The international bestselling page-turner All This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo is reaching readers in 22 languages worldwide, as well as winning awards in different territories. After winning the Planeta Prize in 2016, All This I Will Give to You has won the independent booksellers Bancarella Prize in Italy, and received the Special commendation from
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At the Pontas Agency, we’re excited to announce that Rafel Nadal is 2019’s winner of the most prestigious literary award in Catalan language, the Ramon Llull, with a novel titled El fill de l’italià (The Italian’s Son). Rafel Nadal is a journalist and Catalan writer. He is the author of several bestselling novels such as La maledicció dels Palmisano (Columna,
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On December 14th, Jordi Cabré won the Sant Jordi Award 2018, one of the oldest and most prestigious awards of Catalan literature, given by Òmnium Cultural for his novel Digues un desig (Tell A Wish). The so-called “Nit de Santa Llúcia” (The Night of Saint Lucia) is an annual evening dedicated to Catalan Literature where
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Eka Kurniawan received the Prince Claus Award 2018 on December 6th, 2018 at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, together with six other laureates from different countries and cultural disciplines, in the presence of members of the Dutch Royal family and an international audience. The Prince Claus Awards, organized by the Prince Claus Fund, have been
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After the Swedish Academy cancelled the Nobel prize this year, a ‘New Academy’ has been put together by a consortium of writers, journalists and others to confer an award in October. In their mission statement, they say: “The New Academy is a nonprofit organization, politically and financially independent. It consists of a wide range of knowledgeable
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At the Pontas Agency, we’re glad to announce that the 2018 Ramon Llull Award Winner is Martí Gironell, with a novel based on the life of Jean Leon, titled La força d’un destí (The Strenght of a Destiny). The Ramon Llull Award has been awarded to a novel in Catalan language since 1981, and it’s the biggest in
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We’re thrilled to share with you the latest news on some of the authors represented by the Pontas Agency. Five of them have just won or are shortlisted to top prizes worldwide for their novels! Join us at the celebration of their success, and don’t miss the chance to read their work. Indonesian most globally
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As we reach the first half of the year, we’re delighted to see our authors strive with their books —and we couldn’t be prouder, as we see many of the writers represented by the Pontas Agency in the long- and shorlists of important international prizes worldwide! Two Pontas authors, Dolores Redondo and Federico Axat, are longlisted
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For the third year in a row, Anna Soler-Pont, founder and director of Pontas Literary & Film Agency, has been shortlisted to The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2017 in the category of Literary Agent. You can see all the nominees of this year’s awards here. Jacks Thomas, director of the London Book Fair,
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Another year comes to an end, and we couldn’t be prouder of the authors we represent, with many of them having been longlisted, shortlisted and winners of important awards all over the world. These awards are a recognition to the great talent of the authors that we work for. The Pontas Agency has been representing international literature
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