Jhumpa Lahiri headlines the 2020 Society of Authors Awards for her translation of ‘
Trick’ by Domenico Starnone for Europa Editions.
In London’s Bloomsbury, February 8. Image – iStockphoto: Josh Good
Five Winners Newly Announced
In London this morning (February 11), the Society of Authors which annually administers a large collection of endowed awards programs has announced the winners of its suite of 2020 translation awards.
The society, in fact, is a trade union that handles many more prize programs than this, carrying in 2020 alone some £120,000 (US$159,994) in prizes for various competitions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as translation.
Today’s list brings together £13,000 (US$17,974) in winnings.