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Books in Brief – news flashes about Danish literature.
Right now in the Literature Centre
– brief news relating to the Literature Centre’s international activities.

Tell it to the Marines
Books in Brief | 28-05-2010

French prize to Carsten Jensen>

Meet us at the London Book Fair 2010
Right Now in the Literature Centre, Danish literature | 16-04-2010

Meet the Danish Arts Council at the London Book Fair, April 19'th – 21'st 2010.>

Salon du Livre in Paris invites Jens Christian Grøndahl
Books in Brief | 24-03-2010

The Danish writer Jens Christian Grøndahl is invited as special guest by the Salon du Livre book fair along with 29 other major writers to celebrate the first 30 years of the fair.>

Salon du Livre in Paris
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 24-03-2010

Meet the representatives from Denmark at the Nordic common stand, X68.>

Bologna Children's Book Fair. Meet representatives from the Literature Centre
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 24-03-2010

The Danish Arts Council will be represented by Annette Bach and Lars Sidenius from the Danish Arts Agency.>

The Danish writer Carsten Jensen awarded the Olof Palme Prize 2009
Books in Brief, Danish literature | 19-01-2010

A diploma and 75.000 US dollar will be handed over to Carsten Jensen in Stockholm January 29.>

A prestigious Slovak literary prize awarded to Pia Tafdrup
Books in Brief, Danish literature | 9-11-2009

Jan Smrek Prize 2009 awarded to the poet Pia Tafdrup (Denmark) for her poetical work>

Danish Literary Magazine Autumn 09 is now online
Books in Brief | 12-10-2009

The Danish Arts Council's Committee for Literature publishes Danish Literary Magazine. Twice a year the magazine brings news on Danish literature home and abroad.>

Spanish publishers visit Copenhagen
Books in Brief, Danish literature | 3-06-2009

Danish and Spanish publishers to meet for three days in Copenhagen.>

The Danish Translator’s Prize 2008 – Call for Nominations
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 19-05-2008

The Danish Arts Council’s Literature Committee invites nominations for the Danish Translator’s Prize 2008.>

Danish literature up for discussion in Spain
Books in Brief | 6-05-2008

Knud Romer, Janne Teller and Morten Ramsland meet their Spanish readers on May 7, 8 and 9 in Madrid.>

Book Fair in London 2008
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 11-04-2008

Come meet the Danish Arts Council Literature Committee at the London Book Fair, April 14th-16th 2008. >

Prizes to Niels Frank og Hans Otto Jørgensen
Books in Brief | 4-03-2008

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".>

Translation Prize to Mette Holm
Books in Brief | 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.>

The Nordic Council Literature Prize Awarded to Naja Marie Aidt
Books in Brief | 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.>

Translators Seminar in Madrid
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 15-02-2008

February 29th and March 1st, Spanish translation of Danish and Norwegian literature is on the program in Madrid.>

Come write in Denmark!
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 28-01-2008

Two Danish residences invite international writers for a work-visit to Denmark.>

The Autumn Literary Grants Have Been Awarded
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 19-12-2007

The Danish Arts Council has concluded its annual autumn literary grant awards.>

Holberg Medal to Klaus P. Mortensen
Books in Brief | 3-12-2007

December 3rd professor Klaus P. Mortensen is awarded the Holberg Medal "with regard to a certain connection to the spirit of Holberg".>

Little frogs at Moscow Book Fair
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 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.>

International Translators Visiting the Danish Book Fair
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 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.>

Nordic Translation Support Available Retroactively
Right Now in the Literature Centre | 8-11-2007

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.>

Danish Literary Magazine 3 Is Now Online
Books in Brief | 2-10-2007

The danish Arts Council's Committee for Literature publish Danish Literary Magazine. Twice a the magazine brings news on Danish literature home and abroad.>

Spanish Interest in Danish Literature
Books in Brief | 2-10-2007

During the course of the coming years, fourteen Danish books will be published in Spanish – the highest number ever.>

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