International Literature Award

The International Prize for Literature - The House of World Cultures is a literary award for an "outstanding foreign-language title of international contemporary literatures and its German original translation ", which is awarded annually since 2009 by the House of world cultures and elementary Foundation. It is endowed with a total of 35,000 euros; 25,000 euros of which to the author and the translator € 10,000.

Background

The prize aims to raise awareness of current literary voices from around the world and to appreciate the teaching performance of literary translators. The award is intended to draw attention to the wealth of new publications in the German book market on excellent quality and exceptional works of international literature.

A jury of renowned literary critics and scientists determined the two winners in a multistage process. So were about to jury 2009/2010: Christian Döring ( editor and literary critic ), Ottmar Ette ( literary scholar, University of Potsdam), Sigrid Löffler ( literary critic ), Catherine Narbutovic (Head of Berlin Artists Programme of the DAAD ), Peter Ripken ( International Centre Frankfurt Book Fair) Jan Szlovak ( Chairman of the Board of Elementary Foundation ) and Susanne Stemmler ( Head of Department literature, House of world Cultures ).

Award winners

  • 2009 Daniel Alarcon (Author) and Friederike Meltendorf ( translator ) for the novel Lost City Radio
  • 2010 Marie NDiaye (Author ) and Claudia Kalscheuer ( translator ) for the novel Three strong women
  • 2011 Mikhail Shishkin (Author) and Andrew Tretner (translator ) for the novel Venus Hair
  • 2012 Mircea Cărtărescu ( Author), Gerhardt Csejka and Ferdinand Leopold for their joint translation of the novel The Body
  • Teju Cole in 2013 (Author) and Christine Richter Nilsson for his novel Open City
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