Announcement of results: Translation Grants for Foreign Publishing Houses (2021/2)
In October 2021, the Petőfi Cultural Agency invited applications for its fourth translation grant. The amount of the tender, which is intended to promote the translation and publication of works of Hungarian literature abroad, was 31.000 euros (ca. 11 million HUF).
The jury of experts consisted of representatives of different sectors of the literary field: Péter Rácz of the Hungarian Translator’s residence, Dr. Krisztina Kollarits of the Literary Branch of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, Gábor Csordás of the Hungarian Association of Literary Translators, István Turczi of the Hungarian PEN Club, and Péter Krasztev a delegate of the Hungarian Writers' Association. Zoltán Jeney and Dániel Levente Pál were also on the jury as representatives of the Petőfi Cultural Agency.
Below is a list of the books that were granted support by the Petőfi Cultural Agency within the framework of the Grants for Foreign Publishing Houses in Support of the Translation of Works of Hungarian Literature (2021/2) (publisher-author-title-translator-sum):
Croatian:
- V. B. Z. – Lakatos Menyhért – Füstös képek – Lea Kovács – 4100
Czech:
- Gallery of Modern Arts – András Edit – Kulturális átöltözés - Művészet a szocializmus romjain – Robert Svoboda – 3700 EUR
Danish:
- Forlaget Sisyfos – Kertész Imre – A kudarc – Leif Martin Sand – 4200
Estonian:
- Varrak Publishers – several – Meseország mindenkié – Leelo Jõulu – 1100
German:
- Guggolz Verlag – Moricz Zsigmond – A boldog ember – Tankó Tímea – 4100
Italian:
- LaVita Felice/Tempo Libro – Földényi F. László – Az eleven halál terei. Kafka, de Chirico és a többiek – Rényi Andrea – 1200
Romanian:
- Curtea Veche – Márai Sándor – Az igazi – Demény Péter – 930
- Curtea Veche – Márai Sándor – Judit .... és az utóhang – Demény Péter – 850
Russian:
- Ivan Limbakh Publishers – Nádas Péter – Goldene Adele – Esszék – several – 4300
Serbian:
- Forum – Máriás Béla – Lomtalanítás – Pataki Angéla – 1000
- Forum – Bencsik Orsolya – Több élet – Viczkó Árpád – 1000
Slovak:
- BRAK s.r.o. – Karafiáth Orsolya – Szirén – Lenka Nagyová – 1500
- Vydavateľstvo Tatran – Szántó T. Gábor – 1945 és más történetek – Tamara Archlebova – 3000
Details of the call for the grant competition are available HERE.