2020's 2023 • Winner:
Frank Wynne for a translation of
Standing Heavy by
GauZ' (MacLehose Press) • Runners-up:
Adriana Hunter for a translation of
The Anomaly by
Hervé Le Tellier (Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House) and
Clíona Ní Ríordáin for a translation of
Yell, Sam, If You Still Can by
Maylis Besserie (Lilliput Press) Shortlisted: •
Adriana Hunter for a translation of
The Anomaly by
Hervé Le Tellier (Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House) • Teresa Lavender Fagan for a translation of
Marina Tsvetaeva: To Die in Yelabuga by Vénus Khoury–Ghata (Seagull Books) • Clíona Ní Ríordáin for a translation of
Yell, Sam, If You Still Can by Maylis Besserie (Lilliput Press) • Lucy Raitz for a translation of
Swann in Love by Marcel Proust (Pushkin Press) •
Shaun Whiteside for a translation of
What You Need From The Night by Laurent Petitmangin (Picador, Pan Macmillan) •
Frank Wynne for a translation of
Standing Heavy by
GauZ' (MacLehose Press)
2022 • Winner:
Sarah Ardizzone for a translation of
Men Don’t Cry by
Faïza Guène (Cavassa Republic Press) • Runner Up:
Lara Vergnaud for a translation of
The Ardent Swarm by
Yamen Manai (Amazon Crossing) Shortlisted: •
Chris Andrews for a translation of
A Bookshop in Algiers by
Kaouther Adimi (Serpent’s Tail) •
Frank Wynne for a translation of
The Art of Losing by
Alice Zeniter (Pan Macmillan and Picador) •
Sheila Fischman for a translation of Em by
Kim Thúy (Seven Stories Press)
2021 • Winner:
Sam Taylor for a translation of
The Invisible Land by
Hubert Mingarelli (Granta) • Runner up: Emily Boyce for a translation of
A Long Way Off by
Pascal Garnier (Gallic Books) Shortlisted: • Helen Stevenson for a translation of
The Death of Comrade President by
Alain Mabanckou (Profile Books: Serpent’s Tail) •
Roland Glasser for a translation of
Real Life by
Adeline Dieudonné (World Editions) • Laura Marris for a translation of
Those Who Forget by
Géraldine Schwarz (Pushkin Press) •
Aneesa Abbas Higgins for a translation of
Winter in Sokcho by
Elisa Shua Dusapin (Daunt Books Publishing)
2020 (presented 2021) • Winner:
Aneesa Abbas Higgins for a translation of
A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir (
Jacarada Books) • Runner-up:
Frank Wynne for a translation of
Animalia by
Jean-Baptiste del Amo (
Fitzcarraldo Editions) Shortlisted:
Geoffrey Strachan for a translation of
The Archipelago of Another Life by
Andreï Makine (
MacLehose Press) • Jordan Stump for a translation of
The Cheffe by
Marie NDiaye (
MacLehose Press) • Mark Hutchinson for a translation of
The Governesses by
Anne Serre (Les Fugitives) •
Natasha Lehrer for a translation of
Memories of Low Tide by
Chantal Thomas (
Pushkin Press)
2010's 2019 (presented 2020) • Winner:
Linda Coverdale for a translation of
The Old Slave and the Mastiff by
Patrick Chamoiseau (Dialogue Books) • Runner-up: David Warriner for a translation of
We Were the Salt of the Sea by
Roxanne Bouchard (
Orenda Books) Shortlisted: • Penny Hueston for a translation of
Our Life in the Forest by
Marie Darrieussecq (
Text Publishing) •
Adriana Hunter for a translation of
Woman at Sea by
Catherine Poulain (
Jonathan Cape) •
Tina Kover for a translation of
Disoriental by
Négar Djavadi (
Europa Editions) •
Geoffrey Strachan for a translation of
Tropic of Violence by
Nathacha Appanah (
MacLehose Press)
2018 (presented 2019) • Winner:
Sophie Yanow for her translation of
Pretending is Lying by
Dominique Goblet (
New York Review Comics) • Runner-up:
Frank Wynne for his translation of
Vernon Subutex 1 by
Virginie Despentes (
MacLehose Press/Quercus) Shortlistees: •
Aneesa Abbas Higgins for her translation of
Seven Stones by
Vénus Khoury-Ghata (
Jacaranda Books) •
Sophie Lewis for her translation of
Blue Self-Portrait by
Noémi Lefebvre (
Les Fugitives) •
Helen Stevenson for her translation of
Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou (
Profile Books)
2017 (presented 2018) • Winner:
Will McMorran and
Thomas Wynn for their translation of
The 120 Days of Sodom by the
Marquis de Sade (
Penguin Classics) • Commended:
Antony Melville for his translation of
Anicet or the Panorama by
Louis Aragon (
Atlas Press)
2016 (presented 2017) • Winner:
Natasha Lehrer and
Cécile Menon for their translation of
Suite for Barbara Loden by
Nathalie Léger (
Les Fugitives) • Commended:
Sophie Lewis for her translation of
Héloïse is Bald by
Émilie du Turckheim (
Jonathan Cape)
2015 (presented 2016) • Winner:
Frank Wynne for his translation of
Harraga by
Boualem Sansal (
Bloomsbury) • Commended:
David Bellos for his translation
Portrait of a Man by
Georges Perec (
MacLehose Press)
2014 • Winner:
Rachel Galvin for her translation of
Hitting the Streets by
Raymond Queneau (
Carcanet Press) • Commended:
Lulu Norman for her translation of
Horses of God by
Mahi Binebine (
Granta)
2013 • Winner:
Beverley Bie Brahic for her translation of
The Little Auto by
Guillaume Apollinaire (
CB Editions) • Commended:
Euan Cameron for his translation of
A Journey to Nowhere - Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Courland by
Jean-Paul Kauffman (
MacLehose Press)
2012 • Winner:
Malcolm Imrie for his translation of
Fear by
Gabriel Chevallier (
Serpent's Tail) • Commended:
Giles MacDonogh for his translation of
Testicles by
Blandine Vié (
Prospect Books)
2011 • Winner:
Adriana Hunter for
Beside the Sea by
Véronique Olmi (Peirene) • Runners-up:
Sarah Ardizzone for her translation of
Daniel Pennac’s
School Blues (
Maclehose Press) and Frank Wynne for his translation of
Boualem Sansal’s
An Unfinished Business (
Bloomsbury)
2010 • Winner:
Susan Wicks for
Cold Spring in Winter by
Valérie Rouzeau (
Arc Publications) • Joint runners-up:
Linda Coverdale for
The Strategy of Antelopes by
Jean Hatzfeld (Serpent’s Tail) and
Lazer Lederhendler for
Nikolski by
Nicolas Dickner (
Portobello)
2000s 2009 • Winner: Polly McLean for
Gross Margin by
Laurent Quintreau (Harvill Secker) • Runner up: Barbara Mellor for
Resistance: Memoirs of Occupied France by
Agnes Humbert (Bloomsbury)
2008 • Winner: Frank Wynne for
Holiday in a Coma and Love Lasts Three Years by
Frédéric Beigbeder (Fourth Estate) • Runner up: John Brownjohn for
Elizabeth 1st and Mary Stuart by
Anka Muhlstein (Haus Books)
2007 • Winner: Sarah Adams for
Just Like Tomorrow by
Faïza Guène (Chatto) • Runner up: Geoffrey Strachan for
The Woman who Waited by
Andrei Makine (Sceptre)
2006 • Winner: Linda Coverdale for
A Time for Machetes by
Jean Hatzfeld (
Serpent’s Tail) • Runner up: Anthea Bell for
Love Without Resistance by Gilles Rozier (
Little, Brown)
2005 • Winner:
John Berger and
Lisa Appignanesi for ''The Year is '42'' by
Nella Bielski (
Bloomsbury)
2004 • Winner: Ian Monk for
Monsieur Malaussene by
Daniel Pennac (Harvill)
2003 • Winner: Linda Asher for
Ignorance by
Milan Kundera (Faber and Faber)
2002 • Winner: Ina Rilke for
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by
Dai Sijie (Chatto & Windus)
2001 • Winner: Barbara Bray for
On Identity by
Amin Maalouf (Harvill)
2000 • Winner: Patricia Clancy for
The Dark Room at Longwood by
Jean-Paul Kauffmann (Harvill)
1990s 1999 • Winner: Margaret Mauldon for
Against Nature by
Joris-Karl Huysmans (OUP)
1998 • Winner: Geoffrey Strachan for
Le Testament Francais by
Andreï Makine (Sceptre)
1997 • Winners: Janet Lloyd for
The Spears of Twilight by
Philippe Descola (Harper Collins) and Christopher Hampton for
Art by
Yasmina Reza (Faber and Faber)
1996 • Winner: David Coward for
Belle du Seigneur by
Albert Cohen (Viking)
1995 • Winner: Gilbert Adair for
A Void by
Georges Perec (Harvill)
1994 No Award
1993 • Winner: Christine Donougher for
The Book of Nights by
Sylvie Germain (Dedalus)
1992 • Winners: Barbara Wright for
