The Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
The Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize is for book-length literary translations into English from any living European language. It aims to honour the craft of translation, and to recognise its cultural importance. It is funded by Lord Weidenfeld and by New College, The Queen’s College and St Anne’s College, Oxford.
The winner of the 2012 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize was announced on 7 June. The prize was awarded to Judith Landry for her translation of New Finnish Grammar by Diego Marani (Dedalus).
Previous Winners
2011
Margaret Jull Costa for José Saramago's The Elephant's Journey (Harvill Secker)
2010
Jamie McKendrick for Valerio Magrelli’s The Embrace (Faber and Faber)
2009
Anthea Bell for her translation of Saša Stanišic's How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
2008
Margaret Jull Costa for her translation of Eça de Queiroz's The Maias (Dedalus)
2007
Michael Hofmann for his translation of Durs Grünbein's, Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems (Faber and Faber)
2006
Len Rix for his translation of Magda Szabo's The Door (Harvill Secker)
2005
Denis Jackson for his translation of Theodor Storm's Paul the Puppeteer (Angel Books)
2004
Michael Hofmann for his translation of Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel (Penguin)
2003
Ciaran Carson for his translation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno (Granta)
2002
Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Banffy-Jelen for Miklos Banffy's They Were Divided (Arcadia)
2001
Edwin Morgan for his translation of Phaedra by Jean Racine (Carcanet) into Scots
2000
Margaret Jull Costa for the translation of Jose Saramago's All the Names (Harvill)
1999
Jonathan Galassi for his translation of Eugenio Montale's Collected Poems (Carcanet)
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Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music 2012, Robert Levin, University of Cambridge, October 2012
Leading activists from pro-democracy movements in the Middle East, speaking at a Weidenfeld Debate, February 2012
Historian Saul Friedlander, Inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography at the University of Oxford, May 2012
The Inaugural Hoffmann Lecture with Jim Leape, Director General of WWF International, February 2013
Members of the Phoenix Network at a meeting hosted by ISD with the Three Faiths Forum and the British Council, March 2012
Dr Magnus Ranstorp of the Swedish National Defence College addressing the Counter-terrorism and Communities Workshop, September 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media, Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman Google, January 2013
Vanessa Redgrave, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2012, speaking at the University of Oxford, February 2012
Dr Suraya Dalil, Afghan Minister of Health, speaking at the Weidenfeld Debate, Oxford, May 2013
Journalists Edward Lucas, Deborah Rayner and Nabila Ramdani talking to ISD's Weidenfeld Scholars, June 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, University of Cambridge, March 2013
Meeting of the Energy Expert Group to discuss energy issues of mutual concern to Turkey,USA and the EU
European Leader Series, with Mikhail Kasyanov, former Prime Minister of Russia, February 2013, London
Imogen Cooper, pianist, Humanitas Visiting Professor of Classical Music and Music Education, 2012-2013
Meeting of the Turkey Task Force, Istanbul, 13-14 April 2013
Participants watch a presentation during ISD's second Social Media and Intolerance workshop, July 2012
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in the History of Ideas, Professor Lorraine Daston, January 2013
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011
Humanitas Visiting Professor in the History of Art, Philippe de Montebello, University of Cambridge, November 2012
Gregory Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2012-2013
