Ministry of Culture grants for publishing Czech literature abroad
Every year, the Czech Ministry of Culture awards grants to support the publication of Czech prose, poetry, drama, essays, comics and children’s literature abroad.
Publishers can apply for funding for:
- translation costs (up to 50% of the total cost of publishing)
- graphic design, typesetting and printing costs (up to 50% of the total cost of publishing)
- copyright costs (up to 15% of the total cost of publishing)
- promotion costs (up to 25% of the total cost of publishing)
In total, the grant can cover up to 70% of the total cost of publishing.
Publishers, agents and translators can apply for funding for:
- the translation of an excerpt of between 10–25 standard pages of text (a standard page is 1800 characters with spaces)
Magazines can apply for funding for:
- publishing costs of an issue where at least 50% of the total content is dedicated to original Czech literature. In total, the grant can cover up to 70% of the total cost of publishing.
Deadlines
15th May for books and excerpts to be published in the same year as the application is submitted
15th November for books and excerpts to be published in the following year after the application is submitted
Application form
The application form for 2019/2020 can be downloaded in English, German and Czech here.
(Please send the completed form to Radim Kopáč, radim.kopac@mkcr.cz)
Contribución a la historia de la alegría
Radka Denemarková
Trans. Montserrat Tutusaus Romeu | Spanish
Title | Author | Year | Translator | Publisher | Language |
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Χάνα | Alena Mornštajnová | 2020 | Kostas Tsivos | Alexandria | Greek |
Anita y Pepe 2 | Lucie Lomová | 2020 | Nuria Mirabet Cucala | Reservoir Books | Spanish |
Where Was the Angel Going? | Jan Balabán | 2020 | Charles Kraszewski | Glagoslav Publications | English |
Czeski Raj | Jaroslav Rudiš | 2020 | Katarzyna Dudzic-Grabińska | Książkowe Klimaty | Polish |
Truchlin | Vojtěch Matocha | 2020 | Anna Radwan-Żbikowska | Wydawnictwo Afera | Polish |
Mona | Bianca Bellová | 2020 | Anna Radwan-Żbikowska | Wydawnictwo Afera | Polish |
Какво разказваше горилата | Markéta Pilátová | 2020 | Denitsa Prodanova | Perseus | Bulgarian |
Mit Baťa im Dschungel | Markéta Pilátová | 2020 | Sophia Marzolff | Wieser Verlag | German |
Contribución a la historia de la alegría | Radka Denemarková | 2020 | Montserrat Tutusaus Romeu | Galaxia Gutenberg | Spanish |
Me despertaré en Shibuya | Anna Cima | 2020 | Kepa Uharte | Nórdica Libros | Spanish |
Atrapadores de polvo | Lucie Faulerová | 2020 | Kepa Uharte | Editorial Huso | Spanish |
Banquete fúnebre por Karlovy Vary | Miloš Urban | 2020 | Kepa Uharte | Editorial Huso | Spanish |
La madrastra | Petra Hůlová | 2020 | Fernando de Valenzuela | Báltica Editorial | Spanish |
H2O Y LA MISION ACUATICA SECRETA | Petr Stančík | 2020 | Daniel Ordóňez | Apache Libros | Spanish |
Najboljše za vse | Petra Soukupová | 2020 | Nives Vidrih | Celjska Mohorjeva Družba | Slovenian |
Tihe Godine | Alena Mornštajnová | 2020 | Sanja Miličevič Armada | Hena Com | Croatian |
Hašek, a medve | Irena Dousková | 2020 | Borbála Csoma | Kalligram | Hungarian |
Santa Bárbara | Marek Šindelka | 2020 | Daniel Ordóňez | Reino de Cordelia | Spanish |
Kitas miestas | Michal Ajvaz | 2020 | Vytas Dekšnys | Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla | Lithuanian |
Paris Notebook | Tereza Riedlbauchová | 2020 | Stephan Delbos | The Visible Spectrum | English |