Dutch Foundation for Literature Offers Two Years of Sample Translations

The Dutch Literature Foundation commissioned two years of sample translations to promote titles and help translators make ends meet.

Books related to Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s International Booker Award-winning ‘The Discomfort of Evening’ (translated to English by Michele Hutchison) are displayed on this page of the Letterenfonds’ ‘New Dutch Fiction’ Autumn 2020 catalogue. Image: Nederlands Letterenfonds

By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson

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Translation Grants Available

The results of one of the most ingenious projects in translation funding in 2020 and 2021 is now available to international rights professionals through Nederlands Letterenfonds, the Dutch Foundation for Literature.

When the foundation wanted to support translators during the toughest periods of the still ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, it created a robust program of payment to translators by having them create 3,000- and 6,000-word sample translations of various Dutch books to help attract international translation interest. A lot of sample translations: 218 in 2021 and 176 samples in 2020 were created in this “temporary support scheme for literary translators from Dutch.”

The foundation’s investment was a handsome one: A total €327,000 (US$367,775) was allocated under this temporary support project, both for the sample translations and for promotion of a specific group of titles.

Those sample translations in 34 languages (in 2021 alone) now are available to rights directors, scouts, literary agents, and publishers, grouped into nine catalogues for fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, Dutch classics, and contemporary Dutch poets’ work.

The foundation reports that for 30 of these sample-translated titles, rights deals already have been made in at least 17 languages.

As the staff at the foundation writes, this huge collection of sample translations includes “classics such as Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer by Menno ter Braak, of which the Bulgarian translation by Boriana Katzarskais has been published on the site Kultura and is now being used in higher education, while the French translation by Pierre Marie Finkelstein will be published in March by Éditions La Barque.

“Sample translations of poetry and of children’s and young adult books,” the team writes in its media messaging, “also met with a positive response. Poems by Ester Naomi Perquin and Radna Fabias, translated by Nina Targan Mouravi, have appeared in Russian on various literary platforms and in magazines.

“And children’s books will also be published in ‘smaller’ languages such as Bulgarian, Czech, and Lithuanian. Those forthcoming works include Vosje by Edward van de Vendel and Marije Tolman, translated by Rima Dirse, and Quotum by Marloes Morshuis, translated by Birutė Avižinienė.”

Once you’ve clicked into a catalogue’s PDF, then click onto a given book’s cover. The associated information in the right-side column will offer translation samples as available.

Some titles may be immediately familiar to you. For example, below you see the page for Susan Smit’s The Witch of Limbricht, which in today’s Rights Roundup, you’ll find being presented by literary agent Marleen Seegers as The Last Witch Hunt.

Image: Nederlands Letterenfonds

The foundation says that traditionally German has been the chief language into which Dutch work would most likely be translated. But during this project, English translations were seen “sprinting ahead” of German, with as many as 44 titles by 41 authors having sample translations made into English—as opposed to 30 titles by 29 authors going into German.

In 2021, the second year of the project, the foundation shared the sample translations with rights managers at the Dutch publishing houses from which the original works had come. This way, the publishers, themselves, were in a position to promote their titles more readily.

And when international publishers buy specific titles, they can apply for translation grants from the foundation to support translation and promotion of a set of titles. We’ll drop that list here of titles and languages for your information.

Titles for Which Translation Grants Are Available

Catalogues in which sample translations can be found. Image: Nederlands Letterenfonds

In Afrikaans

1001 Nacht by Kader Abdolah (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Wium by Zyl
De boom met het oor by Annet Schaap (Querido, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Amelia De Vaal
De man met de zeegroene ogen by Koos Meinderts (Hoogland & By Klaveren, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Amelia De Vaal
Beer is op vlinder by Annemarie van Haeringen (Uitgeverij Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Amelia De Vaal
De kosmische komedie by Frank Westerman (Querido Fosfor, non-fiction), translator: Daniel Hugo

In Albanian

De uitvreter, Titaantjes, Dichtertje by Nescio (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Albana Shala
Herinneringen by Aletta Jacobs (Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf, non-fiction), translator: Albana Shala

