Sheikh Zayed Book Award launches Translation Initiative

25 Feb, 2018

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced the launch of a Translation Initiative in cooperation with the Frankfurt Book Fair N.Y branch, aiming to support publishing houses in translating the Award’s winning titles into English, French and German. The initiative comes as part of the action plan in response to the recommendations materialising out of the Translators' Seminar held in London last year towards providing appropriate support and awareness of Arab authors and literary works.

HE Saif Saeed Ghobash, Director General of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, said: “This year is witnessing the 12th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, marking more than a decade of the hard work and effort that has laid the foundation for a cultural and literary landmark that seeks to celebrate creative literary scholars and intellectuals. The Award has always been characterised by its openness to international cultures and encouraging remarkable cultural activity at both Arab and international levels. As part of the Department’s initiatives that celebrate the Year of Zayed, I am delighted to be taking part today in signaling another big step along the march of excellence, a strategic partnership with the Frankfurt Book Fair Office in New York.”

“This partnership is aimed at encouraging translations from Arabic into other languages and spreading Arab culture in the West, thus strengthening the position of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award among international awards as an incubator of Arab culture and promoter of dialogue among civilizations”, Ghobash added.

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