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French-American Foundation Translation Prize Finalists

Less than one week before we announce the fiction longlist for the Best Translated Book Award (I have three more pre-announcements posts in the works to whet your appetite), but in the meantime, the French-American Foundation just announced the finalists for their Translation Prize. The French-American Foundation ...

2010 French-American Translation Prizes

The Florence Gould Foundation and the French-American Foundation recently announced the finalists for this, the 24th annual, French Translation Prizes. Winners will be announced in May at a swanky event, and they’ll each receive $10,000. You can find more details about the history of the prize, etc., by clicking ...

23rd Annual French-American Foundation Translation Prizes

I just received an invitation to the award ceremony for the French-American Foundation & Florence Gould Foundation Annual Translation Prizes, and since I think I missed the announcement of the finalists, I thought I’d take this chance to congratulate all ten translators being honored. Fiction: John Cullen for ...

And Now, the French-American Foundation Award

I believe I posted about this a few weeks ago, but with the deadline coming up quick, it’s worth mentioning again: The Florence Gould Foundation and the French-American Foundation are currently accepting submissions for their Annual Translation Prizes. This year the foundation will present a $10 000 cash ...

Florence Gould Foundation and French-American Foundation Translation Prizes

Just received this reminder from Emma Archer: The Florence Gould Foundation and the French-American Foundation are currently accepting submissions for their Annual Translation Prizes. DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2009 This year the foundation will present a $10 000 cash award for the best English translation of ...

Where I'll Be All Next Week

We’ve had some server issues this week, which explains the relative lack of posts over the past few days (that and the fact that I’ve been moving). We have a couple special things planned for next week, but I won’t be back in full until November—all next week I’ll be in Paris on a study trip ...

The 2009 FAF Translation Prize Winners . . .

Last night the French-American Foundation and Gould Foundation held their annual translation prize ceremony, honoring Jody Gladding & Elizabeth Deshays in the fiction category for their translation of Small Lives by Pierre Michon (Archipelago) and Matthew Cobb & Malcolm Debevoise in nonfiction for their translation of ...