After the trip to Munich in January to visit several publishers, and continuing the Pontas Agency’s will to strengthen the personal and direct contacts while the world becomes more digital and technological, Anna Soler-Pont went to Paris the last days of February. Many meetings took place inside the Editis building (above), on Place d’Italie.
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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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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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The Göteborg Book Fair in 2017 was rather special for the Pontas Agency. After attending this fair for many years in a row, an author represented by the agency —Eka Kurniawan— was the “face” of the prestigious seminar program for this year’s fair; and three other authors from the agency were also in attendance: Sara Lövestam, Saskia Vogel and Lisa
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Bookshops in the UK and in the US are currently full of novels by Pontas authors, as many new titles have been recently published in English worldwide! On June 1st, the powerful debut novel Dark Chapter by Winnie M Li was published in the UK by Legend Press. It’s coming out on September 12th in
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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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More films than ever around the world are based on books. The answer to this trend is always the same: it is much more comfortable for a producer or director to be able to go back to the book whenever it is needed, and the dialogue and synergies between literature and cinema are endless. A
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As we reach the first half of 2016, at the Pontas Agency we couldn’t be happier and prouder of the authors we represent internationally as many of them were shortlisted, longlisted or either won important prizes: a celebration of talent and diversity. For instance, Eka Kurniawan and Leila S. Chudori are among the 10 shortlisted writers on the
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Love and Vengeance is Eka Kurniawan‘s third novel, originally published in Bahasa Indonesia in 2014 by Gramedia under the title Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas. At the Pontas Agency we are now delighted to announce that film rights to adapt the novel into a feature film have been acquired by Jakarta-based company Palari Films. The film
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Two authors represented by the Pontas Agency are among the 13 novels longlisted to the Man Booker International Prize 2016, celebrating the finest in global fiction: Fiston Mwanza Mujila (from Congo, writing in French) and Eka Kurniawan (from Indonesia, writing in Bahasa). This is the first longlist ever to have been announced for the Man
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