The Scott Moncrieff Prize, named after the translator

C. K. Scott Moncrieff Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish writer and translator, most famous for his English translation of most of Marcel Proust's , which he published under the Shakespearean title ''Remembranc ...

, is an annual £2,000

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for French to English

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, awarded to one or more translators every year for a full-length work deemed by the

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to have "literary merit". Only translations first published in the

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are considered for the accolade. Sponsors of the prize include the French Ministry of Culture, the

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, and the Arts Council of England.

Winners

2020's

2021 * Winner:

Sam Taylor Samuel, Sam or Sammy Taylor (male first name) may refer to: Arts * Sam Taylor (director) (1895–1958), American film director and screenwriter * Samuel W. Taylor (1907–1997), American author * Samuel A. Taylor (1912–2000), playwright and scre ...

for a translation of ''The Invisible Land'' by

Hubert Mingarelli Hubert Mingarelli (14 January 1956 – 26 January 2020) was a French writer. He was born in Mont-Saint-Martin, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Mont-Saint-Martin in Lorraine (region), Lorraine. After serving in the navy for three years, he settled in the so ...

(Granta) * Runner up: Emily Boyce for a translation of ''A Long Way Off'' by Pascal Garnier (Gallic Books) Shortlisted: * Helen Stevenson for a translation of ''The Death of Comrade President'' by

Alain Mabanckou Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA. He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing d ...

(Profile Books: Serpent’s Tail) *

Roland Glasser Roland Glasser (born 1973), is a literary translator, working from French into English. Awards and honours * His translation of Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s ''Tram 83'' won the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature and was longlisted for the 2016 Man ...

for a translation of ''Real Life'' by

Adeline Dieudonné Adeline Dieudonné is a Belgians, Belgian writer. She is best known for her debut novel ''Real Life'' (2018), which won numerous literary prizes in the Francophone world, among them: * Prix du Roman FNAC * Prix Rossel * Prix Renaudot des lycéens ...

(World Editions) * Laura Marris for a translation of ''Those Who Forget'' by Géraldine Schwarz (Pushkin Press) * Aneesa Abbas Higgins for a translation of ''Winter in Sokcho'' by Elisa Shua Dusapin (Daunt Books Publishing) 2020 (presented 2021) * Winner: Aneesa Abbas Higgins for a translation of ''A Girl Called Ee''l by Ali Zamir ( Jacarada Books) * Runner-up: Frank Wynne for a translation of ''Animalia'' by

Jean-Baptiste del Amo Jean-Baptiste Garcia (born 25 November 1981), known by the pen name Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, is a French writer. He was born in Toulouse. Selected works * ''Ne rien faire et autres nouvelles'' (2006). * ''Une éducation libertine'' (2008). ''A Libe ...

(

Fitzcarraldo Editions Fitzcarraldo Editions is an independent book publisher based in London, specialising in literary fiction and long-form essays. History Founded in 2014 by Jacques Testard, it focuses on ambitious, imaginative, and innovative writing, both in ...

) Shortlisted:

Geoffrey Strachan Geoffrey Strachan is a noted translator of French and German literature into English. He is best known for his renderings of the novels of French-Russian writer Andreï Makine. In addition, he has also translated works by Yasmina Réza, Nathacha ...

for a translation of ''The Archipelago of Another Life'' by

Andreï Makine Andreï Sergueïevitch Makine (russian: Андрей Серге́евич Макин; born 10 September 1957) is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde.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 ...

) * Jordan Stump for a translation of ''The Cheffe'' by

Marie NDiaye Marie NDiaye (born 4 June 1967) is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, ''Quant au riche avenir'', when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Her play ''Papa doit manger'' is the sole play by a ...

(

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 ...

) * Mark Hutchinson for a translation of ''The Governesses'' by

Anne Serre Anne Serre (born September 7, 1960) is a French writer. She was born in Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern F ...