In Arabic

De bruidsvlucht by Annemarie Estor (Poetrycentrum, poetry), translator: Hazim Kamaledin

In Armenian

Er is geen vorm waarin ik pas by Erna Sassen (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Samvel Ghratyan
Herfsttij der middeleeuwen by Johan Huizinga (Olympus, non-fiction), translator: Samvel Ghratyan

In Berber

Koning by Katoren by Jan Terlouw (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Mohamed Saadouni

In Bulgarian

Drift by Bregje Hofstede (Das Mag, fiction), translator: Iglika Vassileva-Van der Heiden
Hoe duur was de suiker by Cynthia McLeod (De Geus, fiction), translator: Aneta Dantcheva-Manolova
Zeb. by Gideon Samson (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Iglika Vassileva-Van der Heiden
De onbetrouwbare verteller by Maxim Februari (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Aneta Dantcheva-Manolova
De Avant-gardisten by Sjeng Scheijen (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Maria Encheva
Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer by Menno ter Braak (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Boriana Katzarska

In Catalan

Eilanddagen by Gideon Samson (Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Gustau Raluy

In Chinese

Dagboek van een poes by Remco Campert (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Wen Zhang
Ik vind je lief by Sanderijn Van der Doef (Ploegsma, children’s and youth literature), translator: Wen Zhang
De grenzen van mijn taal: een klein filosofisch onderzoek naar depressie by Eva Meijer (Cossee, non-fiction), translator: Yaotian Zhang
Mijn lieve gunsteling by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Teng-Chie (Jerry) Kuo
Zomervacht by Jaap Robben (De Geus, fiction), translator: Teng-Chie (Jerry) Kuo

In Danish

De herinnerde soldaat by Anjet Daanje (Passage, fiction), translator: Lise Bøgh-Sørensen
Beter wordt het niet by Caroline de Gruyter (De Geus, non-fiction), translator: Lise Bøgh-Sørensen
Honderd gedichten vanuit De Lage Landen, een anthologie van hedendaagse Nederlandse dichters with work by Ester Naomi Perquin, Mustafa Stitou, Eva Gerlach, Frank Keizer, Gerda Blees (multiple publishers, Podium, poetry), translator: Nina Malinovski

In German

Adam by Wanda Reisel (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Rainer Kersten
Condities by Thomas Heerma van Voss (Das Mag, fiction), translator: Ulrich Faure
Het aanbidden van Louis Claus by Helena Hoogenkamp (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Anna Carstens
Op weg naar de Hartz by Wessel de Gussinklo (Koppernik, fiction), translator: Ira Wilhelm
Antoinette by Robbert Welagen (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Ingrid Ostermann
Moord op de moestuin by Nicolien Mizee (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Silke Schmidt
Waar ik liever niet aan denk by Jente Posthuma (Pluim, fiction), translator: Dania Schüürmann
Knikkerkoning by Kira Wuck (Podium, fiction), translator: Andrea Kluitmann
Hoor nu mijn stem by Franca Treur (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Dania Schüürmann
De dwaler by Roos van Rijswijk (Querido, fiction), translator: Stefanie Ochel
Pastorale by Stephan Enter (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Christiane Kuby
Nicolas en de verdwijning van de wereld by Anne Eekhout (de Arbeiderspers, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Janine Malz
Hier zijn Ari en Loek by Yvonne de Vries (Hoogland & Van Klaveren, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Birgit Erdmann
Sabel by Suzanne Wouda (Hoogland & Van Klaveren, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Eva Schweikart
Koningskind by Selma Noort (Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Andrea Kluitmann
Bergje by Bregje Hofstede (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Heike Baryga
De sigarenfabriek by Isay Rottenberg. De verborgen geschiedenis van een joodse Amsterdammer in nazi-Duitsland by Hella en Sandra Rottenberg (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Christina Siever
Ook mijn Holocaust. Een reisverslag van 6 dagen en 35 jaar by Maurits de Bruijn (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Lisa Mensing
Kijken is bekeken worden. Uit de kelders van Het Stedelijk by Gerrit Komrij (De Arbeiderspers en Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, non-fiction), translator: Andrea Theresia van Dingstee
De zonen van Bruce Lee by Alex Boogers (Inside / Overamstel, non-fiction), translator: Anne Habermann
Hotel Schiller by Marjolein Bierens (Meulenhoff, non-fiction), translator: Ulrich Faure
Ananas. Een geschiedenis in opzienbarende verhalen en onverwachte ontmoetingen by Lex Boon (Meulenhoff, non-fiction), translator: Silke Schmidt
In de schaduw van een nachtvlinder. Een archeoloog op zoek naar sporen van de holocaust by Ivar Schute (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Christina Siever
Anne Frank was niet alleen. Het Merwedeplein 1933-1945 by Rian Verhoeven (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Waltraud Hüsmert
De kosmische komedie by Frank Westerman (Querido Fosfor, non-fiction), translator: Verena Kiefer
Japan in honderd kleine stukjes by Paulien Cornelisse (Uitgeverij Cornelisse, non-fiction), translator: Gerd Busse
Mens Dier Ding by Alfred Schaffer (De Bezige Bij, poetry), translator: Stefan Wieczorek
Doen en laten by Judith Herzberg (De Harmonie/Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Christiane Kuby
Een mens moet ook niet alles weten by Giobyni della Chiusa (Lebowski, poetry), translator: Andrea Theresia van Dingstee
Biografie van een vlieg en Zomervacht by Jaap Robben (Loopvis, poetry en De Geus, fiction), translator: Birgit Erdmann

