The Premio Valle-Inclán is a
literary translation
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prize. It is awarded by the
Society of Authors
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(London) for the best English translation of a work of
Spanish literature
Spanish literature generally refers to literature ( Spanish poetry, prose, and drama) written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the Kingdom of Spain. Its development coincides and frequently intersects wit ...
. It is named after
Ramón del Valle-Inclán
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán y de la Peña (in Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 28 October 1866 – Santiago de Compostela, 5 January 1936) was a Spanish dramatist, novelist and member of the Spanish Generation of 98. He is considered pe ...
. The prize money is GBP £2,000.
Past winners
Source:
2022 (presented 2023)
* Winner: Annie McDermott for a translation of ''Wars of the Interior'' by
Joseph Zárate (Granta)
* Runner-up: Julia Sanches for a translation of ''Slash and Burn'' by
Claudia Hernández González (And Other Stories)
Shortlist:
*Chris Andrews for a translation of ''The Divorce'' by
César Aira
César Aira ( Argentine Spanish: ; born 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentinian writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary Argentinian literature. Aira has published over a hundred short book ...
(And Other Stories)
*Annie McDermott for a translation of ''Brickmakers'' by
Selva Almada
Selva Almada (born 5 April 1973) is an Argentine writer of poetry, short stories, and novels. She expanded into nonfiction in 2014 with the book ''Chicas muertas''.
Career
Selva Almada studied Social Communication in Paraná, although she left ...
(Charco Press)
*Hannah Kauders for a translation of ''Las Biuty Queens'' by
Iván Monalisa Ojeda (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion)
*
Megan McDowell
Megan McDowell is an American literary translator. She principally translates Spanish-language works into English. Originally from Kentucky, she studied English at DePaul University in Chicago. Upon graduation, she worked at the Dalkey Archive Pres ...
for a translation of ''
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed'' by
Mariana Enríquez (Granta)
2021 (presented 2022)
* Winner:
Fionn Petch for a translation of ''A Musical Offering'' by
Luis Sagasti
Luis Sagasti (born 1963) is an Argentine writer and art critic. He was born in Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca (; English: White Bay) is a city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the seat of go ...
(
Charco Press
Charco Press is an independent publisher based in Edinburgh. Established in 2017 by Samuel McDowell and Carolina Orloff, Charco specialises in translating contemporary Latin American fiction into English. The publisher has met with notable success ...
)
* Runner-up: Lisa Dillman for a translation of ''A Luminous Republic'' by
Andrés Barba
Andrés Barba (Madrid, 1975) is a Spanish writer and translator graduated in Hispanic Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid, with a degree in Philosophy. He has taught at Bowdoin College, the Complutense University of Madrid and Pr ...
(Granta)
Shortlist:
* Annie McDermott for a translation of ''Dead Girls'' by
Selva Almada
Selva Almada (born 5 April 1973) is an Argentine writer of poetry, short stories, and novels. She expanded into nonfiction in 2014 with the book ''Chicas muertas''.
Career
Selva Almada studied Social Communication in Paraná, although she left ...
(Charco Press)
*
Sophie Hughes
Sophie Hughes (born 1986) is a British people, British literary translator who works chiefly from Spanish to English.
She is known for her translations of contemporary writers such as Laia Jufresa, Rodrigo Hasbún, Alia Trabucco Zeran, Alia Tra ...
for a translation of ''Hurricane Season'' by
Fernanda Melchor
Fernanda Melchor (born 1982, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican writer best known for her novel '' Hurricane Season'' for which she won the 2019 Anna Seghers Prize and a place on the shortlist for the 2020 International Booker Prize.
Life and care ...
(Fitzcarraldo Editions)
*
Christina MacSweeney for a translation of ''Ramifications'' by
Daniel Saldaña París (Charco Press)
2020 (presented 2021)
* Winner: Katherine Silver for a translation of ''The Word of the Speechless'' by
Julio Ramon Ribeyro (
New York Review Books
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)
* Runner-up: Anne McLean for a translation of ''Lord of All the Dead'' by
Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962 in Ibahernando) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain.
