NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The English-language translators of an Italian collection of short stories and a French book of poetry have won awards from the American Literary Translators Association.
Jamie Richards' translation from the Italian of Marosia Castaldi's 鈥淭he Hunger of Women鈥� was given the National Translation Award for prose, and Cole Swensen's translation from the French of Pierre Alferi's 鈥淎nd the Street鈥� won the poetry award.
Each winner receives $4,000. Richards is a full-time translator, while Swensen is also a prize-winning poet, her books including 鈥淕oest鈥� and 鈥淕ravesend.鈥�
鈥淲e are proud to administer the National Translation Awards, which turn the spotlight on a number of accomplished translators, writers, and the publishers who make it possible for these marvelous books to appear in English," translation association president Chenxin Jiang said in a statement Monday.
The Associated Press