In English

Zwanendrifters by Dido Drachmann (Scratch, graphic novel), translator: Moshe Gilula
Jaar Nul by Frenk Meeuwsen (Sherpa, graphic novel), translator: Laura Watkinson
Het smartlappenkwartier by Philip Snijder (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Emma Rault
De verdwenene by Lot Vekemans (Cossee, fiction), translator: Laura Watkinson
Rolien en Ralien by Josepha Mendels (Cossee, fiction), translator: Liz Waters
In de straten van Tepalka by Tip Marugg (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Scott Rollins
Winarta by Basuki Gunawan (literary magazine De Nieuwe Stem, fiction), translator: David Colmer
De laaiende stilte by Albert Helman (Amsterdamsche Boek- en Courantmaatschappij, fiction), translator: David McKay
Pastorale 1943 by Simon Vestdijk (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Marjolijn de Jager
Bint by F. Bordewijk (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: David Colmer
Het lichtschip by Mathijs Deen (Thomas Rap, fiction), translator: Jonathan Reeder
Zeeverhalen (een selectie uit het werk) by Maarten Biesheuvel (Van Oorschot, short stories), translator: Antoinette Fawcett
Het gulden vlies van Thule by Thea Beckman (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Brent Annable
Het helse paradijs by Thea Beckman (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Brent Annable
Gozert by Pieter Koolwijk (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Jonathan Ellis
Luna by Pieter Koolwijk (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Jonathan Ellis
Noem geen namen by Astrid Sy (Luitingh-Sijthoff, children’s and youth literature), translator: Anna Asbury
By honingbij tot hagelslag by Joel Broekaert (Ploegsma, children’s and youth literature), translator: Colleen Higgins
Hele verhalen voor een halve soldaat by Benny Lindelauf (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Kristen Gehrman
Olle by Guus Kuijer (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Michele Hutchison
De lege hemel by Marjan Slob (Ambo Anthos, non-fiction), translator: Brendan Monaghan
In het huis van de dichter by Jan Brokken (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: David McKay
De blinde fotograaf by Hannes Wallrafen (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Laura Vroomen
Goed kijken begint met negeren by Wieteke van Zeil (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Susan Ridder
Verplicht gelukkig. Portret van een familie by Saskia Goldschmidt (Cossee, non-fiction), translator: Lorraine T. Miller
Ook mijn Holocaust. Een reisverslag van 6 dagen en 35 jaar by Maurits de Bruijn (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Jonathan Reeder
Het complete Rekelboek en Alptraum. Stanley’s laatste gems by Koos van Zomeren (De Arbeiderspers, non-fiction), translator: Sue Anderson
Frictie by Miriam Rasch (De Bezige Bij, non-fiction), translator: Brendan Monaghan
Ongekende liefde. Mijn levensverhaal, verteld aan mijn dochter by Vamba Sherif (De Geus, non-fiction), translator: Susan Ridder
Schuldig: Een verkenning van mijn geweten by Jannah Loontjens (Podium, non-fiction), translator: Anna Asbury
Brief aan mijn moeder by Ischa Meijer (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Hester Velmans
Eichmann in Jeruzalem by Abel J. Herzberg (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Rob Naborn
Denken is verrukkelijk by Margriet van der Heijden (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Lorraine T. Miller
Voor altijd onze man in Teheran by Thomas Erdbrink (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Jeannette K. Ringold
Het geheim van de Gucci-koffer. Hoe de adel uit Midden-Europa verdween by Pauline Terreehorst (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Arienne van den Dries
Ik had me de wereld anders voorgesteld by Anil Ramdas (Querido, non-fiction), translator: Scott Rollins
Doe je best. Lof van het ongrijpbare leven by Marjoleine de Vos (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Rob Naborn
Vuil Goed by Rob Schouten (De Arbeiderspers, poetry), translator: Willem Groenewegen
[Collection of poetry](http://www.letterenfonds.nl/en/book/671/the-poetry-of-remco-campert by Remco Campert (De Bezige Bij, poetry), translator: Donald Gardner
Wie was ik by Alfred Schaffer (De Bezige Bij, poetry), translator: Michele Hutchison
Selection of poetry from Vallende Stilte by Gerrit Kouwenaar (Querido, poetry), translator: Francis Redvers Jones
‘Nachtboot’ and other poems by Maria Barnas (Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Donald Gardner
Collected poetry by Hanny Michaelis (Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Judith Wilkinson

