Hellenic Foundation for Culture Award for Greek Translation

Administered by:

Dorethy Sym

The Translators Association

84 Drayton Gardens

London SW10 9BS

Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7373 6642

Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7373 5768

email: DSym@societyofauthors.org

Awarded for the best translation into English from modern Greek of a full-length work of imaginative literature (prose, poetry or drama). The translation must have been first published in 2002-2004 inclusive.  The publisher may be based anywhere in the world but the translation must have been available within the United Kingdom. 

Publisher entry only

Prize: £1,000
Closing date: 20 December 2004
Winner announced: Autumn 2005

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

Most recent winner (2002): Leo Marshall for his translation of May Your Name Be Blessed by Sotiris Dimitriou (University of Birmingham)

Runner-up: Thomas Doulis for his translation of Thanos Vlekas by Sotiris Dimitriou