The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and Man Booker International Prize Merger

• Published in: Logos (London, England) Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 7 - 24
• Main Authors: Bold, Melanie Ramdarshan, Norrick-Rühl, Corinna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands BRILL 01.01.2017

There is a dramatic imbalance of cultural output in the global publishing industry. English-language publishers are disinclined to translate and publish foreign language books as a result of the popularity of English-language books and the high costs of translation. Three per cent is the oft-quoted...