Catalogues in which sample translations can be found. Image: Nederlands Letterenfonds

In Estonian

Kort Amerikaans by Jan Wolkers (Meulenhoff, fiction), translator: Kerti Tergem
Oeroeg by Hella S. Haasse (Querido, fiction), translator: Kerti Tergem

In Farsi

Hersenschimmen by J. Bernlef (Querido, fiction), translator: Ramin Farahani

In Finnish

Bougainville. Een gedenkschrift by F. Springer (Querido, fiction), translator: Titia Schuurman

In French

De geschiedenis van mijn seksualiteit by Tobi Lakmaker (Das Mag, fiction), translator: Daniel Cunin
Pathologieën by Jacob Israël de Haan (public domain, fiction), translator: Olivier by Wersch-Cot
Pijpelijntjes by Jacob Israël de Haan (public domain, fiction), translator: Daniel Cunin
Vallen is als vliegen by Manon Uphoff (Querido, fiction), translator: Arlette Ounanian
Eilanddagen by Gideon Samson (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Myriam Bouzid
Schaduw van de leeuw by Linda Dielemans (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Mireille Cohendy
Oomen stroomt over by Francine Oomen (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, non-fiction), translator: Noëlle Michel
Liever dier dan mens by Pieter van Os (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Myriam Bouzid
Vaderliefde by P.F. Thomése (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Paul Gellings
Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer by Menno Ter Braak (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Pierre-Marie Finkelstein
De schilders van duin- en bollestreek by Werner van den Belt en Bob Hardus (WBooks, non-fiction), translator: Thomas Beaufils
Verzamelde gedichten by Paul Rodenko (De Harmonie, poetry), translator: Paul Gellings
Het koningsgraf (uit: Verzamelde gedichten) by Bertus Aafjes (Meulenhoff, poetry), translator: Christian Marcipont
Monniksoog / Afscheid by Cees Nooteboom (Karaat / Koppernik, poetry), translator: Philippe Noble
Collected poems by Menno Wigman (Prometheus, poetry), translator: Jan Mysjkin
Collected poems by Adriaan Morriën (Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Christian Marcipont

