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Awarded European Children's Writers
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Mar 1, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Odiseja will translate, publish and promote 10 proposed children’s books written by 10 awarded authors from 7 EU countries. The chosen novels address to various age groups and thematic preferences, but all meet the same criteria: 1. show literary excellence, 2. easily communicate with contemporary children truly understanding their needs and interests (all are loved by their readers), 3. understand temptations and problems of growing up, not avoiding difficult or awkward subjects, 4. stand in defence of tolerance, open mind and high moral values. This project will help development of e-book market in Serbia and promote European literature and values to the worldwide audience reading Serbian.Proposed novels were written by outstanding, awarded authors: from already classic ones such as Italian Bianca Pitzorno and Czech Pavel Šrout (both shortlisted for Hans Andersen Medal), to younger writers hastily completing their prestigious awards collections, such as Carnegie Medal winner Sally Gardner and Marcus Sedgwick; from worldwide famous bestselling English Jacqueline Wilson, who won all the major awards for children’s literature, to young Hungarian István Lakatos who has yet to cross national borders; from one of the most popular writer of YA fiction, Malcolm Rose, to three mega-stars awarded for both their adults fiction and children’s literature, such as French Daniel Pennac, Norwegian Jo Nesbø and Irish Roddy Doyle. This selection makes a representative sample of the best children’s and YA literature EU has to offer at this moment. We will focus on promotion of this titles through all the media and means available, maximally diversifying them: digital media (especially for YA audience), printed media (younger children whose parents choose books for them), readings and exhibitions in schools and libraries (school graders), the book fairs, TV, radio, promotion materials (general population) etc. always seeking to increase presence of the project on the cultural scene.
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