Khaled Mattawa wins 2011 Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation

It was announced today that the 2011 Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, in its sixth year, is awarded to Libyan-born Khaled Mattawa for his translation of Adonis: Selected Poems, published by Yale University Press. The judges were unanimous in voting Khaled Mattawa’s translation the winner of the £3,000 annual prize, and agreed easily on the runner-up and the commended translation. The prize will be awarded at the The Translation Prizes Award Ceremony in London on 6 February (see below). The event includes readings by the prizewinners.

See: The Tanjara