In Greek

De Schaduwen van Radovar by Marloes Morshuis (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Maria Pigada
Ik moet dit doen by Maren Stoffels (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Maria Pigada
Het is oorlog maar niemand die het ziet by Huib Modderkolk (Podium, non-fiction), translator: Margarita Bonatsou

In Hungarian

Jheronimus by Marcel Ruijters (Lecturis, graphic novel), translator: Tamás Balogh
Uit het leven van een hond by Sander Kollaard (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Miklós Fenyves
De goudsmid en de meesterdief by Tonke Dragt (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Szabolcs Wekerle
De torens van februari by Tonke Dragt (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Szabolcs Wekerle
De brieven van Mia by Astrid Sy (Oxfam Novib, children’s and youth literature), translator: Erika Winkler
Iedereen was er by Toon Tellegen (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Orsolya Varga
Herinneringen. De autobiografie van Nederlands bekendste feministe en eerste vrouwelijke arts by Aletta Jacobs (Boom, non-fiction), translator: Judit Gera
BAM. Een reis van niets naar niets by Jelle Brandt Corstius (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Bérczes Tibor
Johan Cruijff. De biografie by Auke Kok (Hollands Diep, non-fiction), translator: Tamás Balogh

In Indonesian

Nog pas gisteren by Maria Dermoût (Querido, fiction), translator: Frieda Amran
De Wraak van Diponegoro by Martin Bossenbroek (Athenaeum, Polak & Van Gennep, non-fiction), translator: Maya Sutedja-Liem

In Italian

Ernest Hemingway is gecanceld by Henk van Straten (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Claudia Di Palermo
Wat is kunst? by Ted van Lieshout (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Olga Amagliani
Eilanddagen by Gideon Samson (Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Olga Amagliani
Hoe Tortot zijn vissenhart verloor by Benny Lindelauf (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Anna Patrucco Becchi
Mafiopoli. Een zoektocht naar de ’Ndrangheta, de machtigste maffia van Italië by Sanne de Boer (Nieuw Amsterdam, non-fiction), translator: Maria Cristina Coldagelli
De tuinen by Bomarzo by Hella S. Haasse (Querido, non-fiction), translator: Franco Paris
Het vaderpaard / It faderpaard. All poems by Tsjêbbe Hettinga (De Bezige Bij, poetry), translator: Claudia Di Palermo
Verzamelde gedichten by Hendrik Marsman (Querido, poetry), translator: Franco Paris

In Japanese

In Hollandia Suburbia by Guido van Driel (Concerto Books, graphic novel), translator: Ryochi Ichinose
Zwanendrifters by Dido Drachman (Scratch Books, graphic novel), translator: Natsumi Kawano
Winterijs by Peter van Gestel (Fontein, children’s and youth literature), translator: Yumi Nishimura

In Croatian

De val van Thomas G. by Nelleke Noordervliet (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Maja Weikert
Leven en laten leven by Hendrik Groen (Meulenhoff, fiction), translator: Svetlana Grubić Samaržija
Koning van Katoren by Jan Terlouw (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Radoby Lučić
Wat is kunst? by Ted van Lieshout (Leopold, children’s and youth literature ), translator: Svetlana Grubić Samaržija

In Lithuanian

Quotum. Project Z by Marloes Morshuis (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Birutė Avižinienė
Vosje by Edward by de Vendel (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Rima Dirse
De boom met het oor by Annet Schaap (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Rima Dirse
Sammie en opa by Enne Koens (Moon Amsterdam, children’s and youth literature), translator: Rima Dirse

In Macedonian

Mijn naam is Selma by Selma by de Perre (Thomas Rap, non-fiction), translator: Darko Cvetanoski

In Norwegian

Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Hedda Vormeland

In Ukrainian

Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Hedda Vormeland
Koning van Katoren by Jan Terlouw (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Oksana Smerek
Troost van bedroefde harten Selection letters by Vincent van Gogh (Prometheus, non-fiction), translator: Jaroslav Dovhopolyy
Veldgrauw by Evertjan van Roekel (Spectrum, non-fiction), translator: Jaroslav Dovhopolyy
Mijn naam is Selma by Selma van de Perre (Thomas Rap, non-fiction), translator: Oksana Smerek

