John Florio Prize

The John Florio Prize for Italian translation is awarded by the Society of Authors,[1] with the co-sponsorship of the Italian Cultural Institute and Arts Council England. Named after the Tudor Anglo-Italian writer-translator John Florio, the prize was established in 1963. As of 1980 it is awarded biannually for the best English translation of a full-length work of literary merit and general interest from Italian.[2]

Winners and Shortlistees

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1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

  • Angus Davidson, for On Neoclassicism by Mario Praz

1971

1972

1973

  • Bernard Wall, for Wrestling with Christ by Luigi Santucci

1974

1975

  • Cormac O’Cuilleanain, for Cagliostro by Roberto Gervaso

1976

1977

1979

1980

1982

1984

  • Bruce Penman, for China (The moments of civilisation) by Gildo Fossati

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

  • Joseph Farrell, for Take-Off by Daniele del Giudice

2000

2002

2004

2006

  • Carol O’Sullivan and Martin Thom, for Kuraj by Silvia Di Natale

Runner-up: Aubrey Botsford, for The Ballad of the Low Lifes by Enrico Remmert

2008

Runner-up: Alastair McEwen, for Turning Back the Clock by Umberto Eco

2010

Runner-up: Abigail Asher, for The Natural Order of Things by Andrea Canobbio

2012

Commended: Howard Curtis, for In the Sea There are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda

Commended: Shaun Whiteside, for Stabat Mater by Tiziano Scarpa

2014

Commended: Cristina Viti, for A Life Apart by Mariapia Veladiano

2016

Commended: Richard Dixon, for Numero Zero by Umberto Eco

2018

  • Winner: Gini Alhadeff for her translation of I Am the Brother of XX by Fleur Jaeggy (And Other Stories)

Runner-up: Cristina Viti for her translation of Stigmata by Gëzim Hajdari (Shearsman Books)

Shortlistees:


References

  1. "Past winners - John Florio Prize (Italian)". The Society of Authors. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. "John Florio Prize (Italian)". The Society of Authors. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
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