(Les Fugitives) *

Natasha Lehrer Natasha Lehrer is a writer and literary translator. She was born in London and studied at Oxford University and the Université de Paris VIII. Her translations have received multiple awards, and been longlisted and shortlisted for several prizes. ...

for a translation of ''Memories of Low Tide'' by

Chantal Thomas Chantal Thomas (born 18 October 1945, in Lyon) is a French writer and historian. Her 2002 book, ''Farewell, My Queen'', won the Prix Femina and was adapted into a 2012 film starring Diane Kruger and Léa Seydoux. Career Thomas was born in Lyon ...

(

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 ...

)

2010's

2019 (presented 2020) * Winner:

Linda Coverdale Linda Coverdale is a literary translator from French. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has a Ph.D in French Literature. She has translated into English more than 60 works by such authors as Roland Barthes, Emmanuel Carrère, Patrick Chamoiseau, ...

for a translation of ''The Old Slave and the Mastiff'' by

Patrick Chamoiseau Patrick Chamoiseau (born 3 December 1953) is a French author from Martinique known for his work in the créolité movement. His work spans a variety of forms and genres, including novels, essays, children's books, screenplays, theatre and comics. ...

(Dialogue Books) *Runner-up: David Warriner for a translation of ''We Were the Salt of the Sea'' by

Roxanne Bouchard Roxanne Bouchard (born 1972) is a Canadian writer and educator from Quebec. She is best known for her series of maritime crime fiction novels centred on the investigations of detective Joaquin Moralès in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula. Early life a ...

(

Orenda Books Orenda Books is a British-based publishing house that publishes literary and crime fiction. The London-based publisher was established in 2014 and publishes debut and existing authors including Ragnar Jónasson, Thomas Enger, Michael Grothaus, Gun ...

) Shortlisted: * Penny Hueston for a translation of ''Our Life in the Forest'' by

Marie Darrieussecq Marie Darrieussecq (born 3 January 1969, Bayonne) is a French writer. She is also a translator, and has practised as a psychoanalyst. Her books explore the unspoken and abandoned territories in literature. Her work is dense, marked by a constant ...

( Text Publishing) *

Adriana Hunter Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa. She has been short-listed for the Indepen ...

for a translation of ''Woman at Sea'' by

Catherine Poulain Catherine Poulain (born 1960) is a French writer. Life Born in Barr (Bas-Rhin), Barr, Poulain left France at the age of twenty and travelled on various continents. She arrived in Quebec in 1987, then settled in Alaska where she worked as a fis ...

(

Jonathan Cape Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960. Cape and his business partner Wren Howard set up the publishing house in 1921. They established a reputation ...

) * Tina Kover for a translation of ''Disoriental'' by

Négar Djavadi Négar Djavadi (born 1969) is an Iranian- French novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker, most noted for her 2016 novel '' Disoriental (Désorientale)''.Dalia Sofer"A Persian Turned Parisian Insists: I’m Not an Immigrant, I’m an Exile" ''The New ...

(

Europa Editions Europa Editions is an independent trade publisher based in New York. The company was founded in 2005 by the owners of the Italian press Edizioni E/O and specializes in literary fiction, mysteries, and narrative non-fiction. Europa has published ...

) *

for a translation of '' Tropic of Violence'' by

Nathacha Appanah Nathacha Devi Pathareddy Appanah (born 24 May 1973 in Mahébourg, Mauritius) is a Mauritian-French author. She spent most of her teenage years in Mauritius and also worked as a journalist/columnist at ''Le Mauricien'' and ''Week-End Scope'' befor ...

(

) 2018 (presented 2019) *Winner: Sophie Yanow for her translation of ''Pretending is Lying'' by

Dominique Goblet Dominique Goblet (Brussels, 8 July 1967) is a Belgian visual artist, illustrator and pioneer of the European graphic novel. She lives and works in Brussels. Her work can be defined as experimental, varied in style, poetic and often biographical. ...

(

New York Review Comics New York Review Books (NYRB) is the publishing division of ''The New York Review of Books''. Its imprints are New York Review Books Classics, New York Review Books Collections, The New York Review Children's Collection, New York Review Comics, N ...

