Mapping China: Literature - Practical Information on Publication

• Due to its long term involvement in the Chinese publishing world and its yearly participation in the Beijing International Book Fair, the Dutch Foundation for Literature can provide information and advice on publishing matters in China.
• English language information on Chinese literature and publishing in China can be found at the website Paper Republic, which also has a China Publishing Industry Newsletter one can subscribe to. A list of Chinese publishers can be found at the same website: http://paper-republic.org/publishers/
• Internationally operating literary agencies for the Chinese book market are Grayhawk and Peony.

Publication and Translation Subsidies

• Publishers and translators, from The Netherlands and abroad, can apply for various kinds of financial support with the Dutch Foundation for Literature: www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/subsidies.
• China Book International (or CBI) is a Chinese state-run project offering financial aid for the publication of Chinese literary works in translation.
• The Confucius Institute at Leiden University supports various cultural and literary projects related to China.

Recent Dutch translations of Chinese literature

• January 2015: Yue Tao, Schemering over Shanghai, De Geus
• February 2015: Bi Feiyu, Krekel krekel, De Geus
• May 2015: Mai Jia, De gave, Meridiaan
• September 2015: Liu Zhenyun, Ik ben geen secreet, Arbeiderspers
• September 2015: Mo Yan, De sandelhoutstraf, De Geus
• November 2015: Mo Yan, Het rode korenveld, De Geus
• January 2016: Yu Hua, De zevende dag, De Geus
• April 2016: Xu Zechen, Rennend door Beijing, De Geus

Recent Chinese translations of Dutch literature

• January 2015: Robert van Gulik, The Gibbon in China: An essay in Chinese animal lore, Zhongxi Book Company
• January 2015: Fiona Rempt, Supervrienden/Kampioenen, Hebei Juvenile & Children’s
• January 2015: Tjibbe Veldkamp, 22 wezen, Tomorrow
• March 2015: Govert Schilling, Deep space, Posts & Telecom Press
• April 2015: Eveline Crone, Het puberende brein, Peking University Press
• May 2015: Willem van Schendel, A history of Bangladesh, Orient
• June 2015: E.J. Dijksterhuis, De mechanisering van het wereldbeeld, Commercial Press
• June 2015: Charlotte Dematons, Tobber, Tomorrow
• July 2015: Marijke ten Cate, Wie heeft de dikste billen, Tomorrow
• August 2015: Rudolf Kahl, Herinneringen: Mijn jeugd op de puinhopen van het Derde Rijk, People's Literature
• November 2015: Mark Nelissen, Darwin in de supermarkt, Phoenix Literature & Art
• March 2016: Tommy Wieringa, Een mooie jonge vrouw, People’s Literature

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