During the trip the writer managed to meet with 16 publishers, editors and literary agents from Germany, Brazil, Spain, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland. «This is an invaluable experience that you can get during a short time in the sphere of publishing management and literary agency. The great practical skills in negotiating with representatives of foreign publishing houses were obtained, monitoring of the Western publishing market was completed, as well as demands of foreign publishers and agencies with regard to Ukrainian writers were explored”, commented Maryna Hrymych on her visit to Frankfurt.
It’s important to note that for the fifth year in a row already Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation has been running the Cultural Horizons Programme aimed at promoting Ukrainian culture abroad and integrating Ukrainian art into the global context. Within the programme, the Open Ukraine Foundation provides travel grants to Ukrainian artists to participate in international festivals, exhibitions and contests and, respectively, present cultural achievements of the modern Ukraine.
