Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
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The Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize is a prize that recognizes the best translation into English of book-length texts of Asian poetry or prose or Zen Buddhism. It was established by an anonymous donor in 2010, and is named for Lucien Stryk, the American Zen poet and translator.
The Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize is awarded at the same time as the National Translation Award (NTA) in Prose and Poetry, the Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA), and the Cliff Becker Book in Translation Prize by the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA). These awards are announced and honored at the annual ALTA conference held each fall. The winner receives $5000.[1]
About the Prize
The prize is named after Lucien Stryk, an internationally acclaimed translator of Japanese and Chinese Zen poetry, Zen poet, and former professor of English at Northern Illinois University. Although primarily intended to recognize the translation of contemporary works, re-translations, or first-time translations of important older works, are also considered. Eligible works include book-length translations into English of Asian poetry or prose, or source texts from Zen Buddhism, book-length translations from Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, Kannada, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean into English. Submitted works must have been published in the previous calendar year.
Winners of the Prize
| Year | Translator | Book and author | Language | Ref(s) |
| 2017 | Jennifer Feeley | Not Written Words by Xi Xi | Chinese | [2] |
| 2016 | Sawako Nakayasu | The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa by Chika Sagawa | Japanese | [3] |
| 2015 | Eleanor Goodman | Something Crosses My Mind by Wang Xiaoni | Chinese | [4] |
| 2014 | Jonathan Chaves | Every Rock a Universe: The Yellow Mountains and Chinese Travel Writing | Chinese | [5] |
| 2013 | Lucas Klein | Notes on the Mosquito by Xi Chuan | Chinese | [6] |
| 2012 | Don Mee Choi | All the Garbage of the World, Unite! by Kim Hyesoon | Korean | [7] |
| 2011 | Charles Egan | Clouds Thick, Whereabouts Unknown: Poems by Zen Monks of China | Chinese | [8] |
| 2010 | Red Pine (Bill Porter) | In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-wu by Wei Ying-wu | Chinese | [9] |
References
- ^ http://www.literarytranslators.org/awards/lucien-stryk-prize
- ^ {{cite web |url=https://literarytranslators.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2017-lucien-stryk-asian-translation-prize/
- ^ {{cite web |url=https://literarytranslators.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/2016-stryk-winner/
- ^ "Eleanor Goodman reads her Lucien-Stryn-Winning translation Something Crosses My Mind". American Literary Translators Association. October 30, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ "Stryk Prize Awarded to Jonathan Chaves". Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ "Stryk Winner 2013". National Translation Award. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
- ^ "Stryk Winner 2012". National Translation Award. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
- ^ "Stryk Winner 2011". National Translation Award. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
- ^ "Stryk Winner 2010". National Translation Award. Retrieved August 6, 2014.