Directors' News

PLEASE NOTE: we are still accepting applications for all SUISS courses!

Scholarships for SUISS 2013

We are happy to announce the winners of the following scholarships:

Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship
Sulagna Chowdhury (India) - Modernism and Scottish Literature
Nibedita Sen (India) - Creative Writing

David Daiches Scholarship
Sapphire Woods (Canada) - Modernism
Jelena Sabljak (Croatia) - Scottish Literature
Neesha Ghosh (India) - Contemporary Literature

John McGrath Scholarship for Theatre Studies
Vasiliki Zervogianni (Greece) - Contemporary Literature
John Fung MIH (Cameroon) - Creative Writing

John SUISS Ryerson Scholarship for Theatre Studies
Erica Stevens (Canada) - Contemporary Literature

The Greek Scholarship
Sabine Pappa (Greece) - Modernism
Ekaterini Liontou (Greece) - Contemporary Literature

The Middle Eastern Scholarship
Rafif Suissa (Israel) - Modernism
Mohsen Jabbari (Iran) - Contemporary Literature

Edwin Morgan Translation Fellowship
Nóra Gálla (Hungary)

Saltire Scholarship for Scottish Literature
Evgeniia Zimina (Russia)
Mariana Sargsyan (Armenia)
Maria Pilar Somacarrera (Spain)

Scottish Czech Slovak Scholarship
Nikola Petrusova (Czech Republic) - Scottish Literature

The U21 Scholarship
Elli Karampela (Greece) - Scottish Literature
Chunhong Han (China) - Contemporary Literature

Previous Administrator:

Nan Mulder

Nan was the Administrator of SUISS from 1998 to 2013, a job she enjoyed thoroughly. After her 15 years of dedication to SUISS, she has retired. We're very sad to see her depart, but we've been extremely thankful for the inspiration, guidance, and support that she always gave to both the staff and students. Now that Nan is no longer occupied with SUISS duties, she will be dedicating herself fulltime to her artwork and will be found in the studio. When she is not working for SUISS, you can find her in her studio or at Edinburgh Printmakers.

Publication News:

The Directors are happy to announce the publication of our 2012 Edwin Morgan Translation Fellow Floriana Marinzuli's new Italian translation of Carol Ann Duffy's love poetry Lo Spendore Del Tempio (Crocetti, 2012).

We are also excited about the recent success of our Creative Writing alumni:

María Alonso Alonso (SUISS 2012) has been awarded second prize of The XXXVIII Modesto R. Figueiredo, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in Galicia, for one of her short stories in the Galician language.

Lucia Gaggero (Lucy J. Hamilton) has published her first novel, Milan to Tokyo. It will be available on Amazon from 10 March 2013.

Maria Milisavlijevic (SUISS 2009), former John McGrath Scholarship winner, has recently won the the Kleist Promotion Award 2013 in Germany for her play Brandung. It is produced as a co-production of the Deutsches Theater, Berlin and the Ruhr Festival Recklinghausen in Germany and premiered on 5 June 2013. It can be ordered over S. Fischer Verlag Germany.

Ann Sellberg (SUISS 2011) has won first prize in the Swedish medical journal Läkartidningen's annual short story competition, for one of her Swedish short stories.

All the best,
Linda and Karin
suissdir@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Scholarships for SUISS 2012

We are happy to announce the winners of the following scholarships:

Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship
Swarnim Khare - Scottish and Contemporary Literature
Rupleena Bose - Creative Writing

David Daiches Scholarship
Sinjita Basu (India) - Modernism
Eva Martic (Croatia) - Contemporary Literature
Mariana Sargsyan (Armenia) - Modernism
Erion Shehu (Albania) - Scottish Literature
Anmar Saleh (Syria) - Scottish Literature
Vasiliki Tzanakari (Greece) - Scottish Literature

John McGrath Scholarship for Theatre Studies
Murat Kadirogly (Turkey) - Contemporary Literature
Olesia Kamyshnykova (Ukraine) - Contemporary Literature
Jovanaq Pavicevic (Serbia) - Contemporary Literature
Maria Ristana (Greece) - Contemporary Literature
Maciej Wiecorek (Poland) - Contemporary Literature
Ingrid Wilson (USA) - Creative Writing

The Greek Scholarship
Aimilia Papadopoulou - Contemporary Literature

SUISS Anniversary Scholarship:
Modernism:

Martina Kauffmann, Brazil
Soumi Sarkar, India

Scottish Literature:

Will Grundling, Canada
Nadezhda Zaitseva, Russia

Contemporary Literature:

Efthymia Karava, Greece
Evgenila Zimina, Russia

Edwin Morgan Translation Fellowship
Floriana Marinzuli, Italy

Saltire Scholarship for Scottish Literature
Emma Jelinkova, Czech Republic
Heba Sharobeem, Egypt
Miriam Schroder, Germany

Scottish Czech Slovak Scholarship
Barbora Jirosova, Czech Republic