Call for 2025 residency for literary translators and writers

Residency of the Croatian Literary Translators’ Association (CLTA) for literary translators and writers promotes and encourages cooperation between translators and writers from all over the world. Applications are open to literary translators who live abroad and translate Croatian writers, as well as to foreign writers interested in visiting Zagreb.

CLTA collaborates with language institutes, language departments at the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences in Croatia, publishers, festivals and international networks for residential exchanges. The most significant part of our residents' stay is dedicated to their work on the text that brought them to Zagreb. Other activities may include panel discussions with fellow translators and writers, workshops and masterclasses at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, as well as partnerships with peers and guest appearances at literary festivals.

For the duration of their stay, residents will be accommodated in the residency apartment and receive a daily allowance of €30.

Application deadline: all year, availability permitting. However, we encourage candidates for the 2025 residency to apply by the end of 2024. Residency hosts an average of 8 to 15 residents a year.

Duration of residency: 2 to 4 weeks

Description of residency: A room with attached bathroom and access to the common kitchen in the residency apartment, shared with the CLTA office, located in the centre of Zagreb.

Eligible candidates: foreign translators and authors, with at least one published literary work or translation.

Contributions during the stay: residents are expected to write a text (essay, poem, short story, diary entry…) for the residency blog that is published during or after their stay. They might also be invited to literary meetings, public readings and events at city libraries, as well as to share their know-how with students from Croatian universities.

Application procedure: applications including a biography, a bibliography, a motivation letter, as well as the title of the book on which the candidate wishes to work during their stay are to be sent to: rezidencija@dhkp.hr

The residency program participants are selected through special invitation and through open calls for proposals. In both cases, decisions are taken by the Program Board of the Croatian Literary Translators’ Association and the project coordinator.

Website: www.dhkp.hr 

Residency blog: www.rezidencija.dhkp.hr 

Contact: Vlatka Tor, project coordinator and Erika Koporčić Sovilj, CLTA / DHKP office manager

The project is funded by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and the City of Zagreb

Call for CLTA residency for literary translators and writers 2025 (PDF)

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