Found in Translation Award
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The Found in Translation Award is an annual award for the best translation of Polish literature into English. The award is given to the translator(s) who also receive a cash prize of 16,000 zł.
The award was established by the Kraków-based Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute in London, the Polish Cultural Institute in New York and the W.A.B. Publishing House in Warsaw on 15 October 2007.[1] Since 2015, the FIL Award has been awarded by the Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute in London and the Polish Cultural Institute in New York (in 2016, they were joined by the Polish Institute in New Delhi). The first winner of the award was announced in 2008.[2][3]
Winners
[edit]- 2008 – Bill Johnston, translator of Tadeusz Różewicz's New Poems (Archipelago Books, 2007)[4]
- 2009 – Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator of Paweł Huelle's The Last Supper (Serpent's Tail, 2008)[5]
- 2010 – Danuta Borchardt, translator of Witold Gombrowicz's Pornografia (Grove/Atlantic, 2009)[6]
- 2011 – Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak, translators of Wisława Szymborska's Here (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)[7]
- 2012 – Joanna Trzeciak, translator of Tadeusz Różewicz's Sobbing Superpower (W. W. Norton, 2011)[8]
- 2013 – Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator of seven books published in 2012:[9]
- Paweł Huelle's Cold Sea Stories (Comma Press, 2012)
- Jacek Dehnel's Saturn (Dedalus Press, 2012)
- Zygmunt Miłoszewski's A Grain of Truth (Bitter Lemon Press, 2012)
- Artur Domosławski's Ryszard Kapuściński, A Life (Verso Books, 2012)
- Wojciech Jagielski's The Night Wanderers (Seven Stories & Old Street Publishing, 2012)
- Andrzej Szczeklik's Kore: On Sickness, the Sick and the Search for the Soul of Medicine (Counterpoint Press, 2012)
- Janusz Korczak's Kaytek the Wizard (Urim Publications/Penlight Press, 2012)
- 2014 – Philip Boehm, translator of Hanna Krall's Chasing the King of Hearts (Peirene Press, 2013)[10]
- 2015 – Ursula Phillips, translator of Zofia Nałkowska's Choucas (Northern Illinois University Press, 2014)[11]
- 2016 – Bill Johnston, translator of Tomasz Różycki's Twelve Stations (Zephyr Press, 2015)[12]
- 2017 – Piotr Florczyk, translator of Anna Świrszczyńska's volume of poetry Building the Barricade (Tavern Books, 2016)[13]
- 2018 – Jennifer Croft, translator of Olga Tokarczuk's Flights (Fitzcarraldo Editions/Text Publishing, 2017)[14]
- 2019 – Madeline G. Levine, translator of Bruno Schulz's Collected Stories (Northwestern University Press, 2018)[15]
- 2020 – Anna Zaranko, translator of Kornel Filipowicz's The Memoir of an Anti-Hero (Penguin Modern Classics, 2019)[16]
- 2021 – Ewa Małachowska-Pasek and Megan Thomas, translators of Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz's The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma (Northwestern University Press, 2020)[17]
- 2022 – Jennifer Croft, translator of Olga Tokarczuk's The Books of Jacob (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2021)[18]
- 2023 – Anna Zaranko, translator of Władysław Reymont's The Peasants (Penguin Classics, 2022)[19]
- 2024 – Alissa Valles, translator of Zuzanna Ginczanka's Firebird (New York Review Books Poets, 2023)[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Found in Translation Award". PolishCulture-NYC.org. Polish Cultural Institute New York. 15 October 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "The Polish-English "Found in Translation" Award". Reading Worldwide. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Found in Translation prize (Polish)". Literature Across Frontiers. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "First Found in Translation Award Goes to Bill Johnston". Poets & Writers. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Antonia Lloyd-Jones receives Found in Translation Award". Bacacay. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2015 – via WordPress.com.
- ^ Tomaszewski, Irene (Fall 2010). "Found in Translation Award: Danuta Borchardt for Witold Gombrowicz's Pornografia". The Cosmopolitan Review. 2 (3). ISSN 1918-7769. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Wisława Szymborska Translation Wins 'Found in Translation' Award". Harriet. Poetry Foundation. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Joanna Trzeciak Wins the Found in Translation Award 2012". Culture.pl. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Found in Translation Award for Antonia Lloyd-Jones". bookinstitute.pl. Book Institute. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Found in Translation Award 2014". bookinstitute.pl. Book Institute. 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Ursula Phillips wins the Found in Translation Award 2015". polishculture.org.uk. Polish Cultural Institute in London. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Bill Johnston wins 2016 Found in Translation Award". bookinstitute.pl. Book Institute. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Found in Translation Award for Piotr Florczyk". Culture.pl. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "The Winner of Found in Translation Award Announced! Jennifer Croft for Olga Tokarczuk's "Flights"!". instytutksiazki.pl. Book Institute. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Madeline G. Levine receives Found in Translation Award". polishculture.org.uk. Polish Cultural Institute in London. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Anna Zaranko receives Found in Translation Award". instytutksiazki.pl. Book Institute. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Ewa Małachowska-Pasek and Megan Thomas receive Found in Translation Award for 2021". instytutksiazki.pl. Book Institute. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Found in Translation Award 2022 goes to Jennifer Croft". instytutpolski.pl. Polish Cultural Institute in London. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Anna Zaranko receives the 2023 Found in Translation Award". instytutksiazki.pl. Book Institute. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Alissa Valles wins the 2024 Found in Translation Award". instytutpolski.pl. Polish Cultural Institute in London. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
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