Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize explained

The Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize is an annual literary prize named for the German–American publishers Helen and Kurt Wolff "honoring an outstanding literary translation from German into English" published in the USA the previous year.[1]

The translator of the winning translation receives $10,000. The prize was established in 1996 and is funded by the German government. It was administered by the Goethe-Institut of Chicago until 2014.[2] Since 2015, the prize has been administered by the New York Goethe-Institut.[1]

Recipients

YearTranslatorAuthorTitleRef.
1996
Nobodaddy's Children
1997Jacob the Liar
1998Heroes Like Us
1999Penthesilea[3]
2000Rebellion
2001Too Far Afield
2002Austerlitz
2003Summerhouse, Later
2004Morenga
2005Death in Venice
2006
2007
2008Childhood. An Autobiographical Fragment
2009
2010Speak, Nabokov
2011[4] [5]
2012Isle of the Dead[6]
2013
2014Kafka: The Years of Insight
2015Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor[7] [8]
2016Imperium[9]
2017
2018Old Rendering Plant[10]
2019Anniversaries. From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl[11] [12]
2020[13]
2021[14] [15] [16]
2022[17]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/bks/hkw.html Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
  2. Web site: Helen-und-Kurt-Wolff-Übersetzerpreis – Wolff Translator's Prize . 2013 . Online-Ausgabe des Handbuchs der Kulturpreise . de . 25 May 2019 . 13 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160413015902/http://www.kulturpreise.de/web/preise_info.php?cPath=6_103&preisd_id=4077 . live .
  3. Schulte . Rainer . 1999 . The Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Prize and the Retranslation of Literary Works . Translation Review . 57 . 1 . 1–2 . 10.1080/07374836.1999.10523735 . 0737-4836.
  4. Web site: Post . Chad W. . 20 May 2011 . 2011 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181031034109/http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/2011/05/20/2011-helen-and-kurt-wolff-translators-prize/ . 31 October 2018 . 27 September 2012 . Three Percent (Rochester University).
  5. Web site: 13 June 2011 . Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110627052736/http://www.wbez.org/story/2011-helen-and-kurt-wolff-translator%E2%80%99s-prize-88345 . 27 June 2011 . 26 September 2012 . WBEZ . dmy.
  6. Web site: 11 June 2012 . Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005205016/http://www.wbez.org/helen-and-kurt-wolff-translator%E2%80%99s-prize-2012-99497 . 5 October 2012 . 26 September 2012 . WBEZ . dmy.
  7. Web site: May 2015 . Catherine Schelbert, Prize Recipient 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150511064922/http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/kul/mag/lit/rec/2015/en14339524.htm . 11 May 2015 . May 11, 2015 . Goethe Institut.
  8. Web site: Bernofsky . Susan . 2015-05-08 . 2015 Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize to Catherine Schelbert . 2023-03-13 . TRANSLATIONiSTA . en . 2023-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230227134042/https://translationista.com/2015/05/2015-helen-and-kurt-wolff-prize-to-catherine-schelbert.html . live .
  9. Web site: May 2016 . Daniel Bowles . May 6, 2015 . Goethe-Institut . June 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190624205728/https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/de/kul/sup/lit/cit/ub1/bow.html . live .
  10. Web site: Albanese . Andrew . 2018-05-08 . Isabel Fargo Cole Wins 2018 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize . 2023-03-13 . . en . 2022-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221206050850/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/76805-isabel-fargo-cole-wins-2018-helen-kurt-wolff-translator-s-prize.html . live .
  11. News: 23 May 2019 . Damion Searls ausgezeichnet . de . . Munich . 25 May 2019 . 25 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190525140300/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/uebersetzerpreis-damion-searls-ausgezeichnet-1.4459673 . live .
  12. Web site: 7 May 2019 . Damion Searls wins the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for 'Anniversaries' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190518183947/https://www.nyrb.com/blogs/nyrb-news/damion-searls-wins-the-helen-and-kurt-wolff-translators-prize-for-anniversaries . 18 May 2019 . 25 May 2019 . NY Review of Books.
  13. Web site: 2020-04-04 . Boehm Wins German Translation Prize . 2023-03-13 . . en . 2021-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227181630/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=2698 . live .
  14. Web site: May 24, 2021 . Jackie Smith Wins 2021 Wolff Translator's Prize . 2023-03-13 . . en . 2022-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221127051540/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3271 . live .
  15. Web site: Anderson . Porter . 2021-06-24 . In New York: Jackie Smith Wins the $10,000 Wolff Translator's Prize . 2023-03-13 . Publishing Perspectives . en-US . 2021-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210703133140/https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/06/in-new-york-jackie-smith-wins-the-10000-wolff-translators-prize/ . live .
  16. Web site: Caplan . Walker . 2021-05-21 . Here's the winner of the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize. . 2023-03-13 . . en-US . 2022-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208083006/https://lithub.com/heres-the-winner-of-the-2021-helen-kurt-wolff-translators-prize/ . live .
  17. Web site: Anderson . Porter . 18 May 2022 . Vincent Kling Wins the 2022 Wolff Translator's Prize . 19 May 2022 . Publishing Perspectives . 18 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518130653/https://publishingperspectives.com/2022/05/vincent-kling-wins-the-2022-wolff-translators-prize/ . live .

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