Poem Marieke Lucas Rijneveld translated in five languages
14 March 2022
The Dutch Foundation for Literature stands for free expression of speech and the peaceful exchange of ideas. Partly for this reason, we had the poem ‘Een krijgzuchtige tijd’ by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld translated into Ukrainian, Russian, German, French and English. The translations were made by Michele Hutchison (English), Jaroslav Dovhopolyy (Ukrainian), Anna Sidorova (Russian), Ruth Löbner (German), and Daniel Cunin (French).
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First Dutch Authors Turin Book Fair Announced
The Netherlands will be Guest of Honour at the 37th edition of the Salone Internazionale del Libro Torino, the Turin International Book Fair. From May 15 to 19, the wealth of Dutch literature will be presented under the name Scoperta dell’Olanda (The discovery of the Netherlands).
In Memoriam: Mireille Berman
It was with great sadness and dismay that we learned of the death of our esteemed and beloved colleague Mireille Berman on March 3rd. For almost twenty years she worked with us through thick and thin, a dear friend, a dedicated supporter of writers and translators, a beloved presence with a great devotion to Dutch literature.
‘I admire how hard the Arabic publishing world works to get a book sold’
Last year Jaap Robben visited the Cairo Book Fair, the biggest book fair in the Arabic-speaking world, to promote his novel Summer Brother (Zomervacht). The trip was made possible by the Dutch Foundation for Literature’s Travel Costs scheme. What was it like for Jaap to meet his readers in Cairo? ‘It’s almost impossible to give an idea of the distances people travel to come to this book fair.’