place 15 - 21 July. The Summer School brings together writers and translators... (21/05/2007) more...

 

 Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2007  * Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2007
The shortlist for this year's Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize has been announced: Joel Agee for Friedrich Durrenmatt, Selected Writings (University of Chicago Press). Anthea Bell for Eva Menasse, Vienna (Weidenfeld... (21/05/2007) more...

 

 Rossica Translation Prize Shortlist  * Rossica Translation Prize Shortlist
Shortlist for the Rossica Translation Prize was announced yesterday, on 17 April, at the International London Book Fair. The Judges of the 2007 Rossica Translation Prize – Professor Peter France... (19/04/2007) more...

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