He was born in Ibahernando, Cáceres, Spain. He is a frequent contributor to the Catalan edition of '' ...
(
MacLehose Press
Quercus is a formerly independent publishing house, based in London, that was acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in 2014. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies.
Quercus is known for its lists in crime (publishing such authors as Ell ...
)
Shortlist:
* Richard Gwyn for a translation of ''Impossible Loves'' by
Darío Jaramillo (Carcanet Poetry)
* Abigail Parry and Serafina Vick for a translation of ''A Little Body are Many Parts'' by
Legna Rodríguez Iglesias (
Bloodaxe Books
Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry.
History
Bloodaxe Books was founded in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Neil Astley, who is still editor and managing director. Bloodaxe moved its editorial office to Northumbe ...
and the Poetry Translation Centre)
* Margaret Jull Costa and Sophie Hughes for a translation of ''Mac and His Problem'' by
Enrique Vila-Matas
Enrique Vila-Matas (born 31 March 1948 in Barcelona) is a Spanish author. He has authored several award-winning books that mix genres and has been branded as one of the most original and prominent writers in the Spanish language.
He is a foundi ...
(Vintage, PRH)
* Megan McDowell for a translation of ''Mouthful of Birds'' by
Samanta Schweblin
Samanta Schweblin (born 1978) is an Argentine Spanish-language author currently
living in Berlin. She has published three collections of short stories, a novella and a novel, besides stories that have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as ...
(
Oneworld
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)
2019 (presented 2020)
* Winner: Jessica Sequeira for a translation of ''Land of Smoke'' by
Sara Gallardo
Sara Gallardo Drago Mitre (23 December 1931 – 14 June 1988) was an influential
in Span ...
(
Pushkin Press
Pushkin Press is a British-based publishing house dedicated to publishing novels, essays, memoirs and children's books. The London-based company was founded in 1997 and is notable for publishing authors such as Stefan Zweig, Marcel Aymé, Anta ...
)
* Runner-up:
Sophie Hughes
Sophie Hughes (born 1986) is a British people, British literary translator who works chiefly from Spanish to English.
She is known for her translations of contemporary writers such as Laia Jufresa, Rodrigo Hasbún, Alia Trabucco Zeran, Alia Tra ...
for a translation of ''The Remainder'' by
Alia Trabucco Zeran (
And Other Stories
And Other Stories is an independent British book publisher founded in 2009, notable for being the first UK publisher of literary fiction to make direct, advance subscriptions a major part of its business model as well as for its use of foreign l ...
)
Shortlisted:
*
Nick Caistor
Nick Caistor (born 15 July 1946) is a British translator and journalist, best known for his translations of Spanish literature, Spanish and Portuguese literature. He is a past winner of the Valle-Inclán Prize for translation. He is a regular cont ...
for a translation of ''Springtime in a Broken Mirror'' by
Mario Benedetti
Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being publish ...
(
Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics is an imprint of Penguin Books under which classic works of literature are published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean among other languages. Literary critics see books in this series as important members of the Western ...
)
*
Charlotte Coombe for a translation of ''Fish Soup'' by
Margarita García Robayo (Charco Press)
* William Gregory for a translation of ''The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Spanish Plays'' by Borja Ortiz de Gondra, Blanca Doménech, Victor Sánches Rodríguez, Vanessa Montford, and
Julio Escalada (
Oberon Books
Oberon Books is a London-based independent publisher of drama texts and books on theatre. The company publishes around 100 titles per year, many of them plays by new writers. In addition, the list contains a range of titles on theatre studies, act ...
