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Forfatteren Dansk Forfatterforening No forfatteren dansk forfatterforening no. 02 2020 Redigeringens landskab ※ Midt i en coronatid ※ Generalforsamling 2020 ※ LEDER Forfatterforeningens fokus under coronakrisen ※ AF MORTEN VISBY, FORMAND FOR DANSK FORFATTERFORENING nder coronakrisen har en betydelig stigning i udgifterne til det digitale foreningen haft fokus på udlån, hvor mange kommuner har fjernet eller medlemmernes akutte hævet loftet over den enkelte borgers forbrug. økonomiske tab. Det har Alene i marts var udlånet af e-bøger og lyd- handlet om regeringens bøger henholdsvis 78 og 46 procent større end hjælpepakker. Om overho- i marts 2019. Medregner man også den øgede vedet at få en pakke speci- udgift til Filmstriben, skønnes bibliotekernes fikt til kunsten, hvilket be- samlede merudgifter til digitalt udlån at beløbe stemt ikke lå i kortene fra første færd. Og om at sig til 4,8 mio. kr. om måneden. Der er al mulig Ufå indrettet de generelle hjælpepakker på en så- grund til at glædes over den stigning. Det er vir- dan måde, at de også afspejlede den økonomi- kelig godt, at folk har efterspurgt, og kommu- ske virkelighed for vores stand. Hvilket forre- nerne har tilbudt, digital adgang til litteratur i sten heller ikke var nogen selvfølge. en tid, hvor bibliotekerne og mange boghandler Støvet efter de kampe har ikke lagt sig end- har været lukkede. nu, men vi begynder at kunne se omridset af det Men det er ikke godt, hvis den digitale mer- felt, der bliver helt afgørende for, hvordan litte- udgift skal opvejes af reduceret fysisk indkøb. raturen og dens skabere kommer igennem kri- Bibliotekernes indkøb af trykte bøger er nemlig sen på lidt længere sigt. Her er det tydeligt, at helt anderledes vigtigt for bæredygtigheden af de to vigtigste hjul i litteraturens økonomi er værdikæden på bogmarkedet. Dette offentlige henholdsvis skolernes og bibliotekernes offent- indkøb udgør en væsentlig del af grundlaget for lige indkøb af bøger. Disse hjul er vigtige, fordi økonomien i nye udgivelser. En generel nedgang de ikke kun er drivhjul, men også drejeknapper. i det fysiske indkøb vil utvivlsomt reducere an- De er dybest set politisk regulerede og dermed tallet af udgivelser og dermed skade ikke blot noget, som kommunale og statslige beslutnings- os på skabersiden, men i sidste ende også bor- tagere kan skrue på. gernes adgang til et alsidigt titeludbud på folke- På biblioteksområdet viser vores undersøgel- bibliotekerne. ser, at det kommunale indkøb i kriseugerne 12- Derfor har vi bedt kommunerne om at udlig- 17 er faldet med gennemsnitligt 31 procent sva- ne det dalende indkøb i andet halvår af 2020. Og rende til et fald på knap 5 mio. kr. i forhold til derfor har vi anmodet Folketinget om at yde et samme periode sidste år. Der er er ingen tvivl statstilskud på 20 mio. kr. til at dække kommu- om, at nedgangen skal ses i sammenhæng med nernes øgede digitale udgifter. ※ FORFATTEREN NO 02 2020 2 INDHOLD Forfatteren ISSN 0105-0753 Nr. 02-2020, 79. årgang Udgives af Småt & godt Dansk Forfatterforening 3-5 Ansvarshavende: TEMA Morten Visby Redigeringens landskab 6-12 Redaktør: Lene Møller Jørgensen [email protected] Konsulenten: en anonym og indflydelsesrig medlæser 13-16 Bladudvalg: Lene Møller Jørgensen, Birte Kont (S), Midt i en coronatid Stephanie Caruana (S-suppl.), 17-19 François-Eric Grodin (DOF), Lykke Strunk (F-suppl.), Ellen Holmbo (BU-suppl.), Kære … en mailkorrespondance Jette Rydahl Sørensen (BU) 20-23 Tove Krebs Lange (Ill-suppl.), René Sandberg (L), Claus Willumsen Juristen (L-suppl.), Tomas Björnsson (Ill.), Sara Strand (webredaktør). 24-25 Grafisk design: Frit Rum salomet grafik/Mette Salomonsen 26-27 Forsideillustration: Generalforsamling Marie Priem 28-35 Tryk: PE-Offset Kurser efterår 2020 Indsendte bidrag dækker ikke 36-37 nødvendigvis redaktionens holdninger. Eftertryk af artikler er tilladt med Legater, kalender kildeangivelse. 38 Eftertryk af illustrationer er ikke tilladt. Portfolio Forfatteren udkommer fire gange Pia Grandjean Odderskov årligt. Abonnement tegnes gennem Dansk Forfatterforening, Bagsiden pris: kr. 525. Deadline til dette nummer var 1. maj Fotograf: Anitta Behrendt Udgivelse 28. maj 03-20: Deadline 28. august Udgivelse 17. september 04-20: Deadline 13. november MARIE PRIEM, f. 1978, har tegnet forsiden. Hun er uddannet fra Udgivelse 9. december. Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole i København, fra Hochschule der Künste Berlin og har modtaget privatundervisning af billedkunstner Annemette Lichtenberg. Hun arbejder i dag som illustrator, tekstforfatter og sanger. Debuterede i 2016 med billedbogen Skrædderkaninerne og løgnhalsen fra tekanden. FORFATTEREN NO 02 2020 3 SMÅT & GODT VIRUS FYSISK Kære læser Ingen er vist upåvirket af, at en 40 nordiske virus ved navn corona er kommet forfattere mødes i til landet – heller ikke Forfatteren. Helsingør Dansk Forfatterforening har været nødt til at udskyde april Biblioteket Kulturværftet i Helsin- måneds generalforsamling til gør planlægger også i år – trods lørdag d. 5. september. Og derfor pandemi – Litteraturfestivalen bringer vi, i overensstemmelse med NORD, hvor 40 forfattere ventes foreningens vedtægter, den nye at deltage. indkaldelse samt det øvrige materi- Det er store nordiske navne, ale til generalforsamlingen igen. Kulturværftet har fået fat i – Vi ville også under normale norske Dag Solstad, grønlandske omstændigheder have offentlig- Niviaq Korneliussen, svenske gjort efterårets kursuskatalog her i Nina Wähä, og fra Danmark maj-nummeret, men det har deltager blandt andre Hanne desværre ikke været muligt at Højgaard Viemose, Asta Olivia planlægge hele efterårssæsonens "Jeg er kun mig selv. Nordenhof og Adda Djørup. kurser i denne usikre tid. Det er dog NORD – Nordisk Litteraturfestival lykkedes for kursussekretær Jeg er ikke alle finder sted fredag d. 18. og lørdag Anne-Sophie Lunding-Sørensen at d. 19. september. ※ få en række gode aftaler i hus, og mennesker." de er at finde på side 36 og 37. Øvrige kurser vil blive slået op på Silas i Silas og den sorte hoppe STEMMER hjemmesiden, efterhånden som de Forfattere hører falder på plads. deres karakterer Heller ikke kalenderen ligner helt sig Silas’ skaber, forfatter Cecil Bødker, selv, men Forfatteren og dens døde d. 19. april. Hun blev 93 år. tale til sig redaktør håber inderligt, at der igen Hun er især kendt for sine børne- vil være mulighed for møder, bøger om Silas, som var et 63 procent af en gruppe adspurgte faglige arrangementer og fede gennembrud for hende og et forfattere fortæller, at de kan høre fester efter sommeren. ※ gennembrud inden for dansk bør- deres karakterer tale, mens de sid- nelitteratur – hun skrev om og til der og skriver om dem. ”Sommetider fortæller de mig, at OVERSÆTTELSE børn som selvstændige individer. Cecil Bødker har været medlem af det, jeg har tænkt mig at Danske bøger skal Dansk Forfatterforening siden gøre med dem, er helt misforstå- oversættes og ud i 1. april 1968, året efter debuten som et – at de aldrig ville opføre sig på den måde eller tale sådan. verden børnebogsforfatter – det var hendes ”nytårsforsæt” at blive Som regel svarer jeg dem nu ikke,” medlem af Forfatterforeningen, siger en af forfatterne, som ønsker Internationale bogmesser, festi- skrev hun til daværende formand at være anonym, til den britiske valer og andre mødesteder, hvor Jørgen Vibe. ※ avis The Guardian. litteratur bliver udvekslet på tværs Det er litteraturforskere fra af landegrænserne, er blevet aflyst. Dunham University, der har Men bøger fortjener stadig at interviewet i alt 181 forfattere, komme ud i verden, og Projekt- der deltog i Edinburgh Internatio- støtteudvalget for Litteratur har nal Book Festival. ※ valgt at styrke og støtte oversættelser fra dansk til andre sprog året ud. Statens Kunstfond vil derfor dække halvdelen af forlagenes udgifter til oversættelse af dansk litteratur resten af året. ※ FORFATTEREN NO 02 2020 4 SMÅT & GODT FARVEL Björnsson Illustration: Tomas ENDELIG Fire forfattere 183,1 millioner har forladt kroner fordelt Det Danske mellem Akademi 10.481 personer Suzanne Brøgger, Ida Jessen, Astrid Saalbach og Jens Smærup Biblioteksafgiften blev udbetalt Sørensen har sagt farvel og tak til d. 27. marts, en uge før planlagt og medlemskabet i den lille, eksklusive på opfordring fra Dansk Forfatter- klub på Rungstedlund, Det Danske forening, da mange var nervøse Akademi. De går i protest mod og oplevede, at coronakrisen litteraten Marianne Stidsen, som kradsede. Det højeste beløb, der de bl.a. mener har ”forgiftet” blev udbetalt, var på 732.760 kro- atmosfæren ved akademimøderne. ner (og ja, topscorer i år var forfat- Diskussionerne handler ikke ter Bjarne Reuter, igen-igen). længere om litteratur, men om Det største beløb udbetalt til politik, ifølge Suzanne Brøgger. Til en enkelt forfatter for e-bøger Dagbladet Information siger hun: og netlydbøger i år er på ”I en del år har Det Danske Akademi 113.487 kroner (til forfatter været hjemsted for ideologiske, Maria Helleberg). politiske dagsordner, der har Men, men – over 90 procent af forgiftet atmosfæren og gjort de udbetalte beløb er på under akademimøderne betændte.” ※ 20.000 kroner. Beløb under 1.327 kroner udbetales ikke. YAHYA ※ PRIS Digteren Oversætter Yahya Hassan Helle Dalgaard er død modtager Han blev 24 år og nåede at skrive Dansk Oversætter- to digtsamlinger, som blot forbunds Ærespris hedder YAHYA HASSAN og YAHYA HASSAN 2. Helle Dalgaard oversætter fra Da illustrator Tomas Björnsson bulgarsk og russisk. Priskomiteen hørte om digterens død, satte han fremhæver særligt to af hendes sig samme aften og tegnede oversættelser,
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