News

Books in Brief | Danish literature up for discussion in Spain | 06-05-2008
Knud Romer, Janne Teller and Morten Ramsland meet their Spanish readers on May 7, 8 and 9 in Madrid. >

Right Now in the Literature Centre | Book Fair in London 2008 | 11-04-2008
Come meet the Danish Arts Council Literature Committee at the London Book Fair, April 14th-16th 2008. >

Books in Brief | Prizes to Niels Frank og Hans Otto Jørgensen | 04-03-2008
Niels Frank and Hans Otto Jørgensen have been awarded respectively the Georg Brandes Prize and the Critics Prize for their works, "Everything Else Is a Lie; Essays on Modern Literature" and "With Room for Hundreds of Cows". >

Books in Brief | Translation Prize to Mette Holm | 29-02-2008
The annual Prize of the Danish Translators Association will be awarded this year to Mette Holm for her translations from the Japanese. >

Books in Brief | The Nordic Council Literature Prize Awarded to Naja Marie Aidt | 29-02-2008
Naja Marie Aidt has been awarded a prize of DKK 350,000 (nearly US$ 70,000) for her short story collection, Baboon. >

Right Now in the Literature Centre | Translators Seminar in Madrid | 15-02-2008
February 29th and March 1st, Spanish translation of Danish and Norwegian literature is on the program in Madrid >

Right Now in the Literature Centre | Come write in Denmark! | 28-01-2008
Two Danish residences invite international writers for a work-visit to Denmark. >

Right Now in the Literature Centre | The Autumn Literary Grants Have Been Awarded | 19-12-2007
The Danish Arts Council has concluded its annual autumn literary grant awards. >

Books in Brief | Holberg Medal to Klaus P. Mortensen | 03-12-2007
December 3rd professor Klaus P. Mortensen is awarded the Holberg Medal "with regard to a certain connection to the spirit of Holberg". >

Right Now in the Literature Centre | Little frogs at Moscow Book Fair | 26-11-2007
On behalf of the Danish Arts Council’s Literature Committee, the Literature Center will be visiting the annual international Book Fair NON/FICTION in Moscow together with Jakob Martin Strid. >

Right Now in the Literature Centre | International Translators Visiting the Danish Book Fair | 14-11-2007
The Literature Committee of the Danish Arts Council, in connection with the Danish Book Fair being held in Copenhagen’s Forum, has invited a number of international translators to Denmark. >

Right Now in the Literature Centre | Nordic Translation Support Available Retroactively | 08-11-2007
In connection with the Translation Pool’s deadline of January 1st, 2008, an exceptional possibility exists to apply for support for Nordic translation of Danish works which have already been translated. >

Books in Brief | Spanish Interest in Danish Literature | 02-10-2007
During the course of the coming years, fourteen Danish books will be published in Spanish – the highest number ever. >

Right Now in the Literature Centre | Danish Literary Magazine 3 Is Now Online | 02-10-2007
The danish Arts Council's Committee for Literature publish Danish Literary Magazine. Twice a the magazine brings news on Danish literature home and abroad. >