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International Bestsellers: Great Danes & Swede Reads

September 14, 2007

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Shakespeare may have opined “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” but it is the steady slew of crime-fiction writers who hail from the region that should be credited with doing a bang-up job of keeping the sentiment alive and well. By far the most popular genre in Scandinavia, psychological thrillers and suspense-filled novels…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Ambo Anthos, Bengt Nordin, Christian Jungersen, Dagens Nyheter, Dan Brown, Danish, De Kern, Doubleday, Eva Lie-Nielsen, Gyldendal, Herbjorg Wassmo, J. K. Rowling, Kanja Ingemarsson, Keld Zeruneith, Lorna Owen, Lotta Ollson, Mons Kallentoft, Natur & Kultur, Per Olav Enquist, Peter Mayer, Rowohlt, Swedish, The Nordic Literary Prize, The Overlook Press, Writer's Associations

International Bestsellers: Translation Salvation

September 1, 2006

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Sylvia Plath, Puberty, & A Slowly Setting Midnight Sun Everyone knows translation is a losing business. Financial success is anomalous in a market where breaking even is a boon and selling 3,000 copies can be cause for celebration. “It costs around $25,000 to publish a book. For a work in translation that figure is closer…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged A Sad Affair, Americas Society, Amy Hundley, Ande Zellman, Archipelago Books, Book Institute of Poland, Chad Post, Christian Jungersen, CLMP, Dalkey Archive Press, Danish Arts Council Committee for Literature, Danish Literature Center, Doubleday, Elias Khoury, Foundation for Production and Translation of Dutch Literature, French Ministry of Culture, Gate of the Sun, GBO, German Book Office, Goethe-Institut, Grove/Atlantic, Harvill Secker, Japanese Literature Publishing Project, Jeffrey Lependorf, Jill Schoolman, Jo Nesbo, Karin Fossum, Korean Literary Translation Institute, Literary Ventures Fund, Lorna Owen, Nan A. Talese, NEA, Norton, Norwegian Literature Abroad, One Hundred Years of Solitude, PEN American Center, Portuguese Institute for Book and Libraries, Random House, Riky Stock, Robert Weil, Swedish Institute in Sweden, The Devil's Star, The Exception, The Sexual Life of Catherine M, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, When the Devil Holds the Cradle, Wolfgang G. Koeppen

Heads Up, Frankfurt

October 1, 2001

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Fortunately, just a few cancellations have affected this month’s Frankfurt Book Fair — as publishers rethink travel plans in the wake of September 11 — leaving most everyone’s Palm Pilots overbooked in typical fashion with meetings and soirées. To help liven up those long Buchmesse trudges, PT’s advance foreign rights team has rounded up a…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Amis, Anastasia Kalliontzi, Andrea Barnet, Auster, Christian Jungersen, Crazy New York, Daniel Divinsky, Deutsche Bank, Don't Say Goodbye, Ebersbach, Ediciones de la Flor, Frankfurt Book Fair, Gallimard, Glenn Cowley, Hans Christian Anderson Award, Het Spectrum, Judas' Wonderful Kiss, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Kiwi, Klick, Little Triangle-Fish, Livanis, Loisirs, Manos Kondoleon, Maria Papathanassopoulou, Michael Cimino, Morrison, N-TV, Natal University Press, New Directions, Patakis Publishers, Peter Wilfert, Phaswane Mpe, Polis Publishers, Prometheus/Bakker, Quino, Red, Red Cross, Reed Elsevier, Rowohlt, Sanlam, Saramago, Sontag, Sony, Soti Triantafillou, Subterranean Sky, The Boys of Summer, The New York Times, Three Men and One Woman, Updike, Uwe Timm, Vangelis Iliopoulos, Vassilis Vasilikos, Village Books, Welcome to our Hillbrow, Zsolay

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