TA First Translation Prize

Given by Society of Authors

Otros Nombres: Society of Authors' Translators Association First Translation Prize (Inglés)
41 Obras 5,892 Libros 220 Reseñas ½ 3.9

The TA First Translation Prize is an annual prize for a debut literary translation into English published in the UK and Ireland. The winner is awarded £3,000 and a runner-up is awarded £1,000.

mostrar más The Prize is shared between the translator and their editor.

It was established in 2017 and generously endowed by Daniel Hahn and Jo Heinrich, with support from the British Council.





‘So, it’s recognising new talent in the translation profession, but also those editors who take a chance on a debut and then work with them to make them better – a role we all depend on, but don’t acknowledge often enough.’

Daniel Hahn

Stages:
Todos, Winner (7), Runner-up (5), Shortlist (29)
Years:
Todos, 2023 (7), 2022 (6), 2021 (6), 2020 (6), 2019 (6), 2018 (4), 2017 (6)
Announced:
Febrero 7: Ganador2023 Reciente
Febrero 7: Runner-up2023 Reciente

Winner 7

ObraAño
Het tegenovergestelde van een mens roman por Lieke Marsman
Sophie Collins and editor Marigold Atkey
2023
Things I Didn't Throw Out por Marcin Wicha
Marta Dziurosz and editors Zeljka Marosevic and Sophie Missing
2022
An Inventory of Losses por Judith Schalansky
Jackie Smith and editor Bill Swainson
2021
Every Fire You Tend por Sema Kaygusuz
Nicholas Glastonbury and editor Saba Ahmed
2020
Tokyo Ueno Station por Miri Yū
Morgan Giles and editor Saba Ahmed
2019
The Impossible Fairy Tale por Han Yujoo
Janet Hong and editor Ethan Nosowsky
2018
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets por Svetlana Alexievich
Bela Shayevich and editor Jacques Testard
2017

Runner-up 5

ObraAño
Chinatown por Thuận
Nguyễn An Lý and editor Deborah Smith
2023
Marzahn, mon amour por Katja Oskamp
Jo Heinrich and editor Gesche Ipsen
2022
São Bernardo por Graciliano Ramos
Padma Viswanathan and editor Edwin Frank
2021
Pharricide por Vincent de Swarte
Nicholas Royle and editor Tim Shearer
2020
Personas en la sala por Norah Lange
Charlotte Whittle and editor Bella Bosworth
2019

Shortlist 29

ObraAño
Of Saints and Miracles por Manuel Astur
Claire Wadie and editor Gesche Ipsen
2023
This World Does Not Belong to Us por Natalia García Freire
Victor Meadowcroft and editors Juliet Mabey and Polly Hatfield
2023
A Woman's Battles and Transformations por Édouard Louis
Tash Aw and editor Ellie Steel
2023
Strafe: Stories por Ferdinand von Schirach
Katharina Hall and editor Abigail Scruby
2023
Awake por Harald Voetmann
Johanne Sorgenfri Ottosen and editor Tom Conaghan
2023
Das Eigentliche: Roman por Iris Hanika
Abigail Wender and editor Katy Derbyshire
2022
What will it take for me to leave por Loranne Vella
Kat Storace and editor Jen Calleja
2022
The Hummingbird por Sandro Veronesi
Elena Pala and editor Federico Andornino
2022
The Lost Spell por Yismake Worku
Bethlehem Attfield and editor David Henningham
2022
Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us por Joseph Andras
Simon Leser and editor Andrew Hsiao
2021
The Phone Box at the Edge of the World por Laura Imai Messina
Lucy Rand and editor Sophie Orme
2021
Marble por Amalie Smith
Jennifer Russell and editor Denise Rose Hansen
2021
Rolling Fields por David Trueba
Rahul Bery and editor Federico Andornino
2021
The Little Girl on the Ice Floe por Adélaïde Bon
Ruth Diver and editor Elise Williams
2020
The Collection por Nina Leger
Laura Francis and editor Ka Bradley
2020
Empty Words por Mario Levrero
Annie McDermott and editor Lizzie Davis
2020
Pixel por Krisztina Tóth
Owen Good and editor Bishan Samaddar
2020
Trout, Belly Up por Rodrigo Fuentes
Ellen Jones and editors Fionn Petch and Carolina Orloff
2019
La Cresta de Ilion (Spanish Edition) por Cristina Rivera-Garza
Sarah Booker and editor Lauren Rosemary Hook
2019
The Promise: Love and Loss in Modern China por Xue Xinran
William Spence and editor Tomasz Hoskins
2019
Lonely Face por Yeng Pway Ngon
Natascha Bruce and editor Jeremy Tiang
2019
El último de la estirpe por Fleur Jaeggy
Gini Alhadeff and editor Barbara Epler
2018
Bellas artes por Luis Sagasti
Fionn Petch and editor Annie McDermott
2018
Can You Hear Me? por Elena Varvello
Alex Valente and editor Federico Andornino
2018
The Queue por Basma Abdel Aziz
Elisabeth Jaquette and editors Sal Robinson and Taylor Sperry
2017
Eve Out of Her Ruins por Ananda Devi
Jeffrey Zuckerman and editors Cécile Menon and Angeline Rothermundt
2017
Swallowing Mercury por Wioletta Greg
Eliza Marciniak and editors Max Porter and Ka Bradley
2017
Notes on a Thesis por Tiphaine Rivière
Francesca Barrie and editor Claire Bullock
2017
The Sad Part Was por Prabda Yoon
Mui Poopoksakul and editor Deborah Smith
2017

Descripciones

The TA First Translation Prize is an annual prize for a debut literary translation into English published in the UK and Ireland. The winner is awarded £3,000 and a runner-up is awarded £1,000. The Prize is shared between the translator and their editor.

It was established in 2017 and generously endowed by Daniel Hahn and Jo Heinrich, with support from the British Council.

‘So, it’s recognising new talent in the translation profession, but also those editors who take a chance on a debut and then work with them to make them better – a role we all depend on, but don’t acknowledge often enough.’

Daniel Hahn

(English, Award granter)
URL: https://www2.societyofauthors.org/prizes/translation-prizes/ta-first-translation-prize/
The TA First Translation Prize is an annual £2,000 prize for a debut literary translation into English published in the UK. The prize was established in 2017 and generously endowed by Daniel Hahn with half of the money awarded with the International Dublin Literary Award, and with support from the British Council. The work must be the translator's first published solo book-length literary translation. The prize is shared between the translator and their editor. (English, Escritos por miembros)

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