First Slovenian prize for translation of humanistic and sociological works awarded to Matej Hriberšek

Dec 10, 2015 | Slovenia

Tags: SloveniaMatej Hriberšek, translator and professor at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia, has won the first edition of the Jerman prize for his translations into Slovenian of the first six books of Naturalis Historia of the Roman half-historian Pliny the...

Slovenia hosts 12th Pranger Festival on poetry and translation

Jul 18, 2015 | Slovenia

Tags: SloveniaThis year’s Pranger Festival, a gathering of poets, critics and translators of poetry, was held from 30 June to 5 July in the towns of Rogaška Slatina, Šmarje pri Jelšah and Ljubljana in Slovenia. Each year at the Festival three critics each choose three...

The 2015 Lavrin prize for the translation of Slovenian literature goes to Michael Biggins

Jul 16, 2015 | Slovenia

Tags: SloveniaThe Society of Slovene Literary Translators has named affiliate professor and Slavic librarian Michael Biggins as the recipient of the Janko Lavrin Prize. The prize is awarded annually to honour an individual who has made a significant contribution to...

EsAsi Awards for professional and young literary translators Spanish – Slovene (deadline for submission: 1 October 2015)

Apr 1, 2015 | Slovenia, Spain

Tags: Slovenia, SpainIn 2008 the embassy of Spain in Slovenia launched the EsAsi award for the best translation into Slovene of literary works originally written in Spanish.  This biennial award for professional translators, worth € 3000, aims to recognise the work of...

Slovene Literary Translation award ‘Sovretova’ awarded to Branko Gradisnik and Brane Senegacnik

Jun 15, 2012 | Slovenia

Tags: SloveniaOn 14 June 2012 the most important literary translation prize in Slovenia, ‘Sovretova nagrada’ (Award Sovre) was awarded to Branko Gradisnik for his translation of a masterpiece by Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, and to Brane Senegacnik for his bilingual...