) * Runner-up: Frank Wynne for his translation of ''Vernon Subutex 1'' by

Virginie Despentes Virginie Despentes (; born 13 June 1969) is a French writer, novelist, and filmmaker. She is known for her work exploring gender, sexuality, and people who live in poverty or other marginalised conditions. Work Despentes' work is an inventory of ...

( MacLehose Press/Quercus) Shortlistees: * Aneesa Abbas Higgins for her translation of ''Seven Stones'' by Vénus Khoury-Ghata (

Jacaranda Books Jacaranda Books is a diversity-led British independent book publishing firm launched in 2012 and known for their effort tackling the gap between white authors and the BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) demographic in United Kingdom's p ...

) *

Sophie Lewis Sophie Lewis (born 2002) is a British and English track cyclist. Cycling career Lewis became a British champion when winning the Omnium event at the 2022 British National Track Championships. In addition she won a silver medal in the madison e ...

for her translation of ''Blue Self-Portrait'' by Noémi Lefebvre (

Les Fugitives Les Fugitives is a London-based independent publisher. They principally publish short works by Francophone female authors that have previously not been published in English translation. Their titles have won many awards and include: * ''Suite for ...

) * Helen Stevenson for her translation of ''Black Moses by''

(

Profile Books Profile Books is a British independent book publishing firm founded in 1996. It publishes non-fiction subjects including history, biography, memoir, politics, current events, current affairs, travel and popular science. Profile Books is distribu ...

) 2017 (presented 2018) * Winner: Will McMorran and Thomas Wynn for their translation of ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' by the

Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer famous for his literary depictions of a libertine sexuality as well as numerous accusat ...

( Penguin Classics) * Commended: Antony Melville for his translation of ''Anicet or the Panorama'' by

Louis Aragon Louis Aragon (, , 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littérature''. He wa ...

(

Atlas Press Atlas Press began publishing in 1983, and specialises in extremist and avant-garde prose writing from the 1890s to the present day. It is the largest publisher in English of books on Surrealism and has an extensive list relating to Dada, Surreal ...

) 2016 (presented 2017) * Winner:

and Cécile Menon for their translation of ''Suite for Barbara Loden'' by

Nathalie Léger Nathalie Léger (born 20 September 1960 in Paris, France) is a writer and the executive director of the Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives. Career Nathalie Léger was curator of several exhibitions, notably ''Le Jeu et la Raison'', ...

(

) * Commended:

for her translation of ''Héloïse is Bald'' by Émilie du Turckheim (

) 2015 (presented 2016) * Winner: Frank Wynne for his translation of ''Harraga'' by

Boualem Sansal Boualem Sansal ( ar, بوعلام صنصال; born 15 October 1949) is an Algerian author. In 2012, he was named winner of the Prix du roman arabe, but the prize money was withdrawn due to Sansal's visit to Israel to speak at the Jerusalem Write ...

(

Bloomsbury Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural, intellectual, and educational institutions. Bloomsbury is home of the British Museum, the largest mus ...

) * Commended:

David Bellos David Bellos (born 1945) is an English-born translator and biographer. Bellos is Meredith Howland Pyne Professor of French Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University in the United States. He was director of Princeton ...

for his translation ''Portrait of a Man'' by Georges Perec (

) 2014 * Winner: Rachel Galvin for her translation of ''Hitting the Streets'' by

Raymond Queneau Raymond Queneau (; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo ('' Ouvroir de littérature potentielle''), notable for his wit and cynical humour. Biography Queneau wa ...

(

Carcanet Press Carcanet Press is a publisher, primarily of poetry, based in the United Kingdom and founded in 1969 by Michael Schmidt. In 2000 it was named the '' Sunday Times'' millennium Small Publisher of the Year. History ''Carcanet'' was originally a li ...

) * Commended:

Lulu Norman Lulu may refer to: Companies * LuLu, an early automobile manufacturer * Lulu.com, an online e-books and print self-publishing platform, distributor, and retailer * Lulu Hypermarket, a retail chain in Asia * Lululemon Athletica or simply Lulu, a ...

for her translation of ''Horses of God'' by

Mahi Binebine Mahi Binebine ( ar, ماحي بنيبين) is a Moroccan painter and novelist born in Marrakech in 1959. Binebine has written six novels which have been translated into various languages. Career Born in 1959 in Marrakech, Mahi Binebine moved i ...

