Warwick Prize for Women in Translation


The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, established in 2017, is an annual prize honoring a translated work by a female author published in English by a UK-based or Irish publisher during the previous calendar year. The stated aim of the prize is "to address the gender imbalance in translated literature and to increase the number of international women’s voices accessible by a British and Irish readership." The prize is open to works of fiction, poetry, or literary non-fiction, or works of fiction for children or young adults. Only works written by a woman are eligible; the gender of the translator is immaterial. The £1,000 prize is divided evenly between the author and her translator, or goes entirely to the translator in cases where the writer is no longer living. The prize is funded and administered by the University of Warwick.

Awards

2019

The 2019 shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation was announced by the University of Warwick on 28 October 2019. The winner was announced on 20 November 2019.
Shortlisted TitleAuthorTranslator
DisorientalNégar DjavadiTina Kover
The YearsAnnie ErnauxAlison L. Strayer
Negative of a Group PhotographAzita GhahremanMaura Dooley; Elhum Shakerifar
People in the RoomNorah LangeCharlotte Whittle
Katalin StreetMagda SzabóLen Rix
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the DeadOlga Tokarczuk

2018

The 2018 shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation was announced by the University of Warwick. The 2018 winner is in yellow.
Shortlisted TitleAuthorTranslator
BelladonnaDaša DrndićCelia Hawkesworth
Go Went GoneJenny ErpenbeckSusan Bernofsky
The White BookHan KangDeborah Smith
RiverEsther KinskyIain Galbraith
The House with the Stained-Glass WindowŻanna SłoniowskaAntonia Lloyd-Jones
FlightsOlga TokarczukJennifer Croft

2017

The 2017 prize was announced in a ceremony at the Warwick Arts Centre on Nov. 15, 2017. The judging panel was composed of Susan Bassnett, Amanda Hopkinson, and Boyd Tonkin, Special Adviser, Man Booker International Prize. The winner is in yellow.
Shortlisted TitleAuthorTranslator
Second-hand TimeSvetlana AlexievichBela Shayevich
Swallow SummerLyn Marven
Clementine Loves RedAntonia Lloyd-Jones and Zosia Krasodomska-Jones
The Coast RoadAilbhe Ní GhearbhuighMichael Coady, Peter Fallon, Tom French, Alan Gillis, Vona Groarke, John McAuliffe, Medbh McGuckian, Paul Muldoon, Michelle O’Sullivan, Justin Quinn, Billy Ramsell, Peter Sirr, and David Wheatley
Swallowing MercuryWioletta GregEliza Marciniak
Memoirs of a Polar BearYoko TawadaSusan Bernofsky