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Bernard Shaw Prize for Swedish Translation

Administered by:

Dorethy Sym
The Translators Association

84 Drayton Gardens 

London SW10 9SB

Tel: +44 (0)20 7373 6642

Fax: +44 (0)20 7373 5768

email: DSym@societyofauthors.org

 

Triennial

Awarded for the best translation into English of a full-length Swedish work of literary merit and general interest.  The original may be from any period

Publisher entry only
Prize: £1,000

Submit: 3 copies of the translation and 2 copies of the original text

 

Most recent winner (2003): Sarah Death for The Angel House by Kerstin Ekman (The Norvik Press)

Runner-up: Tom Gedded for Sweetness by Torgny Lindgren (The Harvill Press)

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