( Granta) 2013 * Winner:

Beverley Bie Brahic Beverley Bie Brahic is a Canadian poet and translator who lives in Paris, France and the San Francisco Bay Area. Her poetry collection, ''White Sheets'', was a finalist for the Forward Prizand a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Her translations ...

for her translation of ''The Little Auto'' by Guillaume Apollinaire ( CB Editions) * Commended:

Euan Cameron Euan Cameron is Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History at Union Theological Seminary. He has a D.Phil from the University of Oxford. His work focuses on the Reformation and religion in the Late Middle Ages The Late Middle Ages o ...

for his translation of ''A Journey to Nowhere - Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Courland'' by Jean-Paul Kauffman (

) 2012 * Winner:

Malcolm Imrie Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to: People * Malcolm (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Clan Malcolm * Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray, 14th-century bishop-elect of Dunkeld Nobility * Máel C ...

for his translation of ''Fear'' by

Gabriel Chevallier Gabriel Chevallier (3 May 1895 – 6 April 1969) was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire ''Clochemerle''. Biography Born in Lyon in 1895, Gabriel Chevallier was educated in various schools before entering Lyon École des Be ...

( Serpent's Tail) * Commended:

Giles MacDonogh Giles MacDonogh (born 1955) is a British writer, historian and translator. Life MacDonogh has worked as a journalist, most notably for the ''Financial Times'' (1988–2003), where he covered food, drink and a variety of ...

for his translation of ''Testicles'' by Blandine Vié (

Prospect Books Marion Boyars Publishers is an independent publishing company located in Great Britain, publishing books that focus on the humanities and social sciences. The company was formed in 1975. When Marion Boyars died in 1999, her daughter Catheryn Kil ...

) 2011 * Winner:

for ''Beside the Sea'' by

Véronique Olmi Véronique Olmi (born 1962) is a French playwright and novelist. She won the Prix Alain-Fournier emerging artist award for her 2001 novella '' Bord de Mer''. It has since been translated into several European languages. Olmi has published a dozen ...

(Peirene) * Runners-up:

Sarah Ardizzone Sarah Ardizzone (née Adams) is a literary translator, working from French to English. She has won the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation two times (2005 and 2009), and the Scott-Moncrieff Prize once in 2007. Career Ardizzone ...

for her translation of

Daniel Pennac Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni, born 1 December 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay '' Chagrin d'école''. Daniel Pennacchioni is the fourth and last son of a Cors ...

’s ''School Blues'' (

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 ...

) and Frank Wynne for his translation of

’s ''An Unfinished Business'' (

) 2010 * Winner:

Susan Wicks Susan Wicks (born 1947 Kent, England) is a British poet and novelist. She studied at the University of Hull, University of Sussex. She taught at University College, Dublin, University of Dijon, and the University of Kent. She teaches at Goldsm ...

for ''Cold Spring in Winter'' by

Valérie Rouzeau Valérie Rouzeau (born 22 August 1967, in Cosne-sur-Loire), is a French poet and translator. She is the eldest of a family of seven children. She holds a Master of literary translation. She received the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire for Poetry in 2 ...

(

Arc Publications Arc Publications, also known as Arc, is an independent publishing house in the UK, publishing contemporary poetry from new and established writers from the UK and abroad, specialising in the work of international poets writing in English and the ...

) * Joint runners-up:

for ''The Strategy of Antelopes'' by Jean Hatzfeld (Serpent’s Tail) and

Lazer Lederhendler Lazer Lederhendler is a Canadian literary translator and academic."A literary translator's colourful, unlikely tale". ''Montreal Gazette'', December 17, 2016. A four-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation, ...

for ''Nikolski'' by

Nicolas Dickner Nicolas Dickner (born 1972 in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his 2005 novel ''Nikolski'', which has won numerous literary awards in Canada both in its original French and translated E ...

