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- ↑ "National Translation Award (NTA)". ALTA. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2019 Longlists for the National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose!". 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ↑ rcldaum (2020-10-15). "Announcing the Winner of the 2020 National Translation Award in Prose: The Cheffe by Marie NDiaye, trans. Jordan Stump, pub. Alfred A. Knopf". ALTA Blog. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ↑ rcldaum (2020-10-15). "Announcing the Winner of the 2020 National Translation Award in Poetry: Hysteria by Kim Yideum, trans. Jake Levine, Soeun Seo, and Hedgie Choi, pub. Action Books". ALTA Blog. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ↑ "Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize | the American Literary Translators Association".
- ↑ "Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA) | the American Literary Translators Association".