John Florio Prize

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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]

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Winners and shortlistees

1960s

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1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

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

1980s

1980

1982

  • Christopher Holme, for Ebla: An Empire Rediscovered by Paolo Matthiae

1984

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

1986

1988

1990s

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

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

2000s

2000

2002

2004

2006

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

2010s

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

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

Shortlistees:

2020s

2020

Runner-up: Jenny McPhee for her translation of The Kremlin Ball by Curzio Malaparte (New York Review Books)

Shortlistees:

  • Anne Milano Appel for a translation of A Devil Comes to Town by Paolo Maurensig (World Editions)
  • Ekin Oklap for a translation of Flowers Over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
  • Taije Silverman and Marina Della Putta Johnson for a translation of Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli by Giovanni Pascoli (Princeton University Press)
  • Howard Curtis for a translation of Soul of the Border by Matteo Righetto (Pushkin Press)

2022

  • Blueribbon icon.png Winner: Nicholas Benson and Elena Coda for a translation of My Karst and My City by Scipio Slataper (University of Toronto Press)

Runner-up: J Ockenden for a translation of Snow, Dog, Foot by Claudio Morandini (Peirene Press)

Runner-up: Tim Parks for a translation of The House on The Hill and The Moon and the Bonfires by Cesare Pavese (Penguin)

Shortlistees:

  • Elena Pala for a translation of The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
  • Stash Luczkwi for a translation of Without Ever Reaching the Summit by Paolo Cognetti (Harvill Secker)
  • Stephen Twilley for a translation of Diary of a Foreigner in Paris by Curzio Malaparte (New York Review Books)

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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.
  3. ↑ London : Oxford University Press, 1962
  4. ↑ Professor Eric Reginald Pearce Vincent; Bletchley Park
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