Warwick Prize for Women in Translation facts for kids
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation is a special award that started in 2017. It celebrates amazing books written by women from around the world. These books must be translated into English. They also need to be published by a company in the UK or Ireland.
The main goal of this prize is to help more people read books by women authors from different countries. It wants to make sure their stories and ideas are heard. The prize is for many types of books. This includes exciting fiction, beautiful poetry, or true stories (non-fiction). It can even be for books written for kids or young adults!
Only books written by a woman can win. It doesn't matter if the translator is a man or a woman. The prize money is £1,000. This money is shared between the author and the person who translated her book. If the author is no longer alive, the translator gets all the money. The University of Warwick helps run and pay for this important prize.
Prize Winners and Shortlists
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation announces a "shortlist" each year. This is a list of books that are chosen as the best ones. Then, a winner is picked from this list.
2020 Prize
The shortlist for the 2020 prize was announced on November 11, 2020. The winner was revealed on November 26, 2020.
| Shortlisted Title | Author | Translator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Happiness, As Such | Natalia Ginzburg | Minna Zalman Proctor |
| The Eighth Life | Nino Haratischvili | Charlotte Collins & Ruth Martin |
| Lake Like a Mirror | Ho Sok Fong | Natascha Bruce |
| Letters from Tove | Tove Jansson, edited by Boel Westin & Helen Svensson | Sarah Death |
| Thirteen Months of Sunrise | Rania Mamoun | Elisabeth Jaquette |
| Abigail | Magda Szabó | Len Rix |
| White Horse | Yan Ge | Nicky Harman |
In 2020, there was also a special runner-up prize. This went to Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson.
2019 Prize
The shortlist for the 2019 prize was announced on October 28, 2019. The winner was announced on November 20, 2019.
| Shortlisted Title | Author | Translator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Disoriental | Négar Djavadi | Tina Kover |
| The Years | Annie Ernaux | Alison L. Strayer |
| Negative of a Group Photograph | Azita Ghahreman | Maura Dooley; Elhum Shakerifar |
| People in the Room | Norah Lange | Charlotte Whittle |
| Katalin Street | Magda Szabó | Len Rix |
| Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead | Olga Tokarczuk | Antonia Lloyd-Jones |
2018 Prize
The shortlist for the 2018 prize was announced by the University of Warwick. The winner for 2018 is shown in yellow.
| Shortlisted Title | Author | Translator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Belladonna | Daša Drndić | Celia Hawkesworth |
| Go Went Gone | Jenny Erpenbeck | Susan Bernofsky |
| The White Book | Han Kang | Deborah Smith |
| River | Esther Kinsky | Iain Galbraith |
| The House with the Stained-Glass Window | Żanna Słoniowska | Antonia Lloyd-Jones |
| Flights | Olga Tokarczuk | Jennifer Croft |
2017 Prize
The first prize was announced at the Warwick Arts Centre on November 15, 2017. The judges included Susan Bassnett, Amanda Hopkinson, and Boyd Tonkin. The winner is shown in yellow.
| Shortlisted Title | Author | Translator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand Time | Svetlana Alexievich | Bela Shayevich |
| Swallow Summer | Larissa Boehning | Lyn Marven |
| Clementine Loves Red | Krystyna Boglar | Antonia Lloyd-Jones and Zosia Krasodomska-Jones |
| The Coast Road | Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh | Michael Coady, Peter Fallon, Tom French, Alan Gillis, Vona Groarke, John McAuliffe, Medbh McGuckian, Paul Muldoon, Michelle O’Sullivan, Justin Quinn, Billy Ramsell, Peter Sirr, and David Wheatley |
| Swallowing Mercury | Wioletta Greg | Eliza Marciniak |
| Memoirs of a Polar Bear | Yoko Tawada | Susan Bernofsky |
See also
In Spanish: Premio Warwick para mujeres en traducción para niños
