PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation

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The PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, named in honor of U.S. translator Ralph Manheim, is a literary award given every three years by PEN America (the U.S. chapter of International PEN) to a translator "whose career has demonstrated a commitment to excellence through the body of his or her work". The Medal is awarded in recognition of a lifetime's achievements in the field of literary translation.

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It was first presented in 1982, to Gregory Rabassa, who has translated works by Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, and other Latin American literary giants.

The medal is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes. [1] The PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal was called one of "the most prominent translation awards." [2]

Honorees

PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation honorees [3]
YearHonoreeRef.
1982 Gregory Rabassa
1985 Richard Howard
1988 Ralph Manheim [4] [5] [6]
1991 William Weaver
1994 Richard Wilbur
1997 Robert Fagles [7] [8]
2000 Edmund Keeley
2003 Donald Keene
2006 Edith Grossman [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
2009 Michael Henry Heim
2012 Margaret Sayers Peden [14] [15]
2015 Burton Watson [16] [17] [18] [19]
2018 Barbara Harshav [20] [21] [22]
2021 Pierre Joris
2024 Suzanne Jill Levine

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