( Portobello)

2000s

2009 * Winner: Polly McLean for ''Gross Margin'' by Laurent Quintreau (Harvill Secker) * Runner up: Barbara Mellor for ''Resistance: Memoirs of Occupied France'' by

Agnes Humbert Agnes or Agness may refer to: People *Agnes (name), the given name, and a list of people named Agnes or Agness * Wilfrid Marcel Agnès (1920–2008), Canadian diplomat Places *Agnes, Georgia, United States, a ghost town *Agnes, Missouri, United ...

(Bloomsbury) 2008 * Winner: Frank Wynne for ''Holiday in a Coma and Love Lasts Three Years'' by

Frédéric Beigbeder Frédéric Beigbeder (; born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel ''Windows on the World'' and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book ''Un roman françai ...

(Fourth Estate) * Runner up: John Brownjohn for ''Elizabeth 1st and Mary Stuart'' by

Anka Muhlstein Anka Muhlstein (born 1935) is a historian and biographer. Early life Muhlstein was born to Anatol Mühlstein and Diane de Rothschild in Paris in 1935. During World War II, she stayed in New York City before returning to France in 1945. She was ma ...

(Haus Books) 2007 * Winner: Sarah Adams for ''Just Like Tomorrow'' by Faïza Guène (Chatto) * Runner up: Geoffrey Strachan for ''The Woman who Waited'' by

Andrei Makine Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/ Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *An ...

(Sceptre) 2006 * Winner: Linda Coverdale for ''A Time for Machetes'' by Jean Hatzfeld (

Serpent’s Tail Serpent's Tail is London-based independent publishing firm founded in 1986 by Pete Ayrton. It specialises in publishing work in translation, particularly European crime fiction. In January 2007, it was bought by a British publisher Profile Books ...

) * Runner up: Anthea Bell for ''Love Without Resistance'' by Gilles Rozier ( Little, Brown) 2005 * Winner: John Berger and Lisa Appignanesi for ''The Year is '42'' by

Nella Bielski Nella Bielski (1930s – 4 November 2020) was a Ukrainian-born French writer and actress. Bielski was born in Ukraine in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and died on 4 November 2020 in Antony a suburb of Paris. She studied philosophy at Moscow Stat ...

(

) 2004 * Winner: Ian Monk for ''Monsieur Malaussene'' by

(Harvill) 2003 * Winner: Linda Asher for ''Ignorance'' by

Milan Kundera Milan Kundera (, ; born 1 April 1929) is a Czech writer who went into exile in France in 1975, becoming a naturalised French citizen in 1981. Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, then conferred again in 2019. He "sees himself ...

(Faber and Faber) 2002 * Winner: Ina Rilke for ''Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' by Dai Sijie (Chatto & Windus) 2001 * Winner: Barbara Bray for ''On Identity'' by

Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ar, أمين معلوف; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French"Amin ...

(Harvill) 2000 * Winner: Patricia Clancy for ''The Dark Room at Longwood'' by Jean-Paul Kauffmann (Harvill)

1990s

1999 * Winner: Margaret Mauldon for ''Against Nature'' by Joris-Karl Huysmans (OUP) 1998 * Winner: Geoffrey Strachan for ''Le Testament Francais'' by

Andreï Makine Andreï Sergueïevitch Makine (russian: Андрей Серге́евич Макин; born 10 September 1957) is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde.Philippe Descola Philippe Descola, FBA (born 19 June 1949) is a French anthropologist noted for studies of the Achuar, one of several Jivaroan peoples, and for his contributions to anthropological theory. Background Descola started with an interest in philoso ...

(Harper Collins) and Christopher Hampton for ''Art'' by Yasmina Reza (Faber and Faber) 1996 * Winner: David Coward for ''

Belle du Seigneur ''Belle du Seigneur'' is a 1968 novel by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. Set in Geneva in the 1930s, the narrative revolves around a Mediterranean Jew employed by the League of Nations, and his romance with a married Swiss aristocrat. The novel is ...

