On June 27, 2022 the Commission of experts gathered and assessed 24 applications from foreign publishers and 11 application from translators for publishing literary works of Latvian authors abroad. This competition was financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and supported projects in different languages. The Commission was composed of five experts: translator Maima Grīnberga, writer Maira Dobele, executive manager of platform "Latvian Literature" Inga Bodnarjuka-Mrazauskas, literary scholar and redactor Jūlija Dibovska, and translator Māra Puķīte.
In total, 21 project proposals from foreign publishers and 9 proposals from translators were awarded. Please see the list of supported projects below. Together experts decided to support foreign publishers with amount of 55 350 EUR and translators with amount of 20 607 EUR.
Next contest will be announced on January 25, 2023.
RESULTS FOR PUBLISHERS
No. | Author | Publisher | Language | Literary Work | Support from the Latvian Literature platform (EUR) |
1. | Lauris Gundars | Afaq Publishing&Distribution | Arabic | Dramatika jeb racionālā poētika | 3000 |
2. | Signe Viška, Elīna Brasliņa | Atlantis Verlag | German | Kate, kas gribēja kļūt par vectēvu | 3000 |
3. | Nora Ikstena | Megha Books | Malayalam | Mātes piens | 1700 |
4. | Nora Ikstena | PT Haru Media Sejahtera | Indonesian | Mātes piens | 1666 |
5. | Latvian Poets | Hea Lugu | Estonian | An anthology of poetry | 2000 |
6. | Semyon Khanin | Prae Publishing | Hungarian | No ne tem | 3000 |
7. | Svens Kuzmins | Marpress | Polish | Hohma | 2620 |
8. | Signe Viška, Elīna Brasliņa | La Maleta Ediciones | Spanish, Basque, Galician, Catalan | Kate, kas gribēja kļūt par vectēvu | 5759 |
9. | Inga Grencberga | Helios | Estonian | Sestā sieva | 2500 |
10. | Agnese Vanaga | Tikra Knyga | Lithuanian | Plastmasas huligāni | 3000 |
11. | Māra Viška , Uldis Daugaviņš, Mārtiņš Sirmais | Prozart Media | Macedonian | Baltais lācis. Pasaku pavārgrāmata bērniem | 2100 |
12. | Laura Vinogradova | Leidykla „Odilė“ | Lithuanian | Upe | 2740 |
13. | Juris Zvirgzdiņš, Līva Ozola | Paperiporo | Finnish | Lāču republika | 3000 |
14. | Frīda Mihelsone | Aviador | Finnish | Es izdzīcoju Rumbulā | 1800 |
15. | Hermanis Margers Majevskis | Hieronymus | Lithuanian | An anthology of poetry | 3000 |
16. | Ruta Svaža | Argo Publishers | Estonian | Sajauktās pasakas | 1500 |
17. | 12 Latvian writers (Mirdza Bendrupe, Angelika Gailīte, Nora Ikstena, Inga Žolude, Ingrīda Ābele, Gundega Repše, Lelde Sandra Šķipsna Muehlenbachs etc.) | Dedalus Limited | English | Anthology | 3000 |
18. | Arno Jundze | Kauko Laiptai | Lithuanian | Putekļi smilšu pulkstenī | 3000 |
19. | Ruta Briede | Alvarellos Editora | Italian | Kaiju karalienes noslēpums | 965 |
20. | Andris Kuprišs | Ammian Verlag | German | Berlīne | 3000 |
21. | Nora Ikstena | Multivers | Danish | Mātes piens | 3000 |
RESULTS FOR TRANSLATORS
No. | Author | Literary Work | Language | Translator | Publishing House |
1. | Nora Ikstena | Mātes piens | Dutch | Brenda Lelie | Uitgeverij Koppernik |
2. | Latvian Poets | An anthology of poetry | Estonian | Margus Konnula | Hea Lugu |
3. | Elena Glazova | Naivums | Hungarian | Orsolya Kis | Prae Publishing |
4. | Agnese Vanaga | Plastmasas huligāni, Plastmasas huligāni. Draugs pazudis | Lithuanian | Jurgis Algimantas Banevičius | Tikra Knyga |
5. | Artis Ostups | A selection of poetry | Lithuanian | Dominykas Norkūnas | Bazilisko ambasada |
6. | Inga Gaile | Skaistās | German | Matthias Knoll | |
7. | Oskars Orlovs | A selection of poetry | Polish | Tomasz Bąk | Papierdwole |
8. | Elena Glazova | A selection of poetry | Polish | Tomasz Pierzchała | Papierdwole |
9. | Lilija Berzinska | Skelets Skapī | Italian | Margherita Carbonaro | Iperboria |