German Translation Prize Shortlist Announced

The Goethe-Institut New York announced the shortlist for the 2020 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize, which is awarded annually to honor an outstanding literary translation from German into English published in the USA the previous year. The translator of the winning translation receives $10,000. It is funded by the German government for the promotion of German literature.

  • Jefferson Chase for his translation Hitler: Downfall, 1939-1945 by Volker Ullrich (Knopf)
  • Tess Lewis for Kraft by Jonas Lüscher (FSG)
  • Jackie Smith for An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky (New Directions)
  • Imogen Taylor for Beside Myself by Sasha Marianna Salzmann (Other Press)
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