)
2018 (presented 2019)
* Winner:
Megan McDowell
Megan McDowell is an American literary translator. She principally translates Spanish-language works into English. Originally from Kentucky, she studied English at DePaul University in Chicago. Upon graduation, she worked at the Dalkey Archive Pres ...
for ''Seeing Red'' by
Lina Meruane
Lina Meruane Boza (born 1970) is a Chilean writer and professor. Her work, written in Spanish, has been translated into English, Italian, Portuguese, German, and French. In 2011 she won the Anna Seghers-Preis for the quality of her work, and in 2 ...
(
Atlantic
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)
* Runner-up:
Daniel Hahn
Daniel Hahn (born 26 November 1973) is a British writer, editor and translator.
He is the author of a number of works of non-fiction, including the history book ''The Tower Menagerie'', and one of the editors of The Ultimate Book Guide, a ser ...
for ''In the Land of Giants'' by
Gabi Martínez (
Scribe
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The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its promi ...
)
Shortlisted:
*
Simon Deefholts and
Kathryn Phillips-Miles
Kathryn is a feminine given name and comes from the Greek meaning for 'pure'. It is a variant of Katherine. It may refer to:
In television and film:
* Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938), English voice actress and school teacher best known for her Di ...
for ''Inventing Love'' by
José Ovejero (
Peter Owen Publishers
Peter Owen Publishers is a family-run London-based independent publisher based in London, England. It was founded in 1951.John Self"Peter Owen: Sixty years of innovation" Books Blog, ''The Guardian'', 4 July 2011.
History
The company was founded ...
);
*
Sarah Moses and
Carolina Orloff for ''Die, My Love'' by
Ariana Harwicz
Ariana Harwicz (Buenos Aires, 1977) is an Argentine writer, screenwriter, playwright and documentary maker. She earned a degree in performing arts from the University of Paris VII and a Master's in comparative literature from the Sorbonne. Her firs ...
(Charco Press)
2017 (presented 2018)
* Winner:
Margaret Jull Costa
Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, B ...
for ''On the Edge'' by
Rafael Chirbes
Rafael Chirbes (27 June 1949 – 15 August 2015) was a Spanish novelist. He was born in Tavernes de la Valldigna in Valencia. He is the author of several novels, two of which have won the Premio de la Crítica de narrativa castellana - ''Cremato ...
(Harvill Secker)
* Commendation: Rosalind Harvey for ''I'll Sell You a Dog'' by
Juan Pablo Villalobos
Juan Pablo Villalobos (born 1973) is a Mexican author.
His debut novel, ''Down the Rabbit Hole'', was published by And Other Stories in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2011. He is also the author of ''Quesadillas'' ( ...
(And Other Stories)
2016 (presented 2017)
* Winner: Christina MacSweeney for ''The Story of My Teeth'' by
Valeria Luiselli
Valeria Luiselli (born August 16, 1983) is a Mexican author living in the United States. She is the author of the book of essays ''Sidewalks'' and the novel '' Faces in the Crowd'', which won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First F ...
(Granta)
2015 (presented 2016)
* Winner:
Anne McLean
Anne McLean (1962, Toronto) is a Canadian translator of Spanish literature. She began to learn Spanish in her late twenties and developed her language skills while living in Central America. Some years later in England, she took a master's degree i ...
for Outlaws by
Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962 in Ibahernando) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain.
He was born in Ibahernando, Cáceres, Spain. He is a frequent contributor to the Catalan edition of '' ...
(Bloomsbury)
* Commendation: Margaret Jull Costa for her translation of Tristana by
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós (May 10, 1843 – January 4, 1920) was a Spanish Spanish Realist literature, realist novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes ...
