Sanjoy Roy, producer JLF, Michele Albaret-Maastsch, translator, Ajay Mago, publisher Om Books, Emmanuel Lenain, ambassador of France in India, Deepa Chaudhuri and Puneet Gupta and Leila Slimani novelist and winner of the Prix Goncourt. Deepa Chaudhuri and Puneet Gupta were awarded the Romain Rolland Prize 2020 for their translation Asterix into Hindi. Photo IPP
The French Institute in India announces the launch of the 5th edition of the Romain Rolland Book Prize 2022. An award for the best publication of a French title in India supported by Priti Paul via Apeejay Trust.
Like in the previous years, translations into all Indian languages (including English) will be considered for all genres published. Books that have been already submitted or were already translated by existing Jury members/ consultants would not be considered.
Should you wish to apply, please send us the following materials for each title:
· 10 hard copies of the book ;
· PDF of the translated title (mandatory) ;
· PDF of the original French title (mandatory) ;
· The synopsis and front cover of the title (HD version);
· Updated CV of the translator with contact details ;
· All the details requested in the attached excel sheet.
The jury will be chaired by the French Institute in India / Embassy of France in India. The eminent jury will be composed of professors from the different universities in France and India, literary translators from both countries to assess the quality of the translation.
Note: All the above-mentioned elements are absolutely mandatory and are expected to be received before the given deadline. No entries received afterward will be considered as this information has to be transmitted to the jury.
To apply, please send us the requested elements before 10th June 2021.
2023 promises an interesting ride for print in India
Indian Printer and Publisher founded in 1979 is the oldest B2B trade publication in the multi-platform and
multi-channel IPPGroup. While the print and packaging industries have been resilient in the past 33 months since the pandemic lockdown of 25 March 2020, the commercial printing and newspaper industries have yet to recover their pre-Covid trajectory.
The fragmented commercial printing industry faces substantial challenges as does the newspaper industry.
While digital short-run printing and the signage industry seem to be recovering a bit faster, ultimately
their growth will also be moderated by the progress of the overall economy. On the other hand book
printing exports are doing well but they too face several supply-chain and logistics challenges.
The price of publication papers including newsprint has been high in the past year while availability is diminished by several mills shutting down their publication paper and newsprint machines in the past four years. Indian paper mills are also exporting many types of paper and have raised prices for Indian printers. To some extent, this has helped in the recovery of the digital printing industry with its on-demand short-run and low-wastage paradigm.
Ultimately digital print and other digital channels will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future. For instance, there is no alternative to a rise in textbook consumption but this segment will only reach normality in the next financial year beginning on 1 April 2023.
Thus while the new normal is a moving target and many commercial printers look to diversification, we believe that our target audiences may shift and change. Like them, we will also have to adapt with agility to keep up with their business and technical information needs.
Our 2023 media kit is ready, and it is the right time to take stock and reconnect with your potential markets and customers. Print is the glue for the growth of liberal education, new industry, and an emerging economy. We seek your participation in what promises to be an interesting ride.
