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The Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation is a literary translation award given by the
Society of Authors in London. Translations from the German original into English are considered for the prize. The value of the prize is £3,000, while the runner-up now receives £1,000.
[1] The prize is named for
August Wilhelm Schlegel and
Ludwig Tieck , who translated
Shakespeare to German in the 19th century.
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Winner: Karen Leeder for a translation of Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of My City by
Durs Grünbein (Seagull Books)
Runner up: Simon Pare for a translation of Cox; or, The Course of Time by
Christoph Ransmayr (Seagull Books)
Shortlisted:
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Jamie Bulloch for a translation of The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero by
Paulus Hochgatterer (MacLehose Press)
Jamie Bulloch for a translation of The Hungry and the Fat by
Timur Vermes (MacLehose Press)
Sophie Duvernoy for a translation of Käsebier Takes Berlin by
Gabriele Tergit (Pushkin Press)
2022
Winner: Damion Searls for a translation of Where You Come From by Saša Stanišič (Jonathan Cape)
Runner up: Stef Morris for a translation of It All Tastes of Farewell: Diaries, 1964-1970, by Brigitte Reimann (Seagull Books)
Shortlisted:
Roslyn Theobald for a translation of just sitting around here GRUESOMELY now , by Friederike Mayröcker (Seagull Books)
Gitta Honegger for a translation of Rein Gold by Elfriede Jelinek (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Sharmila Cohen for a translation of The High-Rise Diver by Julia von Lucadou (World Editions)
Simon Pare for a translation of Troubled Water: A Journey Around the Black Sea, by Jens Mühling (Haus Publishing)
2023
Winner: Jamie Bulloch for a translation of Hinterland by Arno Geiger (Picador)
Runner up: Lucy Jones for a translation of Siblings by Brigitte Reimann (Penguin Modern Classics)
Shortlisted:
Katy Derbyshire for a translation of While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Katharina Hall for a translation of Punishment by Ferdinand von Schirach (Baskerville)
Tess Lewis for a translation of Epic Annette: A Heroine’s Tale by Anne Weber (The Indigo Press)
Rachel Ward for a translation of Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz (Orenda Books)
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