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Staff changes at FILI
Head of our FINNLAND. COOL. literature programme Maria Antas moves on to new challanges as of 1 February 2015. She will start […]
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Today at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Minister for Education and Culture Pia Viitanen awarded the Finnish State Translation Prize to Angela Plöger from Germany. Angela Plöger (born 1942 in Danzig) received her doctorate at Hamburg University in Fennistics and has been translating Finnish literature into German for decades.
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Finland is the guest of honour with the slogan FINNLAND. COOL. at Frankfurt Book Fair, which is held from 8 […]
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Read more about FILI Newsletter in SeptemberCaffè Helsinki in Milan
Finnish literature and culture in broader perspective are well represented currently in Milan, where the Caffé Helsinki event was launched on 26 […]
Read more about Caffè Helsinki in MilanApplications for the Translator-in-residence programme
HIAP (the Helsinki International Artist Programme) and FILI offer a residency programme for translators of Finnish literature at Suomenlinna near Helsinki. The next three-week-long residency has been booked from 1 to 22 March 2015. The period for submitting applications is 15 May – 13 June 2014.
Read more about Applications for the Translator-in-residence programmeLearning Comes from Finland – Finnish expertise in educational materials also featured at the Frankfurt Book Fair
”For the first time in the long history of the Frankfurt Book Fair the national exhibit of the Guest of Honour extends to two exhibition halls and features both general publishing and the publishing of educational materials,” notes Iris Schwanck, director of FILI, which is also the coordinating body of the project.
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Read more about FILI December newsletter has been publishedThe value of exports in literature rises significantly in Finland
In 2011, the value of the sales of translation rights of Finnish literature was 1,26 million Euros, but rose to 1,98 million Euros already in 2012.
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