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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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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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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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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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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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A new translator trainee at FILI
Janka Pajkos from Hungary has started as FILI’s new intern. Welcome!
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Workshop for translators of children’s literature and literature for young people 31.8.-2.9.
A workshop for translators of children’s and young adults’ literature starts today! 10 great foreign translators of Finnish literature for […]
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Translators of poetry in Helsinki
12 translators of Finnish literature diving deep into translating poetry for four days in Helsinki under the training of Czech […]
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Applications to FILI’s Translator-in-Residence programme
FILI has its own residency programme for foreign translators of Finnish literature. The application period starts 23 August and deadline […]
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Thomas Brevik Kjærstad worked on his first full-length translation during the residency
Thomas Brevik Kjærstad, who lives in Tromsø in northern Norway, arrived in Helsinki via the northern route, by car train […]
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Finnish literature under the African sun – Nil Deniz Cidanlı
Nil Deniz Cidanlı, who lives in Uganda, is working on several translations of Finnish literature into Turkish: Vuokko Hurme’s Right-Side […]
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Mia Spangenberg is translating Pirkko Saisio into English
Another of this spring’s five translators in residence was Mia Spangenberg, who is finalising her translation of Pirkko Saisio’s Red […]
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Translators’ residency programme
Five translators of Finnish literature were chosen to our translator-in-residence programme, which started 28 February: Thomas Brevik Kjærstad (Norway), Nil […]
Read more about Translators’ residency programmeCourse for beginning literary translators starts 16 August
At the end of summer, 16–27 August, we will host our eleventh course for beginning literary translators, which is being […]
Read more about Course for beginning literary translators starts 16 AugustFinnish State Award for Foreign Translators goes to Kirsi Kinnunen
Kirsi Kinnunen, a translator of Finnish graphic novels and other works into French, has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators. The award includes a cash prize of €15,000. Kinnunen received her award on Tuesday 25 May from Finland’s Minister of Science and Culture Annika Saarikko.
Read more about Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators goes to Kirsi KinnunenApplication round for FILI grants has started 1 April
Application round for FILI translation grants began on 1 April 2021 and ends on 1 May 2021. Results will be […]
Read more about Application round for FILI grants has started 1 AprilMentorship programme 2021 starts in February
Mentorship is open to translators at the start of their careers who do not yet have significant experience of translating […]
Read more about Mentorship programme 2021 starts in FebruaryApplications to FILI’s Translator-in-Residence programme
In 2021 the residence period is 15.2.–7.3. in Villa Salin (Lauttasaari, Helsinki). The application period starts 2 November and deadline for the applications is 30 November (at 23.59 Finnish time).
Read more about Applications to FILI’s Translator-in-Residence programmeAnnemarie Raas receives Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators
On 6 October 2020, the Finnish minister of science and culture, Annika Saarikko, granted the State Award for Foreign Translators to the Dutch translator Annemarie Raas. The prize is worth €15,000 and was awarded this year for the forty-fifth time. Raas is the first translator into Dutch to receive the award.
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