'' by Albert Cohen (Viking) 1995 * Winner: Gilbert Adair for ''A Void'' by Georges Perec (Harvill) 1994 No Award 1993 * Winner: Christine Donougher for ''The Book of Nights'' by Sylvie Germain (Dedalus) 1992 * Winners: Barbara Wright for ''The Midnight Love Feast'' by Michel Tournier (Collins) and James Kirkup for ''Painted Shadows'' by Jean Baptiste-Niel (Quartet) 1991 * Winner: Brian Pearce for ''Bread and Circuses'' by

Paul Veyne Paul Veyne (; 13 June 1930 – 29 September 2022) was a French archaeologist and historian, and a specialist of Ancient Rome. A student of the École Normale Supérieure and member of the École française de Rome, he was honorary professor at th ...

(Penguin) 1990 * Winner: Beryl and John Fletcher for ''The Georgics'' by Claude Simon (Calder)

1980s

1989 * Winner: Derek Mahon for ''Selected Poems'' by Philippe Jaccotet (Viking Penguin) 1988 * Winner:

Robyn Marsack Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 t ...

for ''The Scorpion-Fish'' by

Nicolas Bouvier Nicolas Bouvier (6 March 1929 in Lancy – 17 February 1998) was a 20th-century Swiss traveller, writer, picture editor and photographer. He studied in Geneva in the 1950s and lived there later between his travels. Life Bouvier was born at Gra ...

(

Carcanet Carcanet Press is a publisher, primarily of poetry, based in the United Kingdom and founded in 1969 by Michael Schmidt. In 2000 it was named the '' Sunday Times'' millennium Small Publisher of the Year. History ''Carcanet'' was originally a li ...

) 1987 * Winner: Barbara Wright for ''Grabinoulor'' by

Pierre Albert-Birot Pierre Albert-Birot (22 April 1876 – 25 July 1967) was a French avant-garde poet, dramatist, and theater manager. He was a steadfast avant-garde during World War I, through the magazine ''Sic'' he created and published from 1916 to 1919. He wa ...

(Atlas) 1986 * Winners:

Barbara Bray Barbara Bray (née Jacobs; 24 November 1924 – 25 February 2010) was an English translator and critic. Early life Bray was born in Maida Vale, London; her parents had Belgian and Jewish origins. An identical twin (her sister Olive Classe was al ...

for ''The Lover'' by Marguerite Duras (Collins) and Richard Nice for ''Distinction'' by

Pierre Bourdieu Pierre Bourdieu (; 1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist and public intellectual. Bourdieu's contributions to the sociology of education, the theory of sociology, and sociology of aesthetics have achieved wide influence i ...

(

Routledge Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and ...

) 1985 * Winner:

Quintin Hoare Quintin Hoare (born 1938) is a British leftist intellectual and literary translator from languages including Italian, French, German, Russian and Bosnian.

for ''War Diaries: Notebooks from a Phoney War'' by

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and litera ...

( Verso) * Runner up: Barbara Wright for ''Childhood'' by Nathalie Sarraute ( Calder) 1984 * Winner: Roy Harris for ''Course in General Linguistics'' by F. de Saussure (Duckworth) 1983 * Winner: Sian Reynolds for ''The Wheels of Commerce'' by Fernand Braudel (Collins) 1982 * Winner: Anne Carter for ''Gemini'' by Michel Tournier (Collins) 1981 * Winner: Paul Falla for ''The World of the Citizen in Republican Rome'' by C. Nicolet (Batsford) 1980 * Winner: Brian Pearce for ''The Institutions of France under the Absolute Monarchy 1598-1789'' by

Roland Mousnier Roland Émile Mousnier (; Paris, September 7, 1907– February 8, 1993, Paris) was a French historian of the early modern period in France and of the comparative studies of different civilizations. Life Mousnier was born in Paris and receiv ...

(University of Chicago Press)

1970s

1979 * Winner: John and Doreen Weightman for ''The Origin of Table Manners'' by

Claude Levi-Strauss Claude may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...

