Litprom’s projects will be continued at Frankfurter Buchmesse

The members of Litprom e.V. have decided to dissolve the association as of December 31, 2024. All important projects will be continued at Frankfurter Buchmesse. Litprom’s employees will now be employed by Frankfurter Buchmesse.

For more than 40 years, Litprom has been promoting translated literature from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Arab world to the German book market. This task remains significant.

Despite extensive search for additional institutional funding, the Litprom office lacked sustainable financing. Therefore, board members of Litprom explored various options, resulting in a recommendation to dissolve the association. Litprom’s members assembly voted in favor of this recommendation on December 12, 2024.

Litprom’s employees Petra Kassler and Marcella Melien were hired by Frankfurter Buchmesse as of January 1^st 2025, joining the International Projects team. They will continue working on the most relevant projects, such as the translation funding programme, events, international collaborations and book recommendations. Litprom’s list of reading recommendations »Weltempfänger« will be revised and re-launched.

Litprom was founded in 1980 as »Society for the Promotion of literature from Africa, Asia and Latin America« and has always worked closely together with Frankfurter Buchmesse.