ISMC’s Publications Manager, Charlotte Whiting, was selected as one of twenty fellows from some 200 applications from 34 countries for the Istanbul Tanpınar Literature Festival Professional Meetings Fellowship Programme this year.
The Istanbul Tanpınar Literature Festival holds international events for professionals in its Fellowship Programme to encourage collaboration among authors, publishers, editors and translators from both Turkey and abroad. Since its first launch in 2011, ITEF has hosted
"We also had the chance to meet several prominent Turkish authors and ask about their career and visit publishing houses. "
Charlotte Whiting
124 professionals from 30 countries in Istanbul.
“It was a great opportunity to learn about the Turkish publishing market,” said Charlotte Whiting. “We also had the chance to meet several prominent Turkish authors and ask about their career and visit publishing houses. I was able to make some contacts who I hope the ISMC will be able to work with in the future.
“At the same time we learned about the Turkish literature market from the inside out and the works which are available for translation from Turkish into foreign languages.”
This year, ITEF’s seventh professional publishing fellows programme gave its 20 participants a programme of presentations about the Turkish publishing industry, networking events and meetings over the course of three days.
2017 ITEF Fellows were:Ágnes Orzóy (Magvető, Hungary) Anders Gronkvist Pedersen (Paraplyen, Denmark) Andrew Lownie (Andrew Lownie Literary Agency, UK) Anna Katarina B. Rodriguez (National Book Development Board, Philippines) Antonina Balashova (Ivan Limbakh, Russia) Charlotte Whiting (Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, UK) Eleni Kekropoulou (Enalios & Oceanos, Greece) Ka Bradley (Granta, UK) Laura Vesanto (Fabriikki Kustannus, Finland) Luke Frostick (The Bosphorus Review of Books, Turkey) Madalina Bucsa (S.C. Humanitas, Romania) Marta Rossich (EDICIONES B, Spain) Maya Feldman (Am-Oved , Israel) Mohamed El-Baaly (Sefsafa, Egypt) Nacera Khiat (SEDIA, Algeria) Nilli Cohen (The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, Israel) Pablo Alonso Cotrina Cardenas (César Vallejo University Press, Peru) Parisa Ebrahimi (Penguin Random House, USA) Sarah Houtermans (Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, Germany) Zeynep Beler (Freelance Translator, Turkey)
Read more about the Istanbul Tanpınar Literature Festival.
