Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize

The Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize is an annual literary prize named for the German–American publishers Helen and Kurt Wolff "honoring an outstanding literary translation from German into English" published in the USA the previous year.^[1]

The translator of the winning translation receives $10,000. The prize was established in 1996 and is funded by the German government. It was administered by the Goethe-Institut of Chicago until 2014.^[2] Since 2015, the prize has been administered by the New York Goethe-Institut.^[1]

Recipients

Year	Translator	Author	Title	Ref.
1996	John E. Woods	Thomas Mann	The Magic Mountain
1996	John E. Woods	Arno Schmidt	Nobodaddy's Children
1997	Leila Vennewitz	Jurek Becker	Jacob the Liar
1998	John Brownjohn	Thomas Brussig	Heroes Like Us
1999	Joel Agee	Heinrich von Kleist	Penthesilea	^[3]
2000	Michael Hofmann	Joseph Roth	Rebellion
2001	Krishna Winston	Günter Grass	Too Far Afield
2002	Anthea Bell	W. G. Sebald	Austerlitz
2003	Margot Bettauer Dembo	Judith Hermann	Summerhouse, Later
2004	Breon Mitchell	Uwe Timm	Morenga
2005	Michael Henry Heim	Thomas Mann	Death in Venice
2006	Susan Bernofsky	Jenny Erpenbeck	The Old Child & Other Stories
2007	Peter Constantine	Benjamin Lebert	The Bird is a Raven
2008	David Dollenmayer	Moses Rosenkranz	Childhood. An Autobiographical Fragment
2009	John Hargraves	Michael Krüger	The Executor – A Comedy of Letters
2010	Ross Benjamin	Michael Maar	Speak, Nabokov
2011	Jean M. Snook	Gert Jonke	The Distant Sound	^[4]^[5]
2012	Burton Pike	Gerhard Meier	Isle of the Dead	^[6]
2013	Philip Boehm	Gregor von Rezzori	An Ermine in Czernopol
2014	Shelley Frisch	Reiner Stach	Kafka: The Years of Insight
2015	Catherine Schelbert	Hugo Ball	Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor	^[7]^[8]
2016	Daniel Bowles	Christian Kracht	Imperium	^[9]
2017	Charlotte Collins	Robert Seethaler	A Whole Life
2018	Isabel Fargo Cole	Wolfgang Hilbig	Old Rendering Plant	^[10]
2019	Damion Searls	Uwe Johnson	Anniversaries. From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl	^[11]^[12]
2020	Philip Boehm	Christine Wunnicke	The Fox and Dr. Shimamura	^[13]
2021	Jackie Smith	Judith Schalansky	An Inventory of Losses	^[14]^[15]^[16]
2022	Vincent Kling	Heimito von Doderer	The Strudlhof Steps	^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, official site.
^ "Helen-und-Kurt-Wolff-Übersetzerpreis – Wolff Translator's Prize". Online-Ausgabe des Handbuchs der Kulturpreise (in German). 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ Schulte, Rainer (1999). "The Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Prize and the Retranslation of Literary Works". Translation Review. 57 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1080/07374836.1999.10523735. ISSN 0737-4836.
^ Post, Chad W. (20 May 2011). "2011 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize". Three Percent (Rochester University). Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
^ "Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2011". WBEZ. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
^ "Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2012". WBEZ. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
^ "Catherine Schelbert, Prize Recipient 2015". Goethe Institut. May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
^ Bernofsky, Susan (2015-05-08). "2015 Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize to Catherine Schelbert". TRANSLATIONiSTA. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ "Daniel Bowles". Goethe-Institut. May 2016. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
^ Albanese, Andrew (2018-05-08). "Isabel Fargo Cole Wins 2018 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ "Damion Searls ausgezeichnet". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ "Damion Searls wins the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for 'Anniversaries'". NY Review of Books. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ "Boehm Wins German Translation Prize". Publishers Weekly. 2020-04-04. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ "Jackie Smith Wins 2021 Wolff Translator's Prize". Publishers Weekly. May 24, 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ Anderson, Porter (2021-06-24). "In New York: Jackie Smith Wins the $10,000 Wolff Translator's Prize". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ Caplan, Walker (2021-05-21). "Here's the winner of the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ Anderson, Porter (18 May 2022). "Vincent Kling Wins the 2022 Wolff Translator's Prize". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

External links

Official website (in German and English)

[official-1] Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, official site.

[2] "Helen-und-Kurt-Wolff-Übersetzerpreis – Wolff Translator's Prize". Online-Ausgabe des Handbuchs der Kulturpreise (in German). 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[Schulte-3] Schulte, Rainer (1999). "The Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Prize and the Retranslation of Literary Works". Translation Review. 57 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1080/07374836.1999.10523735. ISSN 0737-4836.

[4] Post, Chad W. (20 May 2011). "2011 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize". Three Percent (Rochester University). Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

[5] "Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2011". WBEZ. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

[6] "Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2012". WBEZ. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

[7] "Catherine Schelbert, Prize Recipient 2015". Goethe Institut. May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.

[8] Bernofsky, Susan (2015-05-08). "2015 Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize to Catherine Schelbert". TRANSLATIONiSTA. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[9] "Daniel Bowles". Goethe-Institut. May 2016. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2015.

[10] Albanese, Andrew (2018-05-08). "Isabel Fargo Cole Wins 2018 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[Searls-11] "Damion Searls ausgezeichnet". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[12] "Damion Searls wins the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for 'Anniversaries'". NY Review of Books. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[13] "Boehm Wins German Translation Prize". Publishers Weekly. 2020-04-04. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[14] "Jackie Smith Wins 2021 Wolff Translator's Prize". Publishers Weekly. May 24, 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[15] Anderson, Porter (2021-06-24). "In New York: Jackie Smith Wins the $10,000 Wolff Translator's Prize". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[16] Caplan, Walker (2021-05-21). "Here's the winner of the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[Publishing_Perspectives_2022-17] Anderson, Porter (18 May 2022). "Vincent Kling Wins the 2022 Wolff Translator's Prize". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

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