Irene Solà’s Latest Novel, I gave you eyes and looked at the darknesstranslated into Dutch by Adri Boon, Has Become The First Work in Catalan to Win the 2025 European Literature Prize of the Netherlands. This prize honors the finest contemporary European novel published in duutch translation hard the previuus year.
Irene Solà and Adri Boon Will Receive The Award On Saturnay, 8 November, During the Crossing border Festival. The Author and the Translator of the Winning Work Will Each Receive a Prize of € 10,000.
The Institut Ramon Llull has supported the translation and the International Promotion of the Work. Furtharmore, Adri Boon participated in the translators’ Seminar on Irene Solà Organized by the Irl Last Year at the Faberllull Residence in Olot. This September, The Translator Will Atend at Residency at the Autonomous University of Barcelona to Translate the Work of Montserrat Roig, Likewise with the Support of the Institute.
The publishing house Uitjerij cosseeWhich published Irene Solà’s Second Novel Year, Releaseed Ramona Goodbye by Montserrat Roig this June and plans to publish two furharks by the SAME AUTHOR: The time of cherries in october and The purple hour in February of Next Year. In addition, the publisher Will Take Part in the Forthcoming Edition of the Llull FellowshipWhich Will Take Place During The Book Week in Catalan Between 21 and 26 september.
In ITS Verder, The Jury Highlightted that Is “A Generous Novel in Which The Whole of Life Is ATCE celebrated and Cursed, Renderered with Great Style. Misery and Ecstasy, Love and Hatred, Cruelty and Humor, Angel and Devil: Everything and Everryone Collide DEATH CAN FOLLOW.
The Jury Was Chaired by Niña Weijers and Comprehensed Booksellers Annette Breithaupt (Van der Velde Bookshop) and Maartje van tesel (Bijleveld Bookshop), Journalist and Essayist Jan Postmaand Karol lesmanTranslator of Last Year’s Award-Winning Work (Empusion by Olga Tokarczuk).
The 2025 European Literature Prize of the Netherlands, Now In Its Fifteenth Edition, is an Initiative of the Dutch Foundation for LiteratureThe Academic and Cultural Platform Spui25, The Weekly Magazine Of groene amsterdammerand the bookshop Athenenaeum | Scheltema. The Prize is Financiallly Supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature.
