Premio Valle-Inclán
The Premio Valle-Inclán is a literary translation prize. It is awarded by the Society of Authors (London) for the best English translation of a work of Spanish literature. It is named after Ramón del Valle-Inclán. The prize money is GBP £3,000 and a runner-up is awared £1,.000. [1]
Past winners[edit]
Source:[2]
2023 (presented 2024)[edit]
- Winner: William Rowe and Helen Dimos for a translation of ‘’Trilce. Translations and Glosses’’ by César Vallejo (Veer Books, Crater Press)
- Rosalind Harvey for a translation of ‘’Still Born’’ by Guadalupe Nettel (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Shortlist:
- Jennifer Croft for a translation of ‘’Two Sherpas’’ by Sebastián Martínez Daniell (Charco Press)
- Simon Deefholts and Kathryn Phillips-Miles for a translation of ‘’Take Six: Six Spanish Women Writers’’ by various authors (Dedalus Limited)
- Forrest Gander for a translation of ‘’It Must Be a Misunderstanding’’ by Coral Bracho (Carcanet Press)
- Victor Meadowcroft for a translation of ‘’This World Does Not Belong to Us’’ by Natalia García Freire (Oneworld Publications)
2022 (presented 2023)[edit]
- Winner: Annie McDermott for a translation of Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate(Granta)
- Runner-up: Julia Sanches for a translation of Slash and Burn by Claudia Hernández González (And Other Stories)
Shortlist:
- Chris Andrews for a translation of The Divorce by César Aira (And Other Stories)
- Annie McDermott for a translation of Brickmakers by Selva Almada (Charco Press)
- Hannah Kauders for a translation of Las Biuty Queens by Iván Monalisa Ojeda (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion)
- Megan McDowell for a translation of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez (Granta)
2021 (presented 2022)[edit]
- Winner: Fionn Petch for a translation of A Musical Offering by Luis Sagasti (Charco Press)[3]
- Runner-up: Lisa Dillman for a translation of A Luminous Republic by Andrés Barba (Granta)
Shortlist:[4]
- Annie McDermott for a translation of Dead Girls by Selva Almada (Charco Press)
- Sophie Hughes for a translation of Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
- Christina MacSweeney for a translation of Ramifications by Daniel Saldaña París (Charco Press)
2020 (presented 2021)[edit]
- Winner: Katherine Silver for a translation of The Word of the Speechless by Julio Ramon Ribeyro (New York Review Books)
- Runner-up: Anne McLean for a translation of Lord of All the Dead by Javier Cercas (MacLehose Press)
Shortlist:
- Richard Gwyn for a translation of Impossible Loves by Darío Jaramillo (Carcanet Poetry)
- Abigail Parry and Serafina Vick for a translation of A Little Body are Many Parts by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias (Bloodaxe Books and the Poetry Translation Centre)
- Margaret Jull Costa and Sophie Hughes for a translation of Mac and His Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas (Vintage, PRH)
- Megan McDowell for a translation of Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin (Oneworld)
2019 (presented 2020)[edit]
- Winner: Jessica Sequeira for a translation of Land of Smoke by Sara Gallardo (Pushkin Press)
- Runner-up: Sophie Hughes for a translation of The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran (And Other Stories)
Shortlisted:
- Nick Caistor for a translation of Springtime in a Broken Mirror by Mario Benedetti (Penguin Classics)
- Charlotte Coombe for a translation of Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo (Charco Press)
- William Gregory for a translation of The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Spanish Plays by Borja Ortiz de Gondra, Blanca Doménech, Victor Sánches Rodríguez, Vanessa Montford, and Julio Escalada (Oberon Books)
2018 (presented 2019)[edit]
- Winner: Megan McDowell for Seeing Red by Lina Meruane (Atlantic)
- Runner-up: Daniel Hahn for In the Land of Giants by Gabi Martínez (Scribe)
Shortlisted:
