Finnish translation awards to Ilona Nykyri and Jaana Kapari-Jatta

Tags: FinlandThe Mikael Agricola Prize 2014 has been awarded to Ilona Nykyri for her translation of Hans Fallada’s novel Jeder stirbt für sich allein (title of English translation: Every Man Dies Alone / Alone in Berlin). The annual award is granted to an outstanding...

2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize for Translation to Robin Detje

Tags: GermanyThe 2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize for translation has been awarded to  the author, translator, director and editor  Robin Detje for his translation of William T. Vollmanns’ opus magnum Europe Central. Detje’s German translation  of the English original...