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Wolff Translator's Prize

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The annual Helen and Kurt Wolff Tanslator's Prize is awarded each spring to honor an outstanding literary translation from German into English published in the USA the previous year. The translator of the winning translation will receive US-$ 10,000.00 and a stay at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB). The prize was established in 1996 and is administered by the Goethe-Institut Chicago. It is funded by the German government.


Contact:
    Christiane Tacke
    Program Coordinator, Wolff Translators Prize, Literature
    Tel: +1 (312) 263 0472
    Fax: +1 (312) 263 0476
    Mail Symbol tacke@chicago.goethe.org
      Bild MedienThe Wolff Translator's Prize has been awarded to a series of outstanding tranlators:

      Ross Benjamin, 2010
      John Hargraves, 2009
      David Dollenmayer, 2008
      Peter Constantine, 2007
      Susan Bernofsky, 2006
      Michael Henry Heim, 2005
      Breon Mitchell, 2004
      Margot Bettauer Dembo, 2003
      Anthea Bell, 2002
      Krishna Winston, 2001
      Michael Hofmann, 2000
      Joel Agee, 1999
      John Brownjohn, 1998
      Leila Vennewitz, 1997
      John E. Woods, 1996

      More information about the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize:
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        Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize   deutschenglish

        Awarded each year for an outstanding literary translation from German into English.