Grant for translation of Hungarian books
The Hungarian Book Foundation has been dissolved on 12 October 2011, as the dissolution order of the Metropolitan Court Budapest has come into force. The Foundation’s activities and assets are going to be transferred to the Petőfi Literary Museum (PIM), Budapest.
Our subvention activities are going to continue as PIM – Hungarian Books and Translations; we hope to have our first round for applications in Spring, 2012.
The processes of the integration into the Petőfi Literary Museum are currently taking place; due grant payments will continue from mid-January.
Please find all further information here and on the homepage of the Museum (http://pim.hu) in the following weeks.
The Translation Fund works within the frames of the Hungarian Book Foundation. Main tasks:
- grants for translations from Hungarian
- literary information centre.
About Hungarian authors and books in English: www.hunlit.hu and www.hlo.hu
Translation grants:
The Translation Fund of the Hungarian Book Foundation can give financial support to foreign publishers for translations of Hungarian literary works, covering from 40% up to 80% (depending on the decision of the committee) of the total translation costs, payable after publication.
The foreign publisher must submit
- an application form
- short presentation of author, book, translator and publishing house (most recent catalogue)
- a copy of the contract with the right’s owner
- a copy of the contract with the translator.
Deadlines for applications are 31 March and 31 October every year. Grants will be considered only for books to be published
after these dates. The commitee makes it’s decision 6 weeks after the deadlines. All applicants will be contacted no later than 10 days after the jury’s decision.
Following criteria will be considered:
- literary merit of the proposed work
- applicant’s ability to carry out the project (high quality translation, successful distribution).
The Foundation transfers the sum granted directly to the foreign publisher after receiving three (3) copies of the foreign
language edition and a confirmation signed by the translator about the receipt of his/her fee.
The translation must be published within two years after the decision, otherwise the grant is automatically cancelled.
For more detailed information and application forms please contact
Dóra Károlyi
Translation Fund of the Hungarian Book Foundation
H-1146 Budapest, Hermina str. 57. Phone/Fax [+36 1] 384 56 76
e-mail: dora.karolyi@t-online.hu or dora.karolyi@hungarianbookfoundation.hu
