Literature and books

Incentives for Austrian Literature

8 May – 31 August 2012

Incentives for Austrian Literature is intended to serve as a stimulus for the translation of the latest works of Austrian literature. The virtual library www.readme.cc is an international literary portal which presents and ...

Reading by Doron Rabinovici

24 May 2012, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

Doron Rabinovici, a novelist, essayist, and historian, was born in 1961 in Tel Aviv and has lived in Vienna since 1964. He has written three novels and a collection of short stories as well as ...

Doron Rabinovici at the University of Kent

31 May 2012

Writer and historian Doron Rabinovici visits the University of Kent in Canterbury on 31 May 2012 for a special day of literature events. The visit is organised by the University's Centre for Modern European ...

News

Opening of “Salzburg Literary Archives”

The “Salzburg Literary Archives” – a literary-historical research centre of the University, the City and the Land of Salzburg – were formally opened on 19 April 2012. They collect and investigate living and posthumous estates of authors, such as Barbara Frischmuth, Peter Handke, Gert Jonke and Stefan Zweig, with ties to Salzburg and make them available for academic research.

English PEN Launches Major New fund for Literary Translation

English PEN, the charity promoting the freedom to write, is launching a major new fund for literary translation. Click here to find out more!

Austrian government awards, grants and subsidies for translation

With a view to promoting (Austrian or foreign) translators or the translation of Austrian contemporary literature, subsidies, grants and awards are available from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture. Click here for more information.