Author: Hannele Jyrkkä
The Prize for Contemporary Literatures in Translation to Pajtim Statovci and Stefan Moster
Prestigious The Prize for Contemporary Literatures in Translation/Internationaler Literaturpreis 2024 – award in Germany has just been awarded to the […]
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The staff of FILI will be on vacation from 4 July to 7 August
The FILI office will be closed during this time.We would like to thank everyone for a great spring season and […]
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The publication 30 or So Books from Finland in German 2025 has been launched
During the It’s Finland Again! project, we are producing separate publications that feature translations of Finnish literature published in German-speaking […]
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The results of our spring application round are online
FILI’s advisory board had its meeting 17 June and the list of awarded grants is now on our website Read more about The results of our spring application round are online
International Editors’ Week is underway
FILI’s traditional Editors’ Week visit for publishers of children’s and young adult books is underway! Our guests for three days […]
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Mikaela Wickström has started as FILI’s new programme manager
Mikaela Wickström has started as FILI’s new programme manager responsible for grant programmes and translator training. We’re so pleased to […]
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100 or So Books from Finland 2024
The first book recommendations of the 100 or So Books from Finland 2024 can now be found here! There […]
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FILI application round closes on 1 May
Please note, that FILI is closed on 1 May and there is no online help available then. The results will […]
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Apply for translation and printing grant
There is still time to apply for translation and printing grant for the translation of Finnish literature into other languages! […]
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The grant decisions for the first application round
The grant decisions for the first application round of 2024 can be found here.
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FILI at the London, Leipzig, Bologna and Prague book fairs
This spring, FILI will participate in the London Book Fair on 12–14 March, the Leipzig Book Fair on 21–24 March, […]
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And the other translation rights sold at the end of February and the beginning of March!
28.02.
Hena Com has bought the […]
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New trainee at FILI
Christoph Scheike has started working as an intern at FILI. He is a master’s student of Nordic literary and cultural […]
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Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators to Maima Grīnberga
Grinberga has translated an unparalleled 100 books into Latvian
This year, the recipient of the Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators […]
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Fiction Editors’ Week begins!
FILI is organizing an Editors’ Week visit for eight international publishers from 12-15 February. The publishers coming to Helsinki are: […]
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30 or So Books from Finland in German – read now!
Our new publication is here! You can read about the more than 30 translated books being published this year […]
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Invite a Finnish author to visit!
More than 30 Finnish books will be published in German this year. With the It’s Finland Again! project, you can […]
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FILI’s mentoring programme for translators starts on 17 January
The application period for the 2024 translators’ mentoring programme starts on 17 January and ends on 7 February. You can […]
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We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Our office is closed during the Christmas holidays 23.12.2023-8.1.2024.
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The translation and printing grants have been awarded
The decisions on the autumn’s last application round for translation and printing grants have been announced. Funding was granted to […]
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