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The Trubar Foundation
The Trubar Foundation is a joint venture of Slovene Writers’ Association, Slovenian PEN and the Center for Slovenian
Literature. The financial means for its activities are provided by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and by
other sources. The aim of the Trubar Foundation is to subsidy publications of Slovenian literature in translation.
Foreign publishers can apply for subsidies to publish Slovenian authors in their native languages. Trubar Foundation contributes
up to 50% of printing costs. It does not subsidy translation; translators can apply for translation grants directly to
the Slovenian Ministry of Culture.
The application should include the title of the book, name of the author, name of the translator, length in pages, number
of copies and the planned date of publication. Publishers should also prepare a financial estimate of all costs associated
with publication: copyright, royalties, layout, paper, printing, binding. The application should be accompanied by the publisher’s
latest catalogue. An application form can be downloaded at
www.ljudmila.org/litcenter/trubar-app.doc
Priority is given to the works of living authors who are already established in Slovenia. However, the Board will take all
applications for works of fiction, poetry, drama, or literary essays into account, as long as they are originally written in
Slovenian.
Time limits
The Board consists of seven equal members including the Presidents of Slovene Writers’ Association and Slovene PEN.
They convene at least twice a year, usually in March and October. Therefore, applications received by the end of February
and the end of September will promptly be dealt with. The book selected by the Board is to be published in six months
following the date of the written notice informing the publisher of the Board’s decision. Should the publisher publish the
book after the expired term, a new application is required.
Financial terms
Foreign publishers are required to provide the entire edition for which they received financial support from the Trubar
Foundation with an inscription stating that the book was published with the aid of the Foundation. The inscription should
read as follows:
This book was published with the support of Trubar Foundation at the Slovene Writers’ Association, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
English language can be replaced by the language of the edition.
Immediately upon publication the publisher should send to the Foundation ten (10) copies of the book, along with two
original copies of an invoice (signed and sealed) in exactly the approved amount. The Trubar Foundation will forward a
certain number of copies to the National and University Library in Ljubljana (www.nuk.si).
Address for applications:
Slovene Writers’ Association
for the Trubar Fund
Tomšičeva 12
SI – 1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
T: +386 1 4252 340
F: +386 1 421 64 30
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