(New York Review Books)
2014
* Winner:
Nick Caistor
Nick Caistor (born 15 July 1946) is a British translator and journalist, best known for his translations of Spanish literature, Spanish and Portuguese literature. He is a past winner of the Valle-Inclán Prize for translation. He is a regular cont ...
for ''An Englishman in Madrid'', by
Eduardo Mendoza (MacLehose Press)
*Commendation: Margaret Jull Costa for her translation of The Infatuations by
Javier Marías
Javier Marías Franco (20 September 1951 – 11 September 2022) was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including '' A Heart So White'' (''Corazón tan blanco,'' 1992'')'' and '' Tomorrow in the Battle ...
(Hamish Hamilton)
2013
* Winner:
Frank Wynne
Frank Wynne (born 1962) is an Irish literary translator and writer.
Born in County Sligo in the west of Ireland, he worked as a comics editor at Fleetway and later at comic magazine ''Deadline''. He worked for a time at AOL before becoming a l ...
for ''The Blue Hour'' by
Alonso Cueto
Alonso Cueto Caballero (born 1954 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian author, university professor and newspaper columnist.
His writing career has spanned nearly four decades, during which he has produced dozens of works of fiction, articles and essays ...
(Heinemann)
* Runner-up:
Nick Caistor
Nick Caistor (born 15 July 1946) is a British translator and journalist, best known for his translations of Spanish literature, Spanish and Portuguese literature. He is a past winner of the Valle-Inclán Prize for translation. He is a regular cont ...
and Lorenza García for ''Traveller of the Century'' by
Andrés Neuman
Andrés Neuman (born January 28, 1977) is a Spanish- Argentine writer, poet, translator, columnist and blogger.
The son of Argentine émigré musicians, he was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a mother of French and Spanish descent and a fath ...
(Pushkin Press)
* Runner-up:
Anne McLean
Anne McLean (1962, Toronto) is a Canadian translator of Spanish literature. She began to learn Spanish in her late twenties and developed her language skills while living in Central America. Some years later in England, she took a master's degree i ...
for ''
The Sound of Things Falling
''The Sound of Things Falling'' ( es, El ruido de las cosas al caer) is the third novel of Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez. Originally published in Spanish in 2011, the book explores the Colombian drug trade. It won the 2011 Alfaguara Priz ...
'' by
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Juan Gabriel Vásquez (born in Bogotá on January 1, 1973) is a Colombian writer, journalist and translator. Regarded as one of the most important Latin American novelists working today, he is the author of seven novels, two volumes of stories, tw ...
(Bloomsbury)
2012
* Winner:
Peter Bush for ''Exiled from Almost Everywhere'' by
Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo Gay (6 January 1931 – 4 June 2017) was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017.
He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet ...
(Dalkey Archive Press)
* Runner-up:
Margaret Jull Costa
Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, B ...
for ''Seven Houses in France'' by
Bernardo Atxaga
Bernardo Atxaga (born 27 July 1951), pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator.
Biography
Atxaga was born in Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain in 1951. He received a diploma in economics from t ...
(Harvill Secker)
2011
* Winner:
Frank Wynne
Frank Wynne (born 1962) is an Irish literary translator and writer.
Born in County Sligo in the west of Ireland, he worked as a comics editor at Fleetway and later at comic magazine ''Deadline''. He worked for a time at AOL before becoming a l ...
for ''Kamchatka'' by
Marcelo Figueras
Marcelo Figueras (born 1962 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a writer and a screenwriter.
Novels
* ''El muchacho peronista''
* ''El espía del tiempo,'' (2002)
* ''Kamchatka,'' 2003 (published in English in 2010 translated by Frank Wynne)
* ''La b ...
(Atlantic)
* Runner-up:
Margaret Jull Costa
Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, B ...
for ''The Sickness'' by
Alberto Barrera Tyszka
Alberto José Barrera Tyszka (born 18 February 1960) is a Venezuelan writer. In 2006, he received the Herralde Prize for his novel ''La enfermedad'' ("The Sickness").
Life and career
Barrera Tyszka was born in Caracas, and grew up in Venezuela. ...
