Brazil Commits $7.5m to “The Internationalization of Brazilian Literature”

Publishing Perspectives

By the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair the Brazilian government wants to have funded the translation of 250 books into foreign languages.
Last year Brazil’s Nation Library Foundation’s “Program for Supporting The Translation and Publishing of Brazilian Authors Abroad” invested R$536,000 [US$343,000] with foreign publishers to support literary translation. This resulted in 68 different books published in 18 countries, including Spain, Germany, England, France, Italy, the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Israel, Croatia among others.
This sum is nearly eight times higher than 2009, when the Foundation spent just R$70,000 [US$44,871] to fund the translation of nine books. Compare that to 2002, when not even one cent was spent on the program, and you’ll see how the commitment to spreading Brazilian voices overseas has grown.
READ MORE >>