International Literature Prize - House of World Cultures
The International Literature Prize - House of World Cultures is a literature prize for an “outstanding foreign-language title of contemporary international literature and its first German translation”, which has been awarded annually in June since 2009 by the House of World Cultures in Berlin and the Elementary Particle Foundation . It is endowed with a total of 35,000 euros; Since 2016, the author has received 20,000 euros of this and 15,000 euros go to the translator . By 2015, the author had received 25,000 euros and the translator 10,000 euros. In 2020, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, all six titles on the shortlist were awarded once, with 12 × 3000 euros awarded.
background
The aim of the award is to raise awareness of current literary voices from all over the world and to recognize the mediation work of literary translators. In the abundance of new publications on the German book market, the prize is intended to draw attention to outstanding and exceptional works of international literature.
A panel of well-known literature critics and - scientists determines two winners in a multistage process. The 2009/2010 jury included: Christian Döring (editor and literary critic), Ottmar Ette (literary scholar, University of Potsdam ), Sigrid Löffler (literary critic), Katharina Narbutovic (head of the DAAD's Berlin artist program), Peter Ripken (International Center Frankfurt Book Fair) , Jan Szlovak (Chairman of the Board of the Elementarteilchen Foundation ) and Susanne Stemmler (Head of Literature, House of World Cultures).
Award winners
- 2009: Daniel Alarcón (author) and Friederike Meltendorf (translator) for the novel Lost City Radio
- 2010: Marie NDiaye (author) and Claudia Kalscheuer (translator) for the novel Three Strong Women
- 2011: Michail Schischkin (author) and Andreas Tretner (translator) for the novel Venushaar
- 2012: Mircea Cărtărescu (author), Gerhardt Csejka and Ferdinand Leopold for their joint translation of the novel The Body
- 2013: Teju Cole (author) and Christine Richter-Nilsson (translator) for the novel Open City
- 2014: Dany Laferrière (author) and Beate Thill (translator) for The Riddle of Return
- 2015: Amos Oz (author) and Mirjam Pressler (translator) for Judas
- 2016: Shumona Sinha (author) and Lena Müller (translator) for Hit the poor!
- 2017: Fiston Mwanza Mujila (author) and Katharina Meyer and Lena Müller (translators) for Tram 83
- 2018: Ivana Sajko (author) and Alida Bremer (translator) for romance novel
- 2019: Fernanda Melchor (author) and Angelica Ammar (translator) for the cyclone season
- 2020:
- The circle of literature lovers of Amir Hassan Cheheltan translated by Jutta Himmelreich
- The weeping of the birds by Chigozie Obioma , translated by Nicolai von Schweder-Schreiner
- Happy Cases by Yevgenia Belorusets , translated by Claudia Dathe
- The Meek by Angel Igov , translated by Andreas Tretner
- What a miracle by James Noël , translated by Rike Bolte
- Great decoration by Isabel Waidner , translated by Ann Cotten
Web links
- House of World Cultures - International Literature Prize
- Epitext , a blog about the International Literature Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ 12th International Literature Prize - House of World Cultures: The winners have been announced , buchmarkt.de, published and accessed on June 4, 2020.
- ↑ Slay the poor! Information on the award-winning novel and the winners can be found at hkw.de, accessed on June 14, 2016
- ↑ The International Literature Prize goes to six authors. In: ORF.at . June 4, 2020, accessed June 4, 2020 .
- ↑ International Literature Prize awarded , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on June 4, 2020.
- ↑ The current award winner and the shortlist appear. For previous years, scroll to the bottom of the page and use the arrow key.