Past Awards
In the Presence of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish, translated from Arabic by Sinan Antoon
2012 National Translation Award in Poetry
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No Presents Please by Jayant Kaikini, translated from Tamil by Tejaswini Niranjana
2021 National Translation Award in Prose
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Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon, translated from Korean by Don Mee Choi
2019 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
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For Isabel, A Mandala by Antonio Tabucchi, translated by Elizabeth Harris
2018 Italian Prose in Translation Award
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Awards Database
ALTA has been administering translation awards since 1998 with the inauguration of the National Translation Awards. The awards program has since grown to include six major prizes. Here readers can find a complete record of all of the finalists and winners.