On April 15th, the Commission of experts gathered and assessed 14 applications from foreign publishers 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: literary critic Anda Baklāne, translator and publisher Pēteris Jankavs, translator Dace Meiere, writer and translator Vilis Kasims and executive manager of the "Latvian Literature" platform Inga Bodnarjuka-Mrazauskas.
In total, 10 project proposals from foreign publishers for publishing literary works of Latvian authors abroad were awarded. Please see the list of supported projects below. Together experts decided to support foreign publishers with amount of 24 552, 90 EUR.
Next contest will be announced in May 1st, 2019.
More information: HERE
| GRANTED BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE | |||||
| NR | Publisher | Language | Literary work | Author | Support from the Latvian Literature platform |
| 1. | Vakxikon | GRE | Dzejas antoloģija / Poetry Anthology | Vairāki autori / Various authors | 3000,00 |
| 2. | Iperborea | ITA | Aka / The Well | Regīna Ezera | 3000,00 |
| 3. | Cazador de ratas editorial | SPA | Dzejas izlase / Poetry Collection | Inga Gaile | 825,00 |
| 4. | Tverdyna | UKR | Mātes piens / Soviet Milk | Nora Ikstena | 3000,00 |
| 5. | Arcadia Books | ENG | Miesas krāsas domino / Flesh Coloured Dominos | Zigmunds Skujiņš | 2209,00 |
| 6. | Miraggi edizioni di La Quercia Società Cooperativa | ITA | Stereo (un citi dzejoļi) / Stereo (and other poems) | Sergejs Timofejevs | 1637,50 |
| 7. | Ergo | BUL | Dzejas izlase / Poetry collection | Ojārs Vācietis | 2271,40 |
| 8. | Vernatun Media | ARM | Mazās bitītes lielais ceļojums / The Little Bee's Big Adventure | Juris Zvirgzdiņš | 2925,00 |
| 9. | Sinnos società Cooperativa | ITA | Mufa / Muffa | Juris Zvirgzdiņš | 3000,00 |
| 10. | Hena com | HRV | Mātes piens / Soviet Milk | Nora Ikstena | 2585,00 |
| TOTAL: | 24552,90 | ||||
