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Established in 2001 by the Student Organisation of the University of Maribor, Litera Publishing House aims to develop publishing activity in eastern Slovenia and promote outstanding original and translated literature. Litera has launched a series of quality publishing programmes based on criteria such as contemporary relevance, originality, and aesthetics, alongside exclusively literary and local history publications. Works published by Litera have received a number of awards and nominations.

In addition to book publishing, Litera also organises literary events, book presentations, meetings with authors, and literary workshops. Litera books have been presented at international book fairs in Ljubljana, Frankfurt, Prague, Belgrade, Pula, and Tuzla.

Programme

Litera's book series include: Piramida (contemporary Slovene literature), Babilon (contemporary world literature), Nova znamenja (humanities), Mladež (youth literature), Vedute (contemporary poetry), and From the antique world. Before SAZU took over the publication, Litera also published the series Collected Works of Slovene Poets and Prose Writers.

From 2003 to 2005 Litera co-organised the traditional Herberstein Literary Meeting of Slovene Writers, and between 2007 and 2012 the literary-music festival Spogledi.

Awards

Litera Publishing Housewas nominated or received most of Slovenian literary awards, some examples are: Florjan Lipus recived Grand Prešeren Award in 2003 for his book Boštjanov let. Erika Vouk: recived Veronika award in 2004 for her poetry collection Valovanje. Olga Tokarczuk recieved three Vilenica awards for Pravek in drugi časi. And in 2019 Sergej Harlamov was nominated for Veronika Award for his poetry collection Mnogoboj mitologij.

Litera online bookshop

All Litera books are available for purchase online at their website.

External links

Litera Publishing House and Bookshop website (in Slovenian)

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+Established in [[Established::2001]] by the Student Organisation of the [[University of Maribor]], [[Litera Publishing House]] aims to develop publishing activity in eastern Slovenia and promote outstanding original and translated literature. Litera has launched a series of quality publishing programmes based on criteria such as contemporary relevance, originality, and aesthetics, alongside exclusively literary and local history publications. Works published by Litera have received a number of awards and nominations.
+In addition to book publishing, Litera also organises literary events, book presentations, meetings with authors, and literary workshops. Litera books have been presented at international book fairs in Ljubljana, Frankfurt, Prague, Belgrade, Pula, and Tuzla.
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+{{TeaserSlo|Litera razvija založniško dejavnost v vzhodni Sloveniji in promovira različna dela na področju domače in prevedene literature. }}
-===History===
-Established in November 2001 by the Student Organisation of the University of Maribor with the aim of contributing to the development of publishing activity in eastern Slovenia and creating a new space for authors as well as readers.
+== Programme ==
-===Venue, Branch===
+Litera's book series include: ''Piramida'' (contemporary Slovene literature), ''Babilon'' (contemporary world literature), ''Nova znamenja'' (humanities), ''Mladež'' (youth literature), ''Vedute'' (contemporary poetry), and ''From the antique world''. Before SAZU took over the publication, Litera also published the series ''Collected Works of Slovene Poets and Prose Writers''.
-Its bookstore (see below) is a space dedicated to the development of critical thought, literary-cultural production and publication.
+From 2003 to 2005 Litera co-organised the traditional [[Herberstein's Literary Meeting of Slovene Writers (HLSSK)|Herberstein Literary Meeting of Slovene Writers]], and between 2007 and 2012 the literary-music festival ''Spogledi''.
-===Programme===
+==Awards==
-Litera has launched a series of non-profit, intellectual, essayistic and literary programmes based on criteria such as actuality, originality and aesthetics, alongside exclusively literary and local history publications. Since 2001 it has published more than 130 different publications. The Litera book collections are: ''Piramida (''contemporary Slovene literature), ''Babilon (''contemporary world literature), ''Nova znamenja ''(humanities), ''Mladež'' (youth literature), ''From the antique world'', and the 'Collected Works of Slovene Poets and Prose Writers'.
+[[Litera Publishing House]]was nominated or received most of Slovenian literary awards, some examples are: ''Florjan Lipus'' recived  [[Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards|Grand Prešeren Award]] in 2003 for his book Boštjanov let. ''Erika Vouk'': recived Veronika award in 2004 for her poetry collection Valovanje. ''Olga Tokarczuk'' recieved  [[Vilenica International Literary Awards|three Vilenica awards]] for Pravek in drugi časi. And in 2019 ''Sergej Harlamov'' was nominated for [[Veronika Award]] for his poetry collection Mnogoboj mitologij.
-===Projects===
+== Litera online bookshop ==
-In June 2007 Litera organised the Bistrica Literary Days festival called ''Spogledi'' at the [[Slovenska Bistrica Castle]].
+All Litera books are available for purchase online at their website.
-===International cooperation===
-===See also===
-[[Litera Bookstore]]
-===External links===
+==See also==
+* [[Litera Bookshop]]
+* [[Veronika Award]]
+* [[Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards|Grand Prešeren Award]]
+* [[Vilenica International Literary Awards|three Vilenica awards]]
+== External links ==
+*[http://www.zalozba-litera.org/ Litera Publishing House and Bookshop website]  (in Slovenian)
 [[Category:Literature]]
-[[Category:Producers]]
+[[Category:Literature publishers]]
+[[Category:Publishers]]
 [[Category:Festival organisers]]
+[[Category:Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012]]
+[[Category:EU funding of Slovene organisations (Culture and MEDIA Programmes)]]
+[[Category:EU Culture funding recipient]]

Difference between revisions of "Litera Publishing House"

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Programme

Awards

Litera online bookshop

See also

External links

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