John Florio Prize John Florio Prize for Italian translationSociety of Authors ,Italian Cultural Institute and Arts Council England . Named after the Tudor Anglo-Italian writer-translator John Florio, the prize was established in 1963. As of 1980 it is awarded biannually for the best English translation of a full-length work of literary merit and general interest from Italian.Winners and Shortlistees = winner1963 Donata Origo, for The Deserter by Giuseppe Dessi Eric Mosbacher, for Hekura by Fosco Maraini 1964 Angus Davidson, for More Roman Tales by Alberto Moravia Professor E. R. Vincent, for A Diary of One of Garibaldi's Thousands by Giuseppe Cesare Abba H. S. Vere-Hodge, for The Odes of Dante 1965 W. H. Darwell, for Dongo: The Last Act by Pier Luigi Bellini delle Stelle & Urbano Lazzaro 1966 Stuart Woolf, for The Truce by Primo Levi Jane Grigson and Father Kenelm Foster, for The Columns of Infamy of Crime and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria 1967 Isabel Quigly, for The Transfers by Silvano Ceccherini 1968 Muriel Grindrod, for The Popes in the 20th Century by Carlo Falconi Raleigh Trevelyan, for The Outlaws by Luigi Meneghello 1969 Sacha Rabinovitch, for Francis Bacon: from Magic to Science by Paolo Rossi William Weaver, for A Violent Life by Pier Pasolini 1970 Angus Davidson, for On Neoclassicism by Mario Praz 1971 William Weaver, for The Heron by Giorgio Bassani and Time and the Hunter by Italo Calvino 1972 Patrick Creagh, for Selected Poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti 1973 Bernard Wall, for Wrestling with Christ by Luigi Santucci1974 Stephen M. Hellman, for Letters from Inside the Italian Communist Party by Maria Antonietta Macciocchi 1975 Cormac O’Cuilleanain, for Cagliostro by Roberto Gervaso1976 Frances Frenaye, for The Forests of Norbio by Giuseppe Dessi1977 Ruth Feldman & Brian Swann, for Shema, Collected Poems of Primo Levi 1979 Quintin Hoare, for Selections from Political Writings 1921-26 by Antonio Gramsci 1980 Julian Mitchell, for Henry IV by Pirandello 1982 Christopher Holme, for Ebla: An Empire Rediscovered by Paolo Matthiae 1984 Bruce Penman, for China by Gildo Fossati1986 Avril Bardoni, for The Wine Dark Sea by Leonardo Sciascia 1988 J. G. Nichols, for The Colloquies by Guido Gozzano 1990 Patrick Creagh, for Danube by Claudio Magris Patrick Creagh, for Blind Argus by Gesualdo Bufalino 1992 William Weaver, for The Dust Roads of Monferrato by Rosetta Loy Tim Parks, for Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy 1994 Tim Parks, for The Road to San Giovanni 1996 Emma Rose, for His Mother's House by Marta Morazzoni 1998 Joseph Farrell, for Take-Off by Daniele del Giudice2000 Martin McLaughlin, for Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino2002 Stephen Sartarelli, for Prince of the Clouds by Gianni Riotta Alastair McEwen, for Senior Service by Carlo Feltrinelli2004 Howard Curtis, for Coming Back by Edoardo Albinati 2006 Carol O’Sullivan and Martin Thom, for Kuraj by Silvia Di Natale The Ballad of the Low Lifes by Enrico Remmert2008 Runner-up: Alastair McEwen, for Turning Back the ClockUmberto Eco 2010 Runner-up: Abigail Asher, for The Natural Order of ThingsAndrea Canobbio 2012 Commended: Howard Curtis , for In the Sea There are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda Shaun Whiteside , for Stabat Mater by Tiziano Scarpa 2014 Commended: Cristina Viti , for A Life Apart by Mariapia Veladiano2016 Commended: Richard Dixon , for Numero Zero by Umberto Eco2018 Winner: Gini Alhadeff for her translation of I Am the Brother of XX by Fleur Jaeggy Runner-up: Cristina Viti for her translation of Stigmata by Gëzim Hajdari Shortlistees: Jamie McKendrick for his translation of Within the Walls by Giorgio Bassani Mario Petrucci for his translation of Xenia by Eugenio Montale Cristina Viti for her translation of The World Saved by Kids by Elsa Morante
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