Translators association honors English-language editions of Italian prose and French poetry

By The Associated Press on October 28, 2024.

NEW YORK (AP) – The English-language translators of an Italian collection of short stories and a French book of poetry have won awards from the American Literary Translators Association.

Jamie Richards’ translation from the Italian of Marosia Castaldi’s “The Hunger of Women” was given the National Translation Award for prose, and Cole Swensen’s translation from the French of Pierre Alferi’s “And the Street” won the poetry award.

Each winner receives $4,000. Richards is a full-time translator, while Swensen is also a prize-winning poet, her books including “Goest” and “Gravesend.”

“We are proud to administer the National Translation Awards, which turn the spotlight on a number of accomplished translators, writers, and the publishers who make it possible for these marvelous books to appear in English,” translation association president Chenxin Jiang said in a statement Monday.

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