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Special Subsidy Program for Spanish-language Publishers
On the occasion of Israel`s selection as Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2013, the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature (ITHL) is offering a special subsidy to Spanish-language publishers. Applications by 31.5.2013. Mexican publishers are advised to apply to CONACULTA`s PROTRAD 2013. For more...
Mishka Ben-David’s novels to be a 12-episode TV thriller series
Capa Drama and Germany’s Bavaria Films have signed the deal. ‘Duet in Beirut,’ ‘Forbidden Love in St Petersburg’, and ‘Last Stop, Algiers’ are already forthcoming in English (Halban); ‘Forbidden Love in St Petersburg has recently come out in Turkish (Koton). See paragraph 2 at: http://variety.com/2013/biz/international/french-firm-newen-heads-to-mip-with-full-tv-slate-1200333834/
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Our Spring 2013 Catalogue is now online!
Have a look at our new selection of fiction and poetry - Yehoshua Kenaz, Judith Katzir, Benny Barbash, Yishai Sarid, Eleonora Lev, Uriya Shavit, Dror Burstein, Avirama Golan, Israel Hameiri, Mira Magen, Klil Zisapel, Adva Bolle, Mishka Ben-David, Mordechai Geldman - major writers and new faces to explore.
Gadi Taub
Gadi Taub, Allenby Street - TV Series a Nominee at Biarritz 2013
A hit Israeli TV series based on the bestselling novel by Gadi Taub is among the 11 nominees for Best TV Drama, and Best TV Screenplay at the prestigious FIPA Festival in Biarritz 2013. Negotiations for international remakes are now underway. Amazing YouTube trailer at - *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqkWtU2sN0I. And have a look at Etgar Keret`s choice of Gadi Taub as "Best Untranslated Author" in our news items above,
The War of Independence, as he lived it - Yoram Kaniuk, 1948 (Tashach)
Published to great acclaim in French (Fayard), Italian (Giuntina), Spanish (Asteroide). Also in Arabic (KulShee). Just out in German (Aufbau) and English, with the New York Review of Books` new imprint, NYRB-Lit. *For more...
Zeruya Shalev invited to the White House !
Zeruya`s most recent novel, The Remains of Love, has been published to great acclaim in German (Berlin Verlag), Italian (Feltrinelli), Romanian (Polirom)and Dutch (Cossee), with English (Bloomsbury), French (Gallimard)and more to come! *For more....
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Etgar Keret - Finalist for the Italian Gregor von Rezzori Prize!
for "Suddenly, a Knock on the Door". Published to date in English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian and Slovak. Forthcoming in Swedish, Korean, Greek, Czech, Croatian, Chinese, Bulgarian, and more...
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Yair Lapid, Israel`s new Finance Minister - a bestselling author!
Fact: Lapid has written four bestselling thrillers. Have you read them?
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Gadi Taub selected "Best Untranslated Israeli Author" in Granta Magazine
The bars, pimps and pubs of `Allenby Street`: a "masterfully constructed world of Dickensian variety," according to Etgar Keret.
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Zeruya Shalev a finalist for the Bottari Lattes Grinzane Prize 2013
for her most recent novel, The Remains of Love (Shards of Life), published by Feltrinelli. Also published in German (Berlin Verlag), Dutch (Cossee) and Romanian (Polirom). Forthcoming in English (Bloomsbury), French (Gallimard), Polish (WAB), Turkish (Can), Spanish (Siruela), and more languages in the works.
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Etgar Keret - a Finalist for the 2013 American Audie Awards !
His audio-book Suddenly, a Knock on the Door (Macmillan), narrated by Ira Glass, Gary Shteyngart, Michael Chabon, Willem Dafoe, Ben Marcus, Neal Stephenson, Stanley Tucci, etc., has been nominated in the category “Multi-Voiced Performance.” The Audies Gala will take place on May 30, 2013.
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Limassol wins the Italian Marisa Giorgetti Award, 2013
Yishai Sarid`s amazing book - Il Poeta di Gaza in Italian - is going from strength to strength!
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Shimon Adaf wins the prestigious Sapir Prize, 2013
Mazaltov to this exciting young novelist and poet! A selection of his poems will shortly be published by Mosaic Press, Canada.
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One Night, Markovitch wins the Sapir Prize for Debut Novel
Rights to Ayelet Gundar-Goshen`s novel have been sold in German (Kein und Aber), and are under discussion for other languages.
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Ronit Matalon wins a Prize in France
Ronit Matalon has just been awarded the Prix Alberto-Benveniste 2013 for "The Sound of Our Steps," her first book to be published in French.
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Orly Castel-Bloom
In case you`ve never heard Orly Castel-Bloom reading her own work, here`s a new YouTube of her reading her story "The Woman Who Wanted to Kill Someone." Enjoy!
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