Ireland Literature Exchange will provide a small number of subsidies to publishers in Brazil, China, India and Spanish-speaking Latin America to publish translations of specific, key works related to the 1916 Easter Rising.
These works are Sebastian Barry - A Long Long Way, Roddy Doyle - A Star Called Henry, Lia Mills-Fallen, Siobhán Parkinson - No Peace for Amelia, Gerard Whelan - The Guns of Easter and James Stephens - The Insurrection in Dublin.
The availability of works related to the Rising will not only engage readers of different ages, languages and cultures and inform them about this historic event, but also generate a deeper interest in Ireland and its history and culture.
For more information please visit www.irelandliterature.com.
Cuirfidh Idirmhalartán Litríocht Éireann líon beag fóirdheontas ar fáil d’fhoilsitheoirí sa Bhrasaíl, sa tSín, san India agus in áiteanna i Meiriceá Laidineach ina labhraítear Spáinnis chun aistriúcháin a fhoilsiú ar an bpríomhshaothar sonrach a bhaineann le hÉirí Amach 1916.
Is iad na saothair sin Sebastian Barry – A Long Long Way, Roddy Doyle – A Star Called Henry, Lia Mills-Fallen, Siobhán Parkinson -– No Peace for Amelia, Gerard Whelan – The Guns of Easter and James Stephens – The Insurrection in Dublin.
Mar gheall ar infhaighteacht saothar a bhaineann leis an Éirí Amach beidh léitheoirí d’aoiseanna éagsúla, le teangacha difriúla agus ó chultúir éagsúla in ann dul i ngleic leis an imeacht stairiúil seo, ach cothófar chomh maith suim dhomhain in Éirinn agus ina stair agus a cultúr.
Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil féach ar www.irelandliterature.com.