In Polish

Het land, in brieven van Elisabeth Maria Post (Johannes Allart, fiction), translator: Jan Urbaniak
Hoe Tortot zijn vissenhart verloor en Hele verhalen voor een halve soldaat by Benny Lindelauf (Querido, children’s and youth literature), translator: Jadwiga Jędryas

In Portuguese

Dubbelspel by Frank Martinus Arion (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Mariângela Guimarães
Uit het leven van een hond by Sander Kollaard (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Mariângela Guimarães
Licht op Lissabon by Harrie Lemmens (De Arbeiderspers, non-fiction), translator: Leonor Raven
En altijd maar verlangen by Frénk van der Linden (Luitingh-Sijthoff, non-fiction), translator: Maria Júlia Abreu de Souza
Monniksoog / Afscheid by Cees Nooteboom (Koppernik, poetry), translator: Ana Maria Carvalho

In Romenian

Zomervacht by Jaap Robben (De Geus, fiction), translator: Irina Anton
Uit het leven van een hond by Sander Kollaard (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Oana Marin
Paarden vliegen business class. Verhalen over mens en dier in het Midden-Oosten by Olaf Koens (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, non-fiction), translator: Oana Marin

In Russian

Finse dagen by Herman Koch (Ambo Anthos, fiction), translator: Irina Bassina
Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Irina Michajlova
Wat is kunst? by Ted by Lieshout (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Ekaterina (Katja) Assoian
Een indiaan als jij en ik by Erna Sassen (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Albina Guryanova
Het meisje met de vlechtjes by Wilma Geldof (Luitingh-Sijthoff, children’s and youth literature), translator: Irina Leichenko
Moed en overmoed. Leven en tijd by Mata Hari by Jessica Voeten & Angela Dekker (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Olga Grishina
Dierentalen by Eva Meijer (ISVW Uitgevers, non-fiction), translator: Katja Assoian
Vrij van corona. Het begin van een nieuw tijdperk by Jaap Goudsmit (Pluim, non-fiction), translator: Ekaterina Tereshko
Cliffrock Castle. Werken op een kasteel in Schotland by Josephine Rombouts (Querido, non-fiction), translator: Olga Grishina
Achteraf by Karel van het Reve (Van Oorschot, non-fiction), translator: Elena Fadeeva
Habitus by Radna Fabias (De Arbeiderspers, poetry), translator: Nina Targan Mouravi
Meervoudig afwezig by Esther Naomi Perquin (Van Oorschot, poetry), translator: Nina Targan Mouravi

In Serbian

Hé, wie zit er op de wc? by Harmen by Straaten (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Nevena Kukoljac
Boer Boris gaat naar zee by Ted van Lieshout (Gottmer, children’s and youth literature), translator: Nevena Kukoljac
De zwarte zon by Jeroen Brouwers (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Olivera Petrovic van der Leeuw
Het Schilder-boeck by Karel van Mander (publiek domein, non-fiction), translator: Jelica Novakovic-Lopusina

In Slovenian

Confrontaties by Simone Atangana Bekono (Lebowski, fiction), translator: Staša Pavlović
Wij zijn licht by Gerda Blees (Podium, fiction), translator: Staša Pavlović
Hersenschimmen by J. Bernlef (Querido, fiction), translator: Stana Anželj
Slauerhoff, Herinneringen en brieven by F.C. Terborgh (De Bezige Bij, non-fiction), translator: Martina Soldo

In Slovak

Typex’s Andy: de vele levens van Andy Warhol by Typex (Scratch, graphic novel), translator: Zoran Oravec
Mystiek lichaam by Frans Kellendonk (Meulenhoff, fiction), translator: Adam Bžoch
De Waterman by Arthur van Schendel (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Zoran Oravec

