American Literary Translators Association

LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZE

Don Mee Choi of Seattle won the 2019 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize for her translation from the Korean of Kim Hyesoon’s poetry collection Autobiography of Death (New Directions). She received $5,000. Chenxin Jiang, Vivek Narayanan, and Hai-Dang Phan judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry or a text from Zen Buddhism translated from an Asian language into English and published in the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.)

ITALIAN PROSE IN TRANSLATION AWARD

Simon Carnell and Erica Segre, both of Stretham, England, won the 2019 Italian Prose in Translation Award for their translation from the Italian of Paolo Cognetti’s novel The Eight Mountains (Atria). They received $5,000. Allison Grimaldi-Donahue, Zakiya Hanafi, and Alta L. Price judged. The annual award is given for a book of fiction or nonfiction translated from Italian into English and published in the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.)

NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARDS

Bill Johnston of Bloomington, Indiana, won the 2019 National Translation Award in Poetry for his translation from the Polish of Adam Mickiewicz’s poetry collection Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania (Archipelago Books). Anna Deeny Morales, Cole Heinowitz, and Sholeh Wolpé judged. Karen Emmerich of New York City won the 2019 National Translation Award in Prose for her translation from the Greek of Ersi Sotiropoulos’s novel What’s Left of the Night (New Vessel Press). Bonnie Huie, Charlotte Mandell, and Jeffrey Zuckerman judged. Johnston and Emmerich each received $2,500. The annual awards are given for a book of poetry and a book of prose translated from any language into English and published in the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.) American Literary Translators Association, University of Arizona, Esquire Building #205, 1230 North Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721. Rachael Daum, Communications and Awards Manager. rachaeldaum@literarytranslators.org

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