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Past Events
Wed 25 February 2015
6.15 p.m. for 6.30 p.m.
Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU
6.15 p.m. for 6.30 p.m.
Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU
The Award Ceremony of Translation Prizes
from Arabic, French, German, Spanish and Italian
from Arabic, French, German, Spanish and Italian
Introduced by Paula Johnson, Prize Administrator for the Society of Authors
Prizes presented by Sir Peter Stothard, editor TLS
with readings by the winning translators
followed by author and critic Philip Hensher talking about Wonderful Translations
Prize for translation from the Arabic is the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize
Prize for translation from the French is the Scott Moncrieff Prize
Prize for translation from the German is the Schlegel-Tieck Prize
Prize for translation from the Spanish is the Premio Valle Inclán
Prize for translation from the Italian is the John Florio Prize
• This is a free event, but please reserve your place by emailing marco@banipal.co.uk
The award ceremony is hosted by the Society of Authors and the TLS
The Tent Generations
Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa, translated by Nancy Roberts
Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai
Birds of Nabaa, A Mauritanian Tale by Abdallah Uld Mohamadi Bah
The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved by Nouri Al-Jarrah
Mansi A Rare Man in His Own Way by Tayeb Saleh (Banipal Books, 2020)
Tayeb Salih
Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi
Habib Selmi, author of Goat Mountain and 3 times shortlisted for the IPAF
The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)
Taleb Alrefai, author of Shadow of the Sun and The Mariner
Digital images
Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures by Fadhil al-Azzawi (Banipal Books, 2021)
Fadhil al-Azzawi
Poems of Alexandria and New York by Ahmed Morsi (Banipal Books, 2021)
Digital Banipal promotion B67
Saïd Khatibi
Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)
Digital Banipal the full archive
Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017) 70 years translating Arabic literature
Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York
Sarajevo Firewood
The Madness of Despair
Mahmoud Shukair – see special feature of Banipal 70 (Spring 2021)
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