Translators of foreign fiction often go unsung and unnoticed. A new incarnation of the Man Booker International Prize is to give them the recognition they deserve.
Until now, the award has been handed out every two years to reward a writer for their body of work. Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai was the most recent winner.
From next year, the focus will change. The prize will be awarded to a single book translated into English and published in the UK. The prize money of £52,000 will be divided equally between the author and the translator. Organisers hope the award will foster a new understanding of the work translators do, and the skill involved. More.
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This is really a wonderful opportunity for all translators to win name and fame. The event is also encouraging for translation industry.
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in acknowledging the role of translators in literary success. I can't help thinking that some of the high profile writers who are also literary translators probably contributed to this (Lydia Davis and Octavio Paz spring to mind)
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