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Translators Ulla Ekblad-Forsgren (Sweden) and Alexander Sitzmann (Austria) are the winners of Austria’s State Prize for Literary Translation 2016 (EUR 10,000). The annual prize under the patronage of Austria’s Chancellor is awarded annually for the translation of Austrian literature into a foreign language and to Austrian literary translators. […]
The Art Foundation NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia) in cooperation with the EUK Straelen (‘European Translators’ College’) have given this year’s Straelen Lifetime Achievement Translation Award to the Dutch literary translator Gerrit Bussink for his translations from German.
Bussink, who has been translating since 1972, enables the Dutch reception of important German-language authors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland – authors like Martin Walser, Thomas Bernhard, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Christa Wolf, Siegfried Lenz and Peter Handke. […]
2014 Tarabya Prizes for German–Turkish literary translations awarded.
2014 Straelen Translation Award to Marianne Gareis and Michael Kegler.
2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize for Translation to Robin Detje.
2014 Josef Jungmann Prize for Robert Svoboda, and other Czech translation awards
The 2014 Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation goes to Alena Bláhová from the Czech Republic and to Erich Hackl, a translator from Spanish and a well-known Austrian writer.
Alena Bláhová is an expert on the translation of Jewish literature and has also made an important contribution to the reception of Rainer Maria Rilke in her country. Many of her translations, including a novel by Erich Hackl, are regarded as ideal representations of Austrian culture and the common heritage of the two neighbouring countries. […]
2013 Christoph Martin Wieland-Translator-Prize for Eike Schönfeld.
2013 BCLT translator mentoring programme announced.
2012 Josef Jungmann Prize awarded to Josef Rauvolf.
2012 BCLT Summer School is now open for application.
Josep Antoni Ysern received the 2010 Award for the best poetry translation in Catalan.