Kakehashi Literature Prize

The Kakehashi Literature Prize ("Kakehashi" means building a bridge ; Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize until 2019) has been awarded every two years since 2014 to translators who propose a German-language literary work for translation into Japanese, as well as to the authors. The award is being advertised by Merck and the Goethe Institute in Tokyo. The aim of this is to promote contemporary German-language literature in Japan more strongly and to recognize the work of the translation.

The total prize money is € 20,000 for the author and the translator, and for the latter there is also an agreement for the translation of the selected work into Japanese. The award will take place in Tokyo .

Award winners

year	German title	author	translator	Japanese title
2014	Seascape with Pocahontas	Arno Schmidt	Wada Jun	ポ カ ホ ン タ ス の い る 湖景
2016	More sea	Ilma Rakusa	Fuminari Niimoto	も っ と 、 海 を
2018	indigo	Clemens J. Setz	Ayano Inukai	イ ン デ ィ ゴ

Web links

• Kakehashi Literature Prize

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kakehashi Literature Prize - Stories | EMD Group. Retrieved January 17, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize 2016 - Goethe Institute Japan. Retrieved January 17, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Michael Wolf: Merck Kakehashi Prize for author Clemens Setz. Accessed January 17, 2020 (German).