The winners of this year’s Best Translated Book Awards have been revealed. Writers and translators will each receive $5000 as prize money.
Aleš Šteger’s Slovenian collection, The Book of Things, won in the poetry category; Brian Henry served as translator. Tove Jansson’s Swedish novel, The True Deceiver, won in the fiction category; Thomas Teal served as translator.
According to Publishing Perspectives: This awards ceremony was held as a part of the PEN World Voices Festival. The awards’ co-founder Chad W. Post had this statement in the press release: “This festival is the premiere festival for international literature taking place in America today.
And by highlighting two fantastic works of translated literature, the BTBA adds something special to the week-long festivities.”