Year: 2018

FILI office will be closed from 24 Dec 2018 to 1 Jan 2019

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FILI Newsletter December 2018

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Awarded grants 3/2018

At its meeting on 18 December, FILI’s Advisory Board made the decisions on this year’s last round of grant applications.

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Timo Honkela: ‘The Peace Machine’ sold to France

Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has announced that the French translation rights to Timo Honkela’s book ‘The Peace Machine’ have been […]

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Mia Kankimäki: ‘The Women I Think About at Night’ sold to Russia

The Russian translation rights to the book “The Women I Think About at Night” by Mia Kankimäki have been sold […]

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Veijo Baltzar: “Phuro” sold to Slovakia

The Slovak translation rights to the book “Phuro” by Veijo Baltzar have been sold to the publishing house “Trio Publishing” […]

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Veijo Baltzar: ‘In Love and War’ sold to Croatia

The Croatian translation rights to the book “In Love and War” by Veijo Baltzar have been sold to the publishing […]

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Mari Manninen: “The Chinese Story” sold to Russia

The Russian translation rights to the book “The Chinese Story” by Mari Manninen have been sold to the publishing house […]

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Henrik Meinander: ‘Finlands historia’ sold to Greece and Bulgaria

The Greek and Bulgarian translation rights to Henrik Meinander’s book “Finlands historia” have been sold respectively to the publishers Asini […]

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Henrik Meinander: ‘Finland 1944. Krig, samhälle, känslolandskap’ sold to Germany

The German translation rights for Henrik Meinander’s book “Finland 1944. Krig, samhälle, känslolandskap” have been sold to the publisher Scoventa […]

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Selja Ahava: ‘Taivaalta tippuvat asiat’ sold to the Czech Republic

The Czech translation rights for Selja Ahava’s book “Taivaalta tippuvat asiat” have been sold to the publisher Pavel DOBROVSKÝ – […]

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Malin Klingenberg: ‘Älgflickan’ sold to Germany

The German translation rights for Malin Klingenberg’s book “Älgflickan” have been sold to the publisher dtv by the Helsinki Literary […]

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J. M. Ilves: ‘Viiden sormen harjoitus’ sold to Estonia

The Estonian translation rights for J. M. Ilves’ book “Viiden sormen harjoitus” have been sold to the publisher Postimees kirjastus […]

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Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators goes to Birgita Bonde Hansen of Denmark

The recipient of the 2018 Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators is Birgita Bonde Hansen, who has translated literature by […]

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Translator meeting and Guadalajara International Book Fair

FILI will be present at the Guadalajara International Book Fair during the week 48. The visit begins with FILI’s translator […]

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Katja Kettu: ‘Rose on poissa’ sold to Estonia

The Estonian translation rights of Katja Kettu’s “Rose on poissa” have been sold by Bonnier Rights Finland to the publisher […]

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The application period for FILIs Translator-in-Residence programme 2019 has ended

All applicants will be informed of the grant decisions by the end of November.

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Non-Fiction Editors’ Week 12–14 Nov

FILI’s Non-Fiction Editors’ Week takes place 12–14 November in Helsinki. Visiting us are four international publishers and non-fiction experts:
Diana Hernandez […]

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Frank Martela: ‘The Meaning of Your Life Explained’ sold to the Netherlands, the US and Russia

The Dutch rights of Frank Martela’s ‘The Meaning of Your Life Explained’ have been sold by Elina Ahlback Literary Agency […]

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Emma Puikkonen: ‘Eurooppalaiset unet’ sold to Spain

The Spanish and Galician translation rights of ‘Eurooppalaiset unet’ by Emma Puikkonen have been sold to the publisher Rinoceronte by […]

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