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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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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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Katja Raunio’s novel Last Times won the 2023 Torch-Bearer Prize

Katja Raunio’s novel Last Times (Teos, 2023) won the 2023 Torch-Bearer Prize, congratulations Katja!

The 5000 euro prize was awarded to […]

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Finnish literary exports at all-time high

Finland’s literary exports grew by five percent last year. Revenue from Finnish literary exports rose to an all-time high of […]

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The nominees for the Torch-Bearer Prize have been announced!

The prize has been established to promote Finnish book exports. FILI will offer the winner an export promotion programme. The […]

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Applications for translator residencies open at the end of October

The 2024 residency application period starts 30.10. and ends 12.11.2023. Foreign translators of Finnish literature can apply for a three-week […]

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The much-anticipated Finnish Literature Translators Fellowship starts on 25 October

This autumn, more than 60 foreign translators of Finnish literature will participate in FILI events organised in conjunction with the […]

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It’s Finland again! Finnish literature in the spotlight across German-speaking Europe in 2024

It’s Finland again! Finnish literature in German-speaking Europe in 2024 is a project jointly launched by FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange, […]

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The summer course for beginning literary translators begins!

A great start to the autumn season: the summer course for beginning literary translators organized for the 12th time is […]

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Here is our latest publication 100 or So Books from Finland

Each year, the staff of FILI highlight about one hundred important, current Finnish books. Here is our latest publication 100 […]

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The translation and printing grants have been awarded

The translation and printing grants for this spring have been awarded! The list of awarded grants is now on […]

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Ukrainian publishers visit has started

It is a great pleasure to introduce Finnish literature experts to our wonderful Ukrainian publisher guests this week! Publishers Olha […]

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Apply for translation and printing grants

Last week to apply for grants for translating and printing Finnish literature into other languages and translating foreign fiction and […]

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Translator Claire Saint-Germain

More FILI Book Picks

Today Claire’s Book Picks! 

In FILI’s video series, the recipient of the Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators, Claire Saint-Germain, recommends […]

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The second application round of the year starts in April

The second application round for translation and printing grants starts on April 1st and ends on May 1st.

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