Translation Grants

TRANSLATION GRANTS

OBJECTIVE
• Promote translation and presentation of Croatian literature abroad by co-financing translation costs

WHAT?
• Fiction, quality non-fiction and works of special cultural interest

WHO?
• Publishers with a seat of business outside Croatia.

WHEN?
• Around the year

HOW?
• Application Form
• Contract with copyright holder
• Contract with translator
• Publishing house profile/catalogue
• Translator’s profile

MOBILITY
• Travel grants for writers, translators, book professionals to attend festivals, readings, participate in collaborative projects, etc.
• Subsidies to book/writer/translator associations and organizations to encourage bilateral/multilateral & regional/international exchange
• Subsidies to writer/translator residencies to foster exchange:
– Dubrovnik Writer Residence, Writer Exchange Program maintained by MC
– Marko Marulić Writer in Residence, Split
– Hiža od besid Writer Residence, Pazin
– Zvona i nari Writer Residence, Ližnjan
– Kamov Residency Program, Rijeka
– P.E.N. Croatia Writer in Residence, Zagreb
– Ulysses' Shelter, Literary Residences for Writers, Translators and Editors
– Residency of the Croatian Literary Translators’ Association  
 

Instructions to publishers for applying to the translation grants

Contact: translation-grants@min-kulture.hr

Useful info: Ministry of Culture and Media