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News: Festive launch of four Flemish picture books in IndiaBook launch India

The FLF is proud that the first translations of Flemish picture books in India have been launched successfully!

 

Four books were translated into Hindi: ‘Rikki' by Guido Van Genechten, ‘Slaap lekker, Rosalie' (Sweet dreams, Rosalie) by Brigitte Minne and An Candaele, ‘Vogeltjelief' (Sweet birdie) by Kristien Aertssen and ‘Willy' by Geert De Kockere and Carll Cneut.

 

The books are published in the series ‘Saat Samunder Paar Se' (meaning From Across the Seven Seas) by A&A Book Trust. The series introduces the children in India to stories from all over the world.

 

 

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Recently translated

  • Do Van Ranst Pappa säger att vi räddar liv (Mijn vader zegt dat wij levens redden), translated into Swedish by Rikard Bonde and Ingrid Wikén Bonde (Turbine, Arhus C). 
  • Hilde Vandermeeren Cleos Kästchen (Het kistje van Cleo), translated into German by Eva Schweikart (Patmos Verlag, Mannheim).
  • Jan Simoen Mamas Liebling (Slecht), translated into German by Mirjam Pressler (Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg). 
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  • Peter Verhelst (in collaboration with Carll Cneut) Das Geheimnis der Nachtigall (Het geheim van de keel van de nachtegaal), translated into German by Mirjam Pressler (Boje Verlag, Cologne).  
  • Peter Verhelst (in collaboration with Carll Cneut) Il segreto dell'usignolo (Het geheim van de keel van de nachtegaal), translated in Italian by Sabina de Waal). 
  • Ingrid Godon Le Livre des fêtes (Het feestenboek), translated into French (La Joie de lire, Genève).
  • Paul Verrept (de kleine soldaat), translated into Japanese by Etsuko Nozaka (Sakuhokusha Publishing Company, Tokyo). 
  • Noëlla Elpers Dolores (Dolores), translated into German by Mirjam Pressler (Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg). 
  • Peter Verhelst (in collaboration with Carll Cneut) Skrivnostno grlo slavcevo (Het geheim van de keel van de nachtegaal), translated into Slovenian by Mateja Seliskar Kenda (Narava, Preddvor). 

 

 

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 De kleine soldaat (Japanese) - Paul Verrept

 


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