In Spanish

Cliënt E. Busken by Jeroen Brouwers (Atlas Contact, fiction), translator: Julio Grande
Het aanbidden van Louis Claus by Helena Hoogenkamp (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Guillermo Briz
Dubbelspel by Frank Martinus Arion (De Bezige Bij, fiction), translator: Julio Grande
Als de winter voorbij is by Thomas Verbogt (Nieuw Amsterdam Uitgevers, fiction), translator: Marcela Cazau
Wij zijn licht by Gerda Blees (Podium, fiction), translator: Micaela by Muylem
Mooi doodliggen by A.F.Th. by der Heijden (Querido, fiction), translator: Gonzalo Fernández Gómez
Uit het leven van een hond by Sander Kollaard (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Gonzalo Fernández Gómez
Een aap op de wc by Joukje Akveld (Hoogland & Van Klaveren, children’s and youth literature), translator: Gustau Raluy
Afhankelijkheidsverklaring by Rebekka de Wit (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translator: Guillermo Briz
BAM. Een reis van niets naar niets by Jelle Brandt Corstius (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Micaela van Muylem
Verdwijnpunt by Wytske Versteeg (Querido, non-fiction), translator: Inge Luken
De wet van de stilte. Reis door Colombia by Karin Anema (Scriptum, non-fiction), translator: Marcela Cazau

In Czech

De rat van Amsterdam by Pieter Waterdrinker (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Radka Smejkalova
Terug tot Ina Damman by Simon Vestdijk (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Madla de Bruin-Hüblová
Wij zijn licht by Gerda Blees (Podium, fiction), translator: Madla de Bruin-Hüblová
Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Pavla van Dam Marková
Liefde, als dat het is by Marijke Schermer (Van Oorschot, fiction), translator: Radka Smejkalova
Bensboot by Pieter Koolwijk (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Libuse by Dijk
Geheimen van het wilde woud by Tonke Dragt (Leopold, children’s and youth literature), translator: Jana Pellarová
Ik ben Vincent en ik ben niet bang by Enne Koens (Luitingh Sijthoff, children’s and youth literature), translator: Pavla van Dam Marková
Baltische zielen by Jan Brokken (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translators: Jana Červenková en Lenka Strnadová
De Kozakkentuin by Jan Brokken (Atlas Contact, non-fiction), translators: Jana Červenková en Lenka Strnadová
Laura H. Het kalifaatmeisje uit Zoetermeer by Thomas Rueb (Das Mag, non-fiction), translator: Blanka Juranová

In Turkish

Antoinette by Robbert Welagen (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, fiction), translator: Hasan Türksel
Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco (Prometheus, fiction), translator: Gül Özlen
Perenbomen bloeien wit by Gerbrand Bakker (Cossee, children’s and youth literature), translator: Mustafa Ozen
Wij waren hier eerst by Joukje Akveld (Gottmer, children’s and youth literature), translator: Nevin Soysal
Homme en het noodgeval by Annejan Mieras (Lemniscaat, children’s and youth literature), translator: Hasan Türksel
We haten elkaar meer dan de joden. Tweedracht in de Palestijnse maatschappij by Els van Diggele (Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, non-fiction), translator: Kadir Turkmen
Hoe de eerste vonken zichtbaar waren by Simone Atangana Bekono (Uitgeverij Wintertuin, poetry), translator: Mustafa Ozen

Information about accredited translators from Dutch can be found on the site of Flanders Literature or in the translations database.

Catalogues in which sample translations can be found. Image: Nederlands Letterenfonds

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Porter Anderson

Porter Anderson is a non-resident fellow of Trends Research & Advisory, and he has been named International Trade Press Journalist of the Year in London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards. He is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives. He formerly was Associate Editor for The FutureBook at London's The Bookseller. Anderson was for more than a decade a senior producer and anchor with CNN.com, CNN International, and CNN USA. As an arts critic (Fellow, National Critics Institute), he was with The Village Voice, the Dallas Times Herald, and the Tampa Tribune, now the Tampa Bay Times. He co-founded The Hot Sheet, a newsletter for authors, which now is owned and operated by Jane Friedman.