Prix Laure Bataillon


The Prix Laure Bataillon is a French literary award established in 1986 by the cities of Nantes and Saint-Nazaire to be given for the best work of fiction translated each year. It is awarded jointly to a foreign writer and their French language translator.

History

Created in 1986 to recognise the "best work of fiction translated into French each year," the award was renamed for the Hispanic translator and literary critic, Laure Guille-Bataillon, translator of Julio Cortázar and a 1988 laureate of the prize, following her death in 1990. The International Writers and Translators Residence at Saint Nazaire has been the administrator of the prize since 1993. In 2003, another prize, the Laure-Bataillon Classic Prize — given to the translator of a deceased author or a classic work of literature — was introduced and has been awarded alongside the original Laure-Bataillon Prize since 2004. In 2017, the Prix Classique was renamed the Prix Bernard Hoepffner.

Winners of the Prix Laure-Bataillon

The past winners of the Prix Laure-Bataillon include Nobel Prize laureates, Derek Walcott, Mo Yan, and Olga Tokarczuk.
YearAuthorTitleOriginal LanguageTranslatorPublisher
1986Hugo ClausLe Chagrin des BelgesDutchAlain Van CrugtenJulliard
1987Giorgio ManganelliAmourItalianJean-Baptiste ParaDenoël
1988Juan José SaerL'AncêtreSpanishLaure BataillonFlammarion
1989Hartmut LangeLe Récital suivi de La Sonate WaldsteinGermanBernard KreissFayard
1990Bohumil HrabalVends maison où je ne veux plus vivreCzechClaudia AncelotLaffont
1991Bo CarpelanAxelSwedishC.G. Bjurström et Lucie AlbertiniGallimard
1992Josef HiršalBohème, bohèmeCzechErika AbramsAlbin Michel
1993Gert JonkeL'École du virtuoseGermanUta Müller et Denis DenjeanVerdier
1994John UpdikeRabbit en paixEnglishMaurice RambaudGallimard
1995Hans Magnus EnzensbergerRequiem pour une femme romantiqueGermanGeorges ArèsGallimard
1996Giuseppe LongoL'AcrobateItalianJean Pastureau et Marie-Noëlle Pastureau
1997Bernhard SchlinkLe LiseurGermanBernard LortholaryGallimard
1998Sergio RamírezLe Bal des masquesSpanishClaude Fell
1999W.G. SebaldLes ÉmigrantsGermanPatrick CharbonneauActes Sud
2000Mo YanThe Republic of WineChineseNoël Dutrait et Liliane DutraitSeuil
2001Erri De LucaTrois chevauxItalianDanièle ValinGallimard
2002Derek WalcottUne autre vieEnglishClaire MalrouxGallimard
2004Vanghélis HadziyannidisLe Miel des angesModern GreekMichel VolkovitchAlbin Michel
2005Gamal GhitanyLe Livre des illuminationsArabicKhaled OsmanSeuil
2006Russell BanksThe DarlingEnglishPierre FurlanActes Sud
2007Cynthia OzickLes Papiers de PuttermesserEnglishAgnès DesartheL'Olivier
2008Vassili GolovanovÉloges des voyages insensésRussianHélène ChâtelainVerdier
2009Duong Thu HuongAu zénithVietnamesePhuong Dang TranSabine Wespieser
2010Julián RíosLe Pont de l'AlmaSpanishGeneviève Duchêne et Albert BensoussanTristram
2011Reinhard JirglRenégat, roman du temps nerveuxGermanMartine RemonQuidam
2012Peter EsterhazyPas question d'artHungarianAgnès JarfasGallimard
2013Chrístos ChryssópoulosUne lampe entre les dents, chronique athénienneModern GreekAnne-Laure BrisacActes Sud
2014Nii Ayikwei ParkesNotre quelque partEnglishSika FakambiZulma
2015Rick BassToute la terre qui nous possèdeEnglishAurélie TronchetBourgois
2016Gabriel JosipoviciInfini : L'histoire d'un momentEnglishBernard HœpffnerQuidam
2017José Carlos LlopSolsticeSpanishEdmond RaillardJacqueline Chambon
2018Allan MooreJerusalemEnglishChristophe ClaroInculte
2019Olga TokarczukLes livres de JacobPolishMaryla LaurentNoir sur blanc

Winners of the Prix Laure-Bataillon Classique