(Maclehose Press)
2010
*
Margaret Jull Costa
Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, B ...
for ''Your Face Tomorrow 3: Poison, Shadow and Farewell'' by
Javier Marías
Javier Marías Franco (20 September 1951 – 11 September 2022) was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including '' A Heart So White'' (''Corazón tan blanco,'' 1992'')'' and '' Tomorrow in the Battle ...
(Chatto)
* Christopher Johnson for the ''Selected Poetry'' of
Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago (; 14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, ...
(University of Chicago Press).
2009
* Winner:
Margaret Jull Costa
Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, B ...
for ''The Accordionist's Son'' by
Bernardo Atxaga
Bernardo Atxaga (born 27 July 1951), pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator.
Biography
Atxaga was born in Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain in 1951. He received a diploma in economics from t ...
(Harvill Secker)
* Runner-up:
Edith Grossman
Edith Grossman (born March 22, 1936) is an American Spanish-to-English literary translator. One of the most important contemporary translators of Latin American and Spanish literature, she has translated the works of Nobel laureate Mario Vargas ...
for ''Happy Families'' by
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' (1962), '' Aura'' (1962), '' Terra Nostra'' (1975), ''The Old Gringo'' (1985) and ''Christophe ...
(Bloomsbury)
2008
* Winner:
Nick Caistor
Nick Caistor (born 15 July 1946) is a British translator and journalist, best known for his translations of Spanish literature, Spanish and Portuguese literature. He is a past winner of the Valle-Inclán Prize for translation. He is a regular cont ...
for ''The Past'' by
Alan Pauls
Alan Pauls (born 22 April 1959 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine writer, literary critic and screenwriter. An early essay he did on ''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'' by Manuel Puig is said to show his interest in him as an "experimental writer." Althoug ...
(Harvill Secker)
* John Dent-Young for ''Selected Poems'' by
Luis de Góngora
Luis de Góngora y Argote (born Luis de Argote y Góngora; ; 11 July 1561 – 24 May 1627) was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and a Catholic priest. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominent ...
(The University of Chicago Press)
2007
* Winner:
Nick Caistor
Nick Caistor (born 15 July 1946) is a British translator and journalist, best known for his translations of Spanish literature, Spanish and Portuguese literature. He is a past winner of the Valle-Inclán Prize for translation. He is a regular cont ...
for ''The Sleeping Voice'' by
Dulce Chacón
Dulce Chacón (3 June 1954 – 3 December 2003) was a Spanish poet, novelist and playwright.
Biography
Born into a traditional family in the Extremadura region of Spain, her family moved to Madrid upon her father's death, when she was 12 years ...
(Harvill Secker/Alfaguara)
* Runner-up: John Cullen for ''Lies'' by
Enrique de Hériz (Weidenfeld/Edhasa)
2006
* Winner:
Margaret Jull Costa
Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, B ...
for ''Your Face Tomorrow 1: Fever and Spear'' by
Javier Marías
Javier Marías Franco (20 September 1951 – 11 September 2022) was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including '' A Heart So White'' (''Corazón tan blanco,'' 1992'')'' and '' Tomorrow in the Battle ...
(Chatto & Windus)
* Runner-up:
Sonia Soto
Sonia Soto is a translator of Spanish literature into English. She is a past winner (2000) and runner-up (2006) for the Premio Valle-Inclan, Premio Valle-Inclan for Spanish translation.
Books
* ''The Oxford Murders (novel), The Oxford Murders'' b ...
for ''The Oxford Murders'' by
Guillermo Martinez (Abacus)
2005
* Winner:
Chris Andrews for ''Distant Star'' by
Roberto Bolaño
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (; 28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel ''Los detectives salvajes'' (''The Savage Detectives' ...
(Harvill)
* Runner-up:
Margaret Jull Costa
Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, B ...
for ''The Man of Feeling'' by
Javier Marías
Javier Marías Franco (20 September 1951 – 11 September 2022) was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including '' A Heart So White'' (''Corazón tan blanco,'' 1992'')'' and '' Tomorrow in the Battle ...
