Institut Ramon LLull

Applications now open for grants to promote Catalan and Aranese Literature abroad

Literature.  Barcelona, 05/10/2018

Institut Ramon Llull's grants for the promotion of Catalan and Aranese Literature abroad are now open. The application deadline is 5 October 2018.




Purpose

To carry out the following activities within the grant-award year:

a) Promotional events abroad focusing on Catalan and Aranese literature:  international literary festivals, book launches and promotional campaigns for newly translated works.

b) Monographic texts on Catalan and Aranese literature published in cultural journals.

c) Translation and production of booklets of excerpts from Catalan and Aranese literature for circulation abroad.

 

Recipients

a) Promotional events:

Self-employed individuals or legal entities, public or private, Spanish or foreign which organize literary activities on a regular basis.

b) Monographic texts in cultural journals:

Self-employed individuals or legal entities, public or private, Spanish or foreign.

c) Translation of excerpts:

Self-employed individuals or legal entities, public or private, Spanish or foreign.

 

Grant-supported Expenditures

a) Promotional events:

The following is considered grant-supported expenditure:

  • The author's and/or translator's travel costs
  • The author's and/or translator's accommodation
  • Professional fees (translator, presenter and other participating external parties).
  • Graphic material (layout, printing and design costs and distribution of the graphic material)
  • Fees of the external communications company
  • Marketing campaign expenses

b) Monographic texts in cultural journals:

The following is considered grant-supported expenditure:

  • Fees for the writer(s), translator(s), publishers(s) and external contributor(s)
  • Image copyrights

c) Translation of excerpts:

The cost of translating the excerpt, the author's biography and the associated press articles is considered grant-supported expenditure.

The excerpt to be translated may not exceed 15% of the text of the original work.

 

Application deadline

The application deadline for this call for grant proposals is from the day after the publication of the call in the Catalan Government’s Official Bulletin (DOGC) (15 june 2018) until 5 October, 2018, both dates inclusive.

 

Queries

General: Marc Dueñas (mduenas@llull.cat).

Regarding the application and processing of the grant request: Maria Jesús Alonso (mjalonso@llull.cat).

Application deadline: 5 October 2018

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