Scott Moncrieff Prize for French 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

Annual

Awarded for the best translation of a full-length French work of literary merit and general interest.  The original must have been first published in the last 150 years.
Publisher entry only
Prize: £1000
Closing date for entries: 20 December 2002

Winner announced: Autumn 2003
Submit: 3 copies of the translation and 3 copies of the original text

Most recent winner (2003): Linda Asher for her translation of Ignorance by Milan Kundera (Faber & Faber)

Runner-up: Carol Brown Janeway for her translation of Desolation by Yasmina Reza (Hamish Hamilton)