(Jonathan Cape) and Richard Mayne for ''Memoirs'' (Collins) 1978 * Winner: Janet Lloyd for ''The Gardens of Adonis'' by

Marcel Detienne Marcel Detienne (October 11, 1935 in Liège, Belgium – March 21, 2019 in Nemours, France) was a Belgian historian and specialist in the study of ancient Greece. He was a professor at Johns Hopkins University, where he held the Basil L. Gildersl ...

(Harvester Press) and David Hapgood for ''The Totalitarian Temptation'' by Jean-Francois Revel (Secker & Warburg) 1977 * Winner: Peter Wait for ''French Society 1789-1970'' by George Dupeux (Methuen) 1976 * Winner: Brian Pearce for ''Leninism under Lenin'' by

Marcel Liebman Marcel Liebman (7 July 1929 – 1 March 1986) was a Belgian Marxist historian of political sociology and theory, active at the Université libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Life A historian of socialism and of communism, he p ...

(Jonathan Cape) and Douglas Parmee for ''The Second World War'' by

Henri Michel Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the wor ...

(Andre Deutsch) 1975 * Winners: D. McN. Lockie for ''France in the Age of Louis XIII & Richelieu'' by Victor-L Tapie (Macmillan) and Joanna Kilmartin for ''Scars on the Soul'' by Francoise Sagan (Andre Deutsch) 1974 * Winner: John and Doreen Weightman for ''From Honey to Ashes'' by Claude Levi-Strauss (Collins) and ''Tristes Tropiques'' by Claude Levi-Strauss (Jonathan Cape) 1973 * Winner: Barbara Bray for ''The Erl King'' by Michel Tournier (Collins) 1972 * Winner: Paul Stevenson for ''Germany in our Time'' by Alfred Grosser (Pall Mall Press) * Special Awards: Joanna Kilmartin for ''Sunlight on Cold Water'' by Francois Sagan (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), and Elizabeth Walter for ''A Scent of Lilies'' by Claire Gallois (Collins) 1971 * Winner: Maria Jolas for ''Between Life and Death'' by Nathalie Sarraute (Calder & Boyars) * Runner-up: Jean Stewart for ''Maltaverne'' by Francois Mauriac (Eyre & Spottiswoode) and ''The Taking of the Bastille'' by

Jacques Godechot Jacques Léon Godechot (3 January 1907 – 24 August 1989) was a French historian of the French revolution, and a pioneer of Atlantic history. As a frequent and varied contributor to the ''Annales Historiques de la Révolution Française'', he act ...

(Faber and Faber) 1970 * Winner: W.G. Corp for ''The Spaniard'' by Bernard Clavel (Harrap) * Richard Barry for ''The Suez Expedition 1956'' by Andre Beaufre (Faber) * Elaine P. Halperin for ''The Other Side of the Mountain'' by Michel Bernanos (Gollancz)

1960s

1969 * Winner: Terence Kilmartin for ''Anti-memoirs'' by Andre Malraux (Hamish Hamilton) and ''The Girls'' by Henry de Montherlant (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) * Special Award: Anthony Rudolf for ''Selected Poems'' by Yves Bonnefoy (Jonathan Cape) 1968 * Winner: Jean Stewart for ''French North Africa'' by

Jacques Berque Jacques Augustin Berque (4 June 1910, Molière, Algeria – 27 June 1995) was a French scholar of Islam and sociologist of the Collège de France. His expertise was the decolonisation of Algeria and Morocco. Berque wrote several histories on th ...

(Faber) 1967 * Winner: John and Doreen Weightman for ''Jean Jacques Rousseau'' by Jean Guehenno (Routledge & Kegan Paul) 1966 * Winners: Barbara Bray for ''From Tristram to Yorick'' by Henri Fluchero (OUP) and Peter Wiles for ''A Young Trouti'' by Roger Vailland (Collins) 1965 * Winner: Edward Hyams for ''Joan of Arc'' (Regino Iornoud Macdonald) * Runner-up: Humphrey Hare for ''Memoirs of Zeus'' by Maurice Druon (Hart-Davis)

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