Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize Explained

Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize (German: Merck „Kakehashi“ Literaturpreises) is a biannual literary translation prize awarded by the Goethe-Institut Tokyo and Merck KGaA, a German chemical and pharmaceutical company.^[1] It is for works by German authors made accessible for a Japanese readership. The prize is €10,000 each going to the author and the translator.^[2]

Winners

• 2014 Wada Jun for ポカホンタスのいる湖の風景, a translation of Arno Schmidt's Seelandschaft mit Pocahontas^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize . . Michael Orthofer . 10 May 2014 . May 12, 2014.
2. Web site: Merck and Goethe-Institut Award Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize . . May 12, 2014.
3. Web site: Bekanntgabe der Preisträger des Merck -"Kakehashi"-Literaturpreises . . German . May 12, 2014.