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Uma ilha brasileira no campo literário alemão: Dinâmicas de circulação literária pela editora Suhrkamp e a recepção da literatura do Brasil (1970-1990)
Bielefeld: transcript (2022), 394 pp.
"30 anos de literatura brasileira na RFA: como uma das editoras centrais da Europa do pós-guerra, a editora Suhrkamp, contribuiu e impulsionou a recepção da literatura brasileira no mercado editorial alemão. Através da análise de documentos do arquivo da editora Douglas Pompeu reflete sobre a
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Heinemann's African Writers Series: An Appraisal of its Contemporary Relevance in Nigeria
Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, Master Thesis (2021), 64 pp.
"Africa's history of publishing is long and multilayered and within these layers is Heinemann's African Writers Series founded in 1962 to nurture indigenous creative writing. This research addresses the contemporary relevance of Heinemann's African Writers Series (AWS) in Nigeria. It examines the cu
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Buchmarkt, Buchindustrie und Buchmessen in Deutschland, Spanien und Lateinamerika
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2015), 313 pp.
"Die spanische und lateinamerikanische Literatur und ihre institutionelle und mediale Vermittlung in den deutschen Buchmarkt sind Gegenstand des vorliegenden Bandes. Die Interferenzen zwischen dem spanisch- und dem deutschsprachigen Literaturbetrieb werden von ausgewiesenen Experten aus Wissenschaft
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Die Lust auf Liebesromane: Ein kleiner Verlag in Lagos holt nigerianische Literatur zurück nach Hause
welt-sichten, issue 11 (2011), pp. 34-35
"Nigeria hat eine lange Lese- und Literaturtradition und kann sich mit mehreren renommierten Schriftstellern schmücken. Trotzdem werden im Land selbst kaum Bücher von einheimischen Autoren herausgegeben. Der Verlag Cassava Republic will das ändern. Das ist nicht leicht, aber die Verleger lassen s
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Translation, Language and Fiction Publishing in Africa: The Case of Uganda
Utrecht University, Master Thesis (2010), 132 pp.
Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature
Oxford; Athens, Ohio: James Currey Publishers;Ohio University Press (2008), 349 pp.
"James Currey was the editor in charge of the African Writers Series (AWS) at Heinemann Educational Books from 1967 to 1984. Together with his colleagues Henry Chakava in Kenya, Aig Higo in Nigeria, and Keith Sambrook in London they published the first 270 titles in the series. This fascinating and
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Performance of the Arabic Book Translation Industry in Selected Arab Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi-Arabia and Syria
Zurich: Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA) (2007), 168 pp.
"Underperformance of the Arabic book translation industry is attributable to (among other factors) severe coordination failures. This is a state of affairs in which the inability of the different agents (translators, book publishers, suppliers, customers, and supporting organizations, state, and so
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Translating and Publishing African Language(s) and Literature(s): Examples from Nigeria, Ghana and Germany
Frankfurt am Main; London: IKO Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation (2006), 393 pp.
"Examines the challenges of translating African literatures into European languages and, in particular, the problems of translating African voices into German. Chapter 3 is devoted to publishing African literature in Germany, the reception and the book market for African writing, while Chapter 5 loo
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Où va le livre en Afrique ?
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Paris: L'Harmattan (2003), 239 pp.
"Ce numéro spécial de la revue Africultures, consacré à “Où va le livre en Afrique ?”, contient de nombreuses contributions sur divers aspects de l'édition, du commerce du livre, de l'état du livre et du lectorat en Afrique (principalement francophone). Il comprend également des articles
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L'édition africaine en France: Portraits
Paris: L'Harmattan (2003), 233 pp.
Chinua Achebe, the African Writers Series and the Establishment of African Literature
African Affairs, volume 102, issue 409 (2003), pp. 575-585
"In the list of ‘Africa's 100 Best Books’ published in 2002 over a quarter of the books had been published in the African Writers Series. Chinua Achebe is renowned for his novel Things Fall Apart which has sold close on 10 million copies. Much less well remembered is his creative role as the fir
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Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria
Princeton, New Jers.: Princeton University Press (2000), 340 pp.
"This is an impressive and innovative study, and perhaps one of the most comprehensive sociological analyses of a literary system ever written. While the book is primarily devoted to an analysis and understanding of the novel in Nigeria, chapter 2:“The Nigerian Fiction Complex” (pp. 26-119), off
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African Writers - Publishers Seminar: A Report
Development Dialogue (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation), issue 1-2 (2000), pp. 49-83
"The African Writers-Publishers seminar (Arusha III) was held at Tarangire Sopa Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania, in February 1998. The aim of the seminar was to facilitate not only a better understanding of the publishing process - and to "demystify" it - but to establish a spirit of mutual confidence betwe
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Litterature d'Afrique noire: Les conditions de production et de circulation du livre de 1960 a nos jours
Paris: Université Paris-Nord, Doctoral Thesis (1992), 619 pp.
"Cette recherche propose un bilan statistique de la production litteraire africaine et une analyse des conditions materielles et economiques de production et de circulation des textes, tous deux revises a la lumiere des facteurs sociologiques et ideologiques qui les influencent." (Résumé)
1980-1990: Dix ans de littératures. 1: Maghreb - Afrique Noire
Paris: Clef (1990), 150 pp.
A Handbook for African Writers
London: Hans Zell Publishers (1986), 218 pp.
"A pioneering volume containing a wealth of practical information and advice for African authors. Describes how to present a manuscript, how to find a publisher, dealing with literary agents, and offering advice about contracts, remuneration, copyright, and writing for the media. Illustrated with so
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