National Translation Awards 2021
For the twenty-third year in a row, the National Translation Awards (NTA) have given awards for translated poetry and prose. Before it happens, texts are checked in a long and strict process.
The process focuses on translated texts and original texts. It aims to check the connection between translated text and the original texts.
On September 30, 2021, International Translation Day, the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced the list of winners of this year’s awards in the categories of poetry and prose.
The mark focuses on the quality of the translation and finished translation from the current language to English. The special day judges of prose are: Jennifer Croft, Anton Hur and Annie Janush. The poetry will come under the wing of Sinan Antoon, Layla Benitez-James, and Sibelan Forrester.
Below we show the list of names and works nominated in prose:
| Difficult Light By Tomás González Translated from Spanish by Andrea Rosenberg (Archipelago Books) Humus Impostures |
No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories By Jayant Kaikini Translated from Kannada by Tejaswini (Catapult) Shameless Stories of the Sahara |
And a list of names and works nominated in poetry:
| Allegria By Giuseppe Ungaretti Translated from Italian By Geoffrey Brock (Archipelago Books) Beowulf Unexpected Vanilla |
Dead Letter Office: Selected Poems By Marko Pogačar Translated from Croation By Andrea Jurjević (The Word Works) The Olive Trees’ Jazz and Other Poems Poetic Justice: An Anthology of |
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