Indian representatives at Frankfurt
Three Individuals from India — Anya Malhotra, Esha Chatterjee and Vinay Kumar Diddee — has been invited to the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019, the world’s biggest gathering of the book industry, to be held from 16 to 20 October, under its various programmes.
25 Sep 2019 | 4582 Views | By Dibyajyoti Sarma
Anya Malhotra in Translators Programme
Anya Malhotra from India is one of the other participants of the Translators Programme. Malhotra is an AIIC interpreter and has been working as a freelance translator for close to 25 years. She studied English literature and went on to do an MA in German translation and interpretation, studying in India and in Germany.
She translates from German and Hindi into English. She has translated several German-language authors, such as Martin Mosebach, Anja Utler, Markus Kirchhofer, Anne-Marie Kenessey and Raphael Urweider. She has recently worked for Penguin Random House India, LIT Verlag, Social Science Press.
Esha Chatterjee in Fellowship Programme
Esha Chatterjee from India, founder and CEO, Bee Books, head of marketing, Patra Bharati, is one of the Frankfurt Fellows 2019. Chatterjee runs the publishing house, BEE Books, and loves the art of making beautiful books. BEE Books publishes everything from translations, fiction, non-fiction, essays to graphic novels and corporate coffee table books. She also is the managing director for Patra Bharati and heads the marketing wing for the Bengali publishing press.
“I expect to meet like-minded professionals who are contributing to innovative ways to the book industry, from Germany and all over the world. Meet, ideate and look for opportunities for collaborations through author exchanges, literature festivals, translations and explore methods of skill-building,” Chatterjee said about her participation at the Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Vinay Kumar Diddee in Invitation Programme
The guest publishers will attend a two-and-a-half-day seminar before the Fair begins, which not only prepares them for the event but also provides them with wide-ranging information on the German book market. As a discussion forum, the seminar gives them the opportunity to talk to experienced speakers from the industry on topics such as international sales, marketing, rights and licensing as well as book design.
Vinay Kumar Diddee, founder and director of Little Latitude, is one of the participants of Invitation Programme. Founded in 2013, Little Latitude is a publisher focused on beautifully illustrated, carefully designed and well produced books for young children. They work with renowned writers and editors as well as established and emerging artists to create picture books which challenge and engage young minds, giving equal importance to image and text. Their books are stocked at stores in India, Singapore, UAE and the USA.