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ALTA has shortlisted work translated from Spanish, French, Arabic, Kannada, Bengali, Chinese, Italian, Croatian, Tamazight, and Korean.

Posted : 2021-08-04 13:43 New York-based literary agent Barbara Zitwer / Courtesy of Barbara Zitwer New York-based literary agent recently inked a flurry of deals with big Western publishers to release Korean novels globally By Kang Hyun-kyung Exporting Korean novels is a delicate and time-consuming job that requires network with big Western publishers as well as a significant level of knowhow in pitching translated books to them. Adding to the complexity, several different groups of people become heavily involved in the pre-publication process before the translated books eventually go on s...

The works featured in this installment in our Rights Roundup series include the tale of a famous pearl and ‘Magic Candies’ from Korea. Authors and illustrators whose work is featured in today’s Rights Roundup include, on the upper row from left, Magda Hellinger; Maya Lee; Carmen Posadas; and Jenny Jägerfeld. On the lower are, from left, Heena Baek; José Ovejero; Magdalena Hai; and Teemu Juhani A Rights Event Reminder: French Week As this is the last Rights Roundup we’ll have before it opens, we want to refer you to our coverage of the rights program French Week, running May 17 to 28...

EBRD newsletter - Friday 07 May EBRD President makes first visit to Turkey EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso made her first official visit to Turkey, virtually, on 3 and 4 May. She met representatives of central and municipal authorities, businesses, local banks, international financial institutions, the diplomatic community and civil society. Meetings focused on Turkey’s post-Covid-19 recovery and EBRD investments to support it. Istanbul joins EBRD Green Cities The President’s visit saw the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, formalis...

Winner announced on 1 June 2021 Three novels have been announced as the finalists of the fourth EBRD Literature Prize, a €20,000 award launched in 2017 by the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in collaboration with the British Council. The EBRD Literature Prize celebrates the very best in translated literature from the almost 40 countries where the Bank invests, from Central and eastern Europe to Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. The €20,000 Prize is awarded to the best work of literary fiction originally w...