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Gutekunst Prize of the
Friends of Goethe New York

In 2010, the Goethe-Institut New York received a generous donation in memory of Frederick and Grace Gutekunst. A prize was created to identify outstanding young translators of German literature into English and assist them in establishing contact with the translation and publishing communities. The prize has been supported by the Friends of Goethe New York since 2017.

The Gutekunst Prize of the Friends of Goethe New York is open to college students and to all translators under the age of 35 who, at the time the prize is awarded, have not yet published, nor are under contract for, a book-length translation. Each applicant is required to translate a literary text of approximately 15 pages. Submitted translations are evaluated by a jury consisting of three experts in German literature and translation.
The prize comes with a purse of $2,500.


Application Process

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The Gutekunst Prize of the Friends of Goethe New York is open to college students and to all translators under the age of 35 who, at the time the prize is awarded, have not yet published, nor are under contract for, a book-length translation. The application period for the 2024 prize is now open. Completed applications must be submitted by the deadline on Friday, April 19, 2024 at 11:59PM EDT. 

Application Process


Past Recipients


About Frederick Paul Gutekunst (1889-1985)

Frederic(k) Paul Gutekunst was born in Moberly, Missouri on July 24, 1889. His parents were George and Emilie Gutekunst, originally of Germany.


Contact

Dean Whiteside
Translation Grant Program Liaison
dean.whiteside@goethe.de

Goethe-Institut New York
30 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003


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Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator´s Prize

Established in 1996 and funded by the German government, the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize is awarded each year to honor an outstanding literary translation from German into English published in the USA the previous year.

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Translation Grant Program

The Goethe-Institut’s grant program “Translations of German Books into Other Languages” supports non-German publishers in publishing German-language literature, with the aim of making accessible to non-German speaking readers current works of contemporary literature, literature for children and young people, important academic titles and non-fiction works.

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