(Harvill)
2004
* Winner:
Anne McLean
Anne McLean (1962, Toronto) is a Canadian translator of Spanish literature. She began to learn Spanish in her late twenties and developed her language skills while living in Central America. Some years later in England, she took a master's degree i ...
for ''Soldiers of Salamis'' by
Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962 in Ibahernando) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain.
He was born in Ibahernando, Cáceres, Spain. He is a frequent contributor to the Catalan edition of '' ...
(Bloomsbury)
2003
* Winner: Sam Richard for ''Not Only Fire'' by
Benjamin Prado (Faber and Faber)
2002
* Winner:
John D. Rutherford
John David Rutherford is a British literary critic who is Emeritus Fellow (2008) of The Queen's College, Oxford, a Hispanist and an award-winning novelist for ''Don Quixote'' by
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-emin ...
(Penguin)
* Runner-up:
Margaret Sayers Peden
Margaret ("Petch") Sayers Peden (May 10, 1927 – July 5, 2020) was an American translator and professor emerita of Spanish at the University of Missouri. Prior to her death in 2020, Peden lived and worked in Columbia, Missouri.
Early life and ed ...
for ''Portrait in Sepia'' by
Isabel Allende
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as ''The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espír ...
(Flamingo)
2001
* Winner:
Timothy Adès
Timothy Adès (born 1941) is an English poet and translator.
Biography
Adès was born in Esher, Surrey. He is of Syrian Jewish origin.
He was educated as a King's Scholar at Eton College, where he won the Newcastle Scholarship in 1959, at B ...
for ''Homer in Cuernavaca'' by
Alfonso Reyes
Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 in Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of th ...
(Edinburgh University Press)
* Runner-up:
Edith Grossman
Edith Grossman (born March 22, 1936) is an American Spanish-to-English literary translator. One of the most important contemporary translators of Latin American and Spanish literature, she has translated the works of Nobel laureate Mario Vargas ...
for ''The Messenger'' by
Mayra Montero
Mayra Montero (born 1952) is a well-known Cuban-Puerto Rican writer.
Biography
Montero was born in Havana, Cuba in 1952. She is the daughter of Manuel Montero, a very successful Cuban comedic writer and actor who made his career in both Cuba and ...
(Harvill)
2000
* Winner:
Sonia Soto
Sonia Soto is a translator of Spanish literature into English. She is a past winner (2000) and runner-up (2006) for the Premio Valle-Inclan, Premio Valle-Inclan for Spanish translation.
Books
* ''The Oxford Murders (novel), The Oxford Murders'' b ...
for ''Winter in Lisbon'' by
Antonio Muñoz Molina
Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 10 January 1956) is a Spanish writer and, since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for lit ...
(Granta)
* Runner-up:
Margaret Sayers Peden
Margaret ("Petch") Sayers Peden (May 10, 1927 – July 5, 2020) was an American translator and professor emerita of Spanish at the University of Missouri. Prior to her death in 2020, Peden lived and worked in Columbia, Missouri.
Early life and ed ...
for ''Daughter of Fortune'' by
Isabel Allende
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as ''The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espír ...
(Flamingo)
1999
* Winner:
Don Share
Don Share is an American poet. He is the former chief editor of ''Poetry'' magazine in Chicago. He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.
Career
Share, who was named the editor-in-chief of ''Poetry'' in 2013, previously served there as Senior Editor. E ...
for ''I Have Lots of Heart'' by
Miguel Hernández
Miguel Hernández Gilabert (30 October 1910 – 28 March 1942
) was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, h ...
(Bloodaxe)
1997
* Winner:
Peter Bush for ''The Marx Family Saga'' by
Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo Gay (6 January 1931 – 4 June 2017) was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017.
He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet ...
(Faber)
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Premio Valle Inclan Past Winners
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