Nov 22, 2013 | Czech Republic
Tags: Czech RepublicThe 2013 Czech State Prize for Translation has been awarded to the renowned translator and Renaissance man Vratislav Jiljí Slezák, a founding member of the Czech Literary Translators’ Guild and a laureate of its Josef Jungmann Translation Prize. He...
Nov 19, 2013 | Netherlands
Tags: NetherlandsThis year’s Translation Prize of the Dutch Foundation for Literature will be awarded to Martin de Haan, literary translator from French to Dutch. The Prize, in recognition of his entire body of work as a translator will be awarded on Friday 13...
Oct 25, 2013 | Russia, United Kingdom
Tags: Russia, United KingdomThe Rossica Prize has been awarded biennially since 2005 for the best new translation of a high-quality Russian literary work into English. It aims to promote the best of Russian literary culture in the English-speaking world, encouraging...
Oct 16, 2013 | Czech Republic
Tags: Czech RepublicThe Czech Literary Translators’ Guild has awarded its main annual translation prize (the Josef Jungmann prize) to the hispanist Anežka Charvátová for her translation of the voluminous apocalyptic novel 2666 by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño...
Oct 3, 2013 | Netherlands, United Kingdom
Tags: Netherlands, United KingdomThe Vondel Translation Prize 2013 has been awarded to David Colmer for The Misfortunates, his translation into English of De helaasheid der dingen by Flemish author Dimitri Verhulst. The jury consisted of British critic Paul Binding...
