The Raiziss and de Palchi Translation Awards was established in 1995 through a bequest to the New York Community Trust by Sonia Raiziss Giop,[1] a poet, translator, and editor of Chelsea.[2] [3]
The awards recognize translations into English of modern Italian poetry through a $10,000 book prize or a $25,000 fellowship with residency at the American Academy in Rome.[4] [5] [6]
Year & Award | Translator | Book | Judges | |
2021 Book Prize | Paula Bohince[7] | Selected poems by Corrado Govoni | Moira Egan, Rebecca Falkoff, Graziella Sidoli | |
2020 Book Prize | Geoffrey Brock[8] | Last Dream by Giovanni Pascoli | Maria Esposito Frank, Giorgio Mobili, and Michael Palma | |
2019 Book Prize | Will Schutt[9] | Selected Poems by Fabio Pusterla | Maria Esposito Frank, Giorgio Mobili, Michael Palma | |
2018 Book Prize | Anthony Molino[10] | The Diary of Kaspar Hauser by Paolo Febbraro | Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Giorgio Mobili, Michael Palma | |
2017 Fellowship | Thomas E. Peterson[11] [12] | Selected Poems by Franco Fortini | Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Antonello Borra, Alessandro Carrera | |
2016 Book Prize | The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini | Adria Bernardi, Antonello Borra, Alessandro Carrera | ||
2015 Fellowship | Todd Portnowitz | Go Tell It to the Emperor: Selected Poems by Pierluigi Cappello | Adria Bernardi, Luigi Fontanella, Giuseppe Leporace | |
2014 Book Prize | Luigi Bonaffini | Barbara Carle, Luigi Fontanella, Giuseppe Leporace | ||
2013 Fellowship | John Taylor | Selected Poems by Lorenzo Calogero | Barbara Carle, Victoria Surliuga, Anthony Julian Tamburri | |
2012 Book Prize | Jennifer Scappettone | Geoffrey Brock, Victoria Surliuga, Anthony Julian Tamburri | ||
2011 Fellowship | Dominic Siracusa | Oramai by Emilio Villa | Thomas Harrison, Jane Tylus, Paolo Valesio | |
2010 Book Prize | The Position of Things: Collected Poems 1961–1992 by Adriano Spatola | Jennifer Scappettone, Paolo Valesio, Lawrence Venuti | ||
2009 Fellowship | None | The judges did not award a fellowship this year | Sarah Arvio, Emanuel di Pasquale, Michael F. Moore | |
2008 Book Prize | The Selected Poetry and Prose of Andrea Zanzotto | Eamon Grennan, Michael F. Moore, Emanuel di Pasquale | ||
2007 Fellowship | Adria Bernardi[13] | Geoffrey Brock, Eamon Grennan, Stephen Sartarelli | ||
2006 Book Prize | John DuVal[14] | Geoffrey Brock, Charles Martin, Michael Palma | ||
2005 Fellowship | Ann Snodgrass[15] | Selected Poems of Vittorio Sereni | Phillis Levin, Charles Martin, Michael Palma | |
2004 Book Prize | Selected Poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti | Phillis Levin, Rosanna Warren | ||
2003 Fellowship | Michael Palma[16] | Selected Poems of Giovanni Raboni | Alfredo de Palchi, Dana Gioia, Rosanna Warren | |
2002 Book Prize | Songbook: The Selected Poems of Umberto Saba | Alfredo de Palchi, Dana Gioia, Charles Wright | ||
2001 Fellowship | Sharing a Trip: Selected Poems by Silvio Ramat | Alfredo de Palchi, Paolo Valesio, Charles Wright | ||
2000 Book Prize | John P. Welle and Ruth Feldman[17] | Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, Paolo Valesio | ||
1999 Fellowship | Geoffrey Brock[18] | Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, William Jay Smith | ||
1998 Book Prize | Michael Palma[19] | The Man I Pretend to Be: The Colloquies and Selected Poems of Guido Gozzano | Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, William Jay Smith | |
1997 Fellowship | Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, Rosanna Warren | |||
1996 Book Prize | This Strange Joy: Selected Poems of Sandro Penna | Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, Rosanna Warren |