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HALMA, the European Network of Literary Centers
National Network
Germany
Address
Karl-Kunger-Str. 55 Berlin GermanyCountry
GermanyCity
BerlinStreet address 2
Karl-Kunger-Str. 55Telephone
00493097882578Website
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2006Contact Person1
Laura SeifertOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
ArtsGeneral Information
HALMA is a network of 26 literary centers in 21 European countries. The main office is based in Berlin. Secetary general, one assistant and volunteers organize fundraising for common projects and cooradinate the writers exchange programme and members meetings as well as general PR for the network. HALMA receives funding from the Robert Bosch Foundation and has now been selected for a 3 year operating grant of 30.000 Euro from the EU. We also organize transnational projects, such as Letters to Milosz and Literature in flux with support of the European Cultural Foundation and the European Commission. HALMA's main purpose is to provide a platform for exchange between literary centers via annual members meetings, the translation of literature and mobility of writers via grants, workshops and exchange programmes.Mission and Objectives
The purpose of Halma is to create a European structure for projects and actors that extends national borders and in which they can move between different European regions in order to work there, further their education as well as implement and present projects. This way, Halma wants to promote European cultural exchange in the areas of literature and intercultural dialogue, to further understanding between peoples, literary life and language culture. It is intended that it fulfills its goal, in particular, by means of awarding subsidy funds to authors, translators and persons in the European literary establishment, as well as the organization and implementation of projects of European interest. Such subsidy and project funding can be designated for * travel, residence and work scholarships * organization and implementation of cultural projects within the Halma network * prize money and awards. * publications * to take measures for the Halma-network´s infrastructureMain Projects / Activities
HALMA mobility grants for writers (mulitlateral residencies for writers) What's new in European literature (transnational literary festival) Letters to Milosz (transgenerational literature project on occasion of 100 anniversity of Nobel Prize laureate Czeslaw Milosz) Literature in Flux 2011/2012 - a literary journey along the Danube and the Mediterranean coast