WHITE FEVER by Jacek Hugo-Bader gains more and more attention of foreign publishers. Rights are already sold to 5 countries:

• World English Rights (Portobello Books)
• France (Noir sur Blanc)
• Italy (Gaffi Editore)
• Ukraine (ECEM Media)
• Israel (Kinneret-Zmora)

Andrzej Stasiuk received for his novel Taksim the Gdynia Literary Prize 2010, the second – after Nike – important Polish literary prize. The novel is also a continued success with foreign publishers, with rights sold so far to:

• France (Actes Sud)
• Spain (Quaderns Crema/Acantilado)
• Germany (Suhrkamp)
• Slovakia (Slovart)
• Slovenia (Studentska Zalozba)
• Bulgaria (Paradox)

I am pleased to announce recent foreign sales of titles represented by polishrights.com:

• Gottland by Mariusz Szczygieł – Slovenia (Sanje)
• Independence Avenue by Krzysztof Varga – Italy (Barbes)
• The Invisibles by Mateusz Marczewski – Italy (Bianca&Volta)

Włodzimierz Nowak and his German translator Joanna Manc received the Georg Dehio Buchpreis 2010 for “Die Nacht von Wildenhagen” (Polish title “Obwód głowy”) published by Eichborn Verlag.

Mariusz Szczygieł is shortlisted for the Elba Prize for his book “Gottland” which was published in Italy in November 2009 by Nottetempo. The winner will be announced on 17th July.

The Italian publisher of “Gottland” Nottetempo invited Mariusz Szczygieł to Italy for author meetings. He will meet with readers in Rome (Sunday, 28/03) and in Milan (Tuesday, 30/03).

French translation rights for Jacek Hugo-Bader’s book White Fever have just been sold to Editions Noir Sur Blanc for publication in spring 2011.

Rigths to this title are also sold to Portobello UK (World English rights).

Other recent sales include:

• Andrzej Stasiuk – Taksim - Slovenian rights sold to Studentska Zalozba
• Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki – Rose’s House/Krysuvik - Serbian rights sold to Geopoetika
• Krzysztof Varga – Turul Goulash - Ukrainian rights sold to ECEM Media

Here is a short coverage of the Europe Book Prize – Le prix du livre europeen 2009 which on 9th December was awarded to Mariusz Szczygieł for his book GOTTLAND.

http://fr.euronews.net/2009/12/10/reportage-litteraire-et-humour-recompenses-par-le-prix-du-livre-europeen/

Enjoy!

Mariusz Szczygieł, Andrzej Stasiuk and Krzyszotf Varga have received a lot of attention in the past few months, with nominations, prizes and reviews of their books appearing Europe-wide. Here is a short summary of recent deals for their books:

• Andrzej Stasiuk – Taksim – Slovak rights sold to Slovart
• Andrzej Stasiuk – Dark Woods – German theatre rights sold to Speicherbuhne Bremen
• Krzysztof Varga – Turul Goulash – Czech rights sold to Dokoran
• Mariusz Szczygieł – Gottland – Ukrainian rights sold to Grani-T

On 9th December Mariusz Szczygieł received the Europe Book Prize – Le prix du livre europeen 2009 in the category of fiction for his book Gottland.

This is the third edition of the prize, previous winners are Guy Verhofstadt (2007) and Tony Judt (2008).

The book was submitted by French critics who recommended the French edition, published by Actes Sud and translated by Margot Carlier.

The Europe Book Prize – Le prix du livre europeen is aimed at promoting European values, and the jury includes writers and journalists from all member countries.

Gottland by Mariusz Szczygieł is among of the three titles shortlisted for the Europe Book Prize – Le prix du livre europeen. The winner will be anounced in  Brussels on 9th December.