Finnish State Prize for Foreign Translators
The Finnish State Prize for Foreign Translators ( Finnish Valtion ulkomainen kääntäjäpalkinto ) is a Finnish literary prize that has been awarded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture for outstanding translations of Finnish literature since 1975. The winners are proposed by a seven-member advisory board of the Information Center for Finnish Literature (FILI). The prize is endowed with 15,000 euros.
List of award winners
| year | translator | country |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Manfred Peter Hein | Germany |
| 1976 | Béla Jávorszky | Hungary |
| 1977 | Jens Hildén | Sweden |
| 1978 | Olivier Descargues | France |
| Gabriel Rebourcet | France | |
| 1979 | Keith Bosley | Great Britain |
| 1980 | Vladimir Bogatshev | Soviet Union |
| 1982 | Ingrid Schellbach-Copra | Germany |
| 1983 | Robert Layton | Great Britain |
| 1984 | Jan Petr Velkoborský | Czechoslovakia |
| 1985 | István Rácz | Hungary |
| 1986 | Bo Carpelan | Finland / Sweden |
| 1987 | Piret Saluri | Estonia |
| 1988 | Thomas Warburton | Finland / Sweden |
| 1989 | Lucie Albertini | France |
| CG Bjurström | France | |
| Mirja Bolgár | France | |
| 1990 | Philip Binham | Finland / USA |
| Timothy Binham | Finland / USA | |
| 1991 | Anu Pyykönen-Stohner | Germany |
| Friedbert Stohner | Germany | |
| 1992 | Herbert Lomas | Great Britain |
| 1993 | Kerstin Lindqvist | Sweden |
| 1994 | Jean-Luc Moreau | France |
| 1995 | Jesús Pardo | Spain |
| 1996 | Anselm Hollo | United States |
| 1997 | Nøste Kendzior | Norway |
| Gisbert Jänicke | Finland / Germany | |
| 1998 | Joan Tate | Great Britain |
| 1999 | Jelka Ovaska Novak | Slovenia |
| 2000 | Lars Huldén | Finland / Sweden |
| 2001 | Stefan Moster | Germany |
| 2002 | Helena Idström | Denmark |
| 2003 | Anne Colin du Terrail | France |
| 2004 | Viola Parente-Capková | Czech Republic / Italy |
| Antonio Parente | Italy | |
| 2005 | Camilla Frostell | Sweden |
| 2006 | Hildi Hawkins | Great Britain |
| 2007 | Hiroko Suenobu | Japan |
| David Hackston | Great Britain | |
| 2008 | Gabriele Schrey-Hammer | Germany |
| 2009 | Lyudmila Braude | Russia |
| Anna Sidorova | Russia | |
| 2010 | Rami Island | Israel |
| 2011 | María Martzoúkou | Greece |
| 2012 | Vladimír Piskoř | Czech Republic |
| 2013 | David McDuff | Great Britain |
| 2014 | Angela Plöger | Germany |
| 2015 | Janina Orlov | Sweden |
| 2016 | Turid color regd | Norway |
| 2017 | Sebastian Musielak | Poland |
| 2018 | Birgita Bonde Hansen | Denmark |
| 2019 | Elina Kritzokat | Germany |
Web links
- Official site (Finnish)
- Finnish State Prize in the Germersheim Translator Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Finnish State Prize for Foreign Translators goes to Elina Kritzokat , report on Buchmarkt.de from November 28, 2019, accessed on November 30, 2019.