On the Margins: Underrepresented Voices, Genres and Experiences in European literatures

Call reference number: EACEA 13/2018

Programme title: Support to Literary Translation Projects (2-year projects)

Contract Number: 604567

Action title: Underrepresented Voices, Genres and Experiences in European literatures

Summary of the action: The main objectives of the support for literary translation projects are:

- to support cultural and linguistic diversity in the EU and in other countries participating in the Culture Sub-programme of the Creative Europe Programme;
- to strengthen the transnational circulation and diversity of high quality literary works in the long term;
- to improve access to these literary works in the EU and beyond;
- to reach new audiences for quality literary translated works.

Within the above objectives, the priorities of the support for literary translation projects are:

- supporting the promotion of European translated literature;
- encouraging the translations from lesser used languages into English, German, French and Spanish (Castilian) as these may contribute to a wider circulation of the works;
- encouraging the translation of less represented genres such as works for a younger public (children, adolescents and young adult), comics/graphic novels, short stories or poetry;
- encouraging the appropriate use of digital technologies in both the distribution and promotion of the works;
- encouraging the translation and promotion of books which have won the EU Prize for Literature (see http://www.euprizeliterature.eu);
- raising the profile of translators. For that reason, publishers will be required to include a biography of the translators in each translated book.