The Midnight Love Feast by
Michel Tournier (Collins) and James Kirkup for
Painted Shadows by
Jean Baptiste-Niel (Quartet)
1991 • Winner: Brian Pearce for
Bread and Circuses by
Paul Veyne (Penguin)
1990 • Winner: Beryl and John Fletcher for
The Georgics by
Claude Simon (Calder)
1980s 1989 • Winner: Derek Mahon for
Selected Poems by
Philippe Jaccotet (Viking Penguin)
1988 • Winner:
Robyn Marsack for
The Scorpion-Fish by
Nicolas Bouvier (
Carcanet)
1987 • Winner:
Barbara Wright for
Grabinoulor by
Pierre Albert-Birot (Atlas)
1986 • Winners:
Barbara Bray for
The Lover by
Marguerite Duras (Collins) and
Richard Nice for
Distinction by
Pierre Bourdieu (
Routledge)
1985 • Winner:
Quintin Hoare for
War Diaries: Notebooks from a Phoney War by
Jean-Paul Sartre (
Verso) • Runner up:
Barbara Wright for
Childhood by
Nathalie Sarraute (
Calder)
1984 • Winner: Roy Harris for
Course in General Linguistics by F. de Saussure (Duckworth)
1983 • Winner: Sian Reynolds for
The Wheels of Commerce by
Fernand Braudel (Collins)
1982 • Winner: Anne Carter for
Gemini by
Michel Tournier (Collins)
1981 • Winner: Paul Falla for
The World of the Citizen in Republican Rome by C. Nicolet (Batsford)
1980 • Winner: Brian Pearce for
The Institutions of France under the Absolute Monarchy 1598-1789 by
Roland Mousnier (University of Chicago Press)
1970s 1979 • Winner: John and Doreen Weightman for
The Origin of Table Manners by
Claude Levi-Strauss (Jonathan Cape) and Richard Mayne for
Memoirs (Collins)
1978 • Winner: Janet Lloyd for
The Gardens of Adonis by
Marcel Detienne (Harvester Press) and David Hapgood for
The Totalitarian Temptation by
Jean-Francois Revel (Secker & Warburg)
1977 • Winner: Peter Wait for
French Society 1789-1970 by
George Dupeux (Methuen)
1976 • Winner: Brian Pearce for
Leninism under Lenin by
Marcel Liebman (Jonathan Cape) and Douglas Parmee for
The Second World War by
Henri Michel (Andre Deutsch)
1975 • Winners: D. McN. Lockie for
France in the Age of Louis XIII & Richelieu by Victor-L Tapie (Macmillan) and Joanna Kilmartin for
Scars on the Soul by
Francoise Sagan (Andre Deutsch)
1974 • Winner: John and Doreen Weightman for
From Honey to Ashes by Claude Levi-Strauss (Collins) and
Tristes Tropiques by
Claude Levi-Strauss (Jonathan Cape)
1973 • Winner: Barbara Bray for
The Erl King by
Michel Tournier (Collins)
1972 • Winner: Paul Stevenson for
Germany in our Time by
Alfred Grosser (Pall Mall Press) • Special Awards:
Joanna Kilmartin for
Sunlight on Cold Water by
Francois Sagan (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), and Elizabeth Walter for
A Scent of Lilies by
Claire Gallois (Collins)
1971 • Winner:
Maria Jolas for
Between Life and Death by
Nathalie Sarraute (Calder & Boyars) • Runner-up: Jean Stewart for
Maltaverne by
Francois Mauriac (Eyre & Spottiswoode) and
The Taking of the Bastille by
Jacques Godechot (Faber and Faber)
1970 • Winner: W.G. Corp for
The Spaniard by
Bernard Clavel (Harrap) • Richard Barry for
The Suez Expedition 1956 by
Andre Beaufre (Faber) • Elaine P. Halperin for
The Other Side of the Mountain by
Michel Bernanos (Gollancz)
1960s 1969 • Winner: Terence Kilmartin for
Anti-memoirs by
Andre Malraux (Hamish Hamilton) and
The Girls by
Henry de Montherlant (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) • Special Award: Anthony Rudolf for
Selected Poems by
Yves Bonnefoy (Jonathan Cape)
1968 • Winner: Jean Stewart for
French North Africa by
Jacques Berque (Faber)
1967 • Winner: John and Doreen Weightman for
Jean Jacques Rousseau by
Jean Guehenno (Routledge & Kegan Paul)
1966 • Winners: Barbara Bray for
From Tristram to Yorick by
Henri Fluchero (OUP) and Peter Wiles for
A Young Trouti by
Roger Vailland (Collins)
1965 • Winner: Edward Hyams for
Joan of Arc (Regino Iornoud Macdonald) • Runner-up: Humphrey Hare for
Memoirs of Zeus by
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