Stevns Translation Prize
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The Stevns Translation Prize is an annual award for literary translation. It is open to anyone over 18 years of age who have not yet published a full work of fiction in translation. It is administered by Peirene Press (UK) and Two Lines Press (USA). It is named after Martha Stevns, who endowed the prize with the aim of helping to break down linguistic barriers. The prize was established in 2018, and was initially known as the Peirene Stevns Prize.
Martha Stevns
[edit]Martha Stevns worked as an editor at the Swiss art magazine Du, and ran her own contemporary art gallery in the UK. She moved to the UK in 1985. She is a member of the Society of Analytical Psychology and in private practice in Cambridge.[1] Her late husband Neils Stevns founded The Australian/Vogel Literary Award with Unwin Australia, to encourage young Australian writers to enter the competition with an unpublished manuscript.
About the prize
[edit]Each year a different language and book is selected. Entrants are invited to translate an extract. The winner receives a commission to translate the whole book, receive mentorship from an experienced translator, and spend up to six weeks at a retreat in the French Pyrenees.
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Language | Author | Book | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019[2][3] | J. Ockenden | Italian | Claudio Morandini | Neve, Cane, Piede | Jenny Higgins |
| 2020[4][5][6] | John Litell | Swedish | Andrea Lundgren | Nordic Fauna | Sarah Death |
| 2021[7] | Claire Wadie | Spanish | Manuel Astur | San, el libro de los milagros | Sophie Hughes |
| 2022[8] | James Young | Portuguese (Brazil) | Victor Heringer | O amor dos homens avulsos | Sophie Lewis |
| 2023[9] | Marielle Sutherland | German (Swiss) | Yael Inokai | Ein simpler Eingriff | Jamie Bulloch |
| 2024[10] | Anne Thompson Melo | German | Eva Meijer | Zee nu | Michele Hutchison |
| 2025[11] | TBC | French | Anne Pauly | Avant que j’oublie | Adriana Hunter |
References
[edit]- ^ Karnak Books https://www.karnacbooks.com/Author.asp?AID=19465 Retrieved 2 Feb 2025
- ^ "The Stevns Translation Prize 2025 is now open". Peirene Press. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ "Borderless Book Club". Claudio Morandini. 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ Peirene Press Stevns Translation Prize https://www.peirenepress.com/translationprize/peirene-stevns/ Retrieved 2025-01-31
- ^ https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-article/pereine-stevns-translation-prize-2021/
- ^ Trip Fiction https://www.tripfiction.com/books/nordic-fauna/ Retrieved 1 Feb 2025
- ^ Peirene Stevns Prize https://www.peirenepress.com/translationprize/peirene-stevns/ Retrieved 30 Jan 2025
- ^ Peirene Stevns Prize https://www.peirenepress.com/translationprize/peirene-stevns/ Retrieved 30 Jan 2025
- ^ Peirene Stevns Prize https://www.peirenepress.com/translationprize/peirene-stevns/ Retrieved 30 Jan 2025
- ^ Anne Thompson Melo wins Peirene Stevns Translation Prize 2024, Nederlands letterenfonds, 10 April 2024. https://www.letterenfonds.nl/en/whats-happening/anne-thompson-melo-wins-peirene-stevns-translation-prize-2024 Retrieved 30 Jan 2025
- ^ Porter Anderson, "A UK-US Translation Prize Opens the 2025 Offer: The Stevns", Publishing Perspectives, 30 Jan 2025. Retrieved 30 Jan 2025