Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
| Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize | |
|---|---|
| Description | A book-length translation into English from any other living European language |
| Sponsored by | Lord Weidenfeld and Oxford University |
| Country | England |
| Hosted by | St Anne's College, Oxford |
| First awarded | 1999 |
| Last awarded | Active |
| Website | Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize |
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize is an annual literary prize for any book-length translation into English from any other living European language. [1] The first prize was awarded in 1999.[2] The prize is funded by and named in honor of Lord Weidenfeld and by New College, The Queen's College and St Anne's College, Oxford.[1]
Winners
- 1999: Jonathan Galassi for his translation of Eugenio Montale's Collected Poems (Carcanet)
- 2000: Margaret Jull Costa for her translation of José Saramago's All the Names (Harvill)
- 2001: Edwin Morgan for his translation of Phèdre by Jean Racine (Carcanet) into Scots
- 2002: Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Banffy-Jelen for Miklós Bánffy's They Were Divided (Arcadia)
- 2003: Ciaran Carson for his translation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno (Granta)
- 2004: Michael Hofmann for his translation of Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel (Penguin)
- 2005: Denis Jackson for his translation of Theodor Storm's Paul the Puppeteer (Angel Books)
- 2006: Len Rix for his translation of Magda Szabó's The Door (Harvill Secker)
- 2007: Michael Hofmann for his translation of Durs Grünbein's Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems (Faber)
- 2008: Margaret Jull Costa for her translation of Eça de Queiroz's The Maias (Dedalus)
- 2009: Anthea Bell for her translation of Saša Stanišić's How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
- 2010: Jamie McKendrick for his translation of Valerio Magrelli's The Embrace: Selected Poems (Faber and Faber)
- 2011: Margaret Jull Costa for her translation of José Saramago's The Elephant's Journey (Harvill Secker)
- 2012: Judith Landry for her translation of Diego Marani's New Finnish Grammar
- 2013: Philip Boehm for his translation of Herta Müller's The Hunger Angel (Portobello)
- 2014: Susan Wicks for her translation of Valérie Rouzeau's Talking Vrouz
- 2015: Susan Bernofsky for her translation of Jenny Erpenbeck's The End of Days
Notes
- ^ a b "Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize". The Queen's College.
- ^ Matthew Reynolds (Spring 2008). "On Judging the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize" (PDF). Translation and Literature. 17. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
External links
- Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, official web page.
- Previous winners.