CREATIVE EUROPE LITERATURE TRANSLATION PROJECT
project: STRANGE DAYS IN EUROPE
Our project consists of books that will be translated both from the Greek into Spanish and from lesser spoken languages, English, French and Spanish into Greek. This way, we hope to create bonds between the original and target languages. We will translate books from Danish and Albanian, two lesser used languages, into Greek as well as Greek books (yet another lesser used language) into Spanish. We will introduce the work of Spanish Nobel prize-winner, Vicente Aleixandre to the Greek market for the very first time; also, the not so widely known literary, hybrid texts of famous French composer, Erik Satie. We will promote queer literature both in Greece and in Spain through the translation of the book of Antonis Tsirikoudis into Spanish and Bjorn Rasmussen into Greek. Furthermore, most of our proposed books belong to under-represented genres such as short story collections, a comic album, an interdisciplinary prosetry collection, a poetry collection. Through our proposed books we aim to create a network of cultural and linguistic exchange through quality and under-represented literature that also to develop networks in order to create more space for this literary dialogue to expand in the future.
1/BOOK: Epika e yjeve të mëngjesit (The Epic of the Morning Stars)
WRITER: Rudi Erebara
AWARDED WITH EUROPEAN PRIZE
COUNTRY: ALBANIA
TRANSLATOR: ELSON ZGURI
PROPRIETOR OF THE RIGHTS: Rudi Erebara
PAGES: 597
LANGUAGE: Albanian to Greek
TRANSLATION: FEBRUARY 2020 – JUNE 2020 /PUBLICATION-
RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 2020
2/ BOOK: THE SPINNING HEART
WRITER: Donal Ryan
AWARDED WITH EUROPEAN PRIZE
COUNTRY: IRELAND
TRANSLATOR: GREGORY PAPADOYIANNIS
PROPRIETOR OF THE RIGHTS: THE LILLIPUT PRESS
care of: Marianne Gunn O’Connor
PAGES: 160
LANGUAGE: English to Greek
FEBRUARY 2020 – – MAY 2020 /
RELEASED IN GREECE JUNE 2020
3/ BOOK: Huden er det elastiske hylster der omgiver hele legemet
WRITER: Bjørn Rasmussen
COUNTRY: DENMARK
TRANSLATOR: SOTIRIOS SOULIOTIS
PROPRIETOR OF THE RIGHTS:
PAGES: 93
LANGUAGE: Danish to Greek
AWARDED WITH EUROPEAN UNION’S LITERATURE PRIZE
FEBRUARY 2020 – – MAY 2020 /JUNE 2020
RELEASED IN GREECE JUNE 2020
4/ BOOK: SELECTED POEMS
WRITER: Vicente Aleixandre
COUNTRY: SPAIN
TRANSLATOR: NANSI ANGELI
PROPRIETOR OF THE RIGHTS: AGENCIA LITERARIA CARMEN BALCELLS, S.A / Foreign Rights
PAGES: 117
LANGUAGE: Spanish to Greek
AWARDED WITH NOBEL PRIZE
FIRST PUBLICATION IN GREEK
MAY 2020 – SEPTEMBER 2020
RELEASED IN GREECE OCTOBER 2020
5/ BOOK: Les cahiers d’un mammifère
WRITER: Erik Satie
COUNTRY: FRANCE
TRANSLATOR: DANAI ROUSSOU
PROPRIETOR OF THE RIGHTS: –
PAGES: 107
LANGUAGE: French to Greek
FIRST PUBLICATION IN GREEK
MAY 2020 – SEPTEMBER 2020
:RELEASED IN GRECE: JULY 2020
6/ BOOK: When you least expect it
WRITER: Antonis Tsirikoudis
COUNTRY: GREECE
TRANSLATOR: Mario Domínguez Parra
PROPRIETOR OF THE RIGHTS: STRANGE DAYS BOOKS
PAGES: 120
LANGUAGE: Greek to Spanish
FIRST PUBLICATION IN GREEK 2015
OCTOBER 2020 – JANUARY 2021/ MARCH 2021
7/ BOOK: Alloutera
WRITER: Andriana Minou
COUNTRY: GREECE
TRANSLATOR: Mario Domínguez Parra
PROPRIETOR OF THE RIGHTS: STRANGE DAYS BOOKS
PAGES: 110
LANGUAGE: Greek To Spain
FIRST PUBLICATION IN GREEK 2018
JANUARY 2021 – APRIL 2021 / MAY 2021
8/BOOK: Ephemera (comic)
WRITER: Gregory Papadoyiannis
COUNTRY: GREECE
TRANSLATOR: Mario Domínguez Parra
PROPRIETOR OF THE RIGHTS: STRANGE DAYS BOOKS
PAGES: 32
LANGUAGE: Greek To Spain
FIRST PUBLICATION IN GREEK 2018
APRIL 2021 – JUNE 2021 / JUNE 2021
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