He soon finds himself enchanted by his host's daughter, the lovely and inscrutable Maitreyi, a precocious young poet and former student of Tagore. Offered the hospitality of a senior Indian colleague, Alain grasps at the chance to discover the authentic India firsthand.

Originally published in Romanian in 1933, this semiautobiographical novel by the world renowned scholar Mircea Eliade details the passionate awakenings of Alain, an ambitious young French engineer flush with colonial pride and prejudice and full of a European fascination with the mysterious subcontinent. This call for applications strictly concerns titles to be published in 2023.Set in 1930s Calcutta, this is a roman á clef of remarkable intimacy. The assessment will be made by a panel of independent experts, selected after a public call for applications.Aimed at foreign publishing houses which intend to publish Romanian books and publications in translation, the two programmes are meant to facilitate the access of international audiences to Romanian culture and to support the presence of Romanian authors and books on the international book markets.CALENDARTPS & Publishing Romania 20231 February 2023The launch of the 2023 TPS & Publishing Romania's call for applications1 day1 February-8 March 2023The submission, by foreign publishers, of the application files, according to the Guidelines of the two financing programmes. The Romanian Cultural Institute, through the National Book Center, launches the „2023 Call Session'' for applications within the Translation and Publication Support (TPS) and Publishing Romania financing programmes for translations of Romanian books abroad.„2023 Call Session' is aimed at titles to be published in 2023.The budget of this session is 1 million lei (900 000 lei for Translation and Publication Support Programme and 100 000 lei for PUBLISHING ROMANIA), the funds being granted within the limit of the available budget.An absolute novelty of the current edition consists in the fact that the application files are to be submitted only online, by email | application files will be received from February the 1st till March the 8 2023, in accordance with the schedule presented below.

Translation and Publication Support Programme (TPS) and Publishing Romania „2023 Call Session’’

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