International Literature Award

International Literature Award (German: Internationaler Literaturpreis – Haus der Kulturen der Welt) is a German literary award for international prose translated into German for the first time.^[1] The prize has been awarded annually by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the foundation “Elementarteilchen” since 2009.^[1] Winning authors receive £25,000 and the translators £10,000.^[2] The award has compared as the German near-equivalent of the Best Translated Book Award or Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.^[2]

Winners and Shortlists

Blue Ribbon () = winner

2009

• Author Daniel Alarcón and translator Friederike Meltendorf for Lost City Radio (Wagenbach Verlag)^[3][4]

2010

• Marie NDiaye and translator Claudia Kalscheuer for Drei starke Frauen (Orig: Trois femmes puissantes) (Suhrkamp Verlag)^[5]

2011

• Michail Schischkin and translator Andreas Tretner for Venushaar (Orig: Venerin Volos) (DVA)^[6]

2012

• Jaume Cabré, Jo confesso (Catalan, trans. Kirsten Brandt and Petra Zickmann)
• Mircea Cărtărescu, Corpul (Romanian, trans. Gerhardt Csejka and Ferdinand Leopold)
• Nedim Gürsel, Allah’ ιn Kιzlarι (Turkish, trans. Barbara Yurtdas)
• Tom McCarthy, C. (English, trans. Bernhard Robben)
• Péter Nádas, Párhuzamos történetek (Hungarian, trans. Christina Viragh)
• Téa Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife (English, trans. Bettina Abarbanell)

2013

• Andrej Bitow, Prepodavatel' simmetrii (Russian, trans. Rosemarie Tietze)
• Teju Cole, Open City (English, trans. Christine Richter-Nilsson)^[7][8]
• Lloyd Jones, Hand Me Down World (English, trans. Grete Osterwald)
• Valeria Luiselli, Los Ingrávidos (Spanish, trans. Dagmar Ploetz-Timm)
• Zakhar Prilepin, Sankya (Russian, trans. Erich Klein and Susanne Macht)
• Jean Rolin, Un chien mort après lui (French, trans. Holger Fock and Sabine Müller)

2014

• Zsófia Bán, Amikor még csak az állatok éltek (Hungarian, trans. Terézia Mora)
• Georgi Gospodinov, Fizika na tagata (Bulgarian, trans. Alexander Sitzmann)
• Mohsin Hamid, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (English, trans. Eike Schönfeld)
• Bernardo Kucinski, K. (Portuguese, trans. Sarita Brandt)
• Dany Laferrière, L'énigme du retour (French, trans. Beate Thill)^[9]
• Madeleine Thien, Dogs at the Perimeter (English, trans. Almuth Carstens)

2015

• NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names (English, trans. Miriam Mandelkow)
• Patrick Chamoiseau, L'empreinte à Crusoé (French, trans. Beate Thill)
• Daša Drndić, Sonnenschein (French, trans. Brigitte Döbert & Blanka Stipetić)
• Gilbert Gatore, Le Passé devant soi (French, trans. Katja Meintel)
• Amos Oz, Habesora al pi Jehuda (Hebrew, trans. Mirjam Pressler) ^[10]
• Krisztina Tóth, Akvárium (Hungarian, trans. György Buda)

References

1. International Literature Award, official website.
2. "Internationaler Literaturpreis - HKW". complete review. May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
3. Heredia, J. (2012). "The task of the translator: An interview with Daniel Alarcón". Latino Studies, 10(3), 395-409. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/lst.2012.22
4. "Literaturpreis für Daniel Alarcón Internationaler Literaturpreis erstmalig vergeben". Die Berliner Literaturkritik (in German). Sep 30, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
5. "Internationaler Literaturpreis an Marie NDiaye". Boersenblatt (in German). September 30, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
6. Von Sophie Werner (June 15, 2011). "Bekanntgabe Preisträger 2011 Internationaler Literaturpreis wird verliehen". Die Berliner Literaturkritik (in German). Retrieved October 11, 2012.
7. Silke Bartlick (2 May 2013). "Germany's International Literature Award honors world's best books". DW. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
8. Aygül Cizmecioglu (31 May 2013). "German literature prize for Teju Cole's debut NYC novel". DW. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
9. "Internationaler Literaturpreis – Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2014". Haus der Kulturen der Welt. 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
10. Sabine Peschel (June 29, 2015). "Amos Oz wins major German literature award". DeutscheWelle. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

External links

• International Literature Award, official website.