- Simon Deefholts and Kathryn Phillips-Miles for Inventing Love by José Ovejero (Peter Owen Publishers);
- Sarah Moses and Carolina Orloff for Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz (Charco Press)
2017 (presented 2018)[edit]
- Winner: Margaret Jull Costa for On the Edge by Rafael Chirbes (Harvill Secker)
- Commendation: Rosalind Harvey for I'll Sell You a Dog by Juan Pablo Villalobos (And Other Stories)
2016 (presented 2017)[edit]
- Winner: Christina MacSweeney for The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli (Granta)
2015 (presented 2016)[edit]
- Winner: Anne McLean for Outlaws by Javier Cercas (Bloomsbury)
- Commendation: Margaret Jull Costa for her translation of Tristana by Benito Pérez Galdós (New York Review Books)
2014[edit]
- Winner: Nick Caistor for An Englishman in Madrid, by Eduardo Mendoza (MacLehose Press)
- Commendation: Margaret Jull Costa for her translation of The Infatuations by Javier Marías (Hamish Hamilton)
2013[edit]
- Winner: Frank Wynne for The Blue Hour by Alonso Cueto (Heinemann)
- Runner-up: Nick Caistor and Lorenza García for Traveller of the Century by Andrés Neuman (Pushkin Press)
- Runner-up: Anne McLean for The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Bloomsbury)
2012[edit]
- Winner: Peter Bush for Exiled from Almost Everywhere by Juan Goytisolo (Dalkey Archive Press)
- Runner-up: Margaret Jull Costa for Seven Houses in France by Bernardo Atxaga (Harvill Secker)
2011[edit]
- Winner: Frank Wynne for Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras (Atlantic)
- Runner-up: Margaret Jull Costa for The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka (Maclehose Press)
2010[edit]
- Margaret Jull Costa for Your Face Tomorrow 3: Poison, Shadow and Farewell by Javier Marías (Chatto)
- Christopher Johnson for the Selected Poetry of Francisco de Quevedo (University of Chicago Press).
2009[edit]
- Winner: Margaret Jull Costa for The Accordionist's Son by Bernardo Atxaga (Harvill Secker)
- Runner-up: Edith Grossman for Happy Families by Carlos Fuentes (Bloomsbury)
2008[edit]
- Winner: Nick Caistor for The Past by Alan Pauls (Harvill Secker)
- John Dent-Young for Selected Poems by Luis de Góngora (The University of Chicago Press)
2007[edit]
- Winner: Nick Caistor for The Sleeping Voice by Dulce Chacón (Harvill Secker/Alfaguara)
- Runner-up: John Cullen for Lies by Enrique de Hériz (Weidenfeld/Edhasa)
2006[edit]
- Winner: Margaret Jull Costa for Your Face Tomorrow 1: Fever and Spear by Javier Marías (Chatto & Windus)
- Runner-up: Sonia Soto for The Oxford Murders by Guillermo Martinez (Abacus)
2005[edit]
- Winner: Chris Andrews for Distant Star by Roberto Bolaño (Harvill)
- Runner-up: Margaret Jull Costa for The Man of Feeling by Javier Marías (Harvill)
2004[edit]
- Winner: Anne McLean for Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas (Bloomsbury)
2003[edit]
- Winner: Sam Richard for Not Only Fire by Benjamin Prado (Faber and Faber)
2002[edit]
- Winner: John D. Rutherford for Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (Penguin)
- Runner-up: Margaret Sayers Peden for Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende (Flamingo)
2001[edit]
- Winner: Timothy Adès for Homer in Cuernavaca by Alfonso Reyes (Edinburgh University Press)
- Runner-up: Edith Grossman for The Messenger by Mayra Montero (Harvill)
2000[edit]
- Winner: Sonia Soto for Winter in Lisbon by Antonio Muñoz Molina (Granta)
- Runner-up: Margaret Sayers Peden for Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (Flamingo)
1999[edit]
- Winner: Don Share for I Have Lots of Heart by Miguel Hernández (Bloodaxe)
1997[edit]
- Winner: Peter Bush for The Marx Family Saga by Juan Goytisolo (Faber)
References[edit]
- ^ [https:// https://www2.societyofauthors.org/prizes/translation-prizes/spanish-premio-valle-inclan/ "Past winners"]. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
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