The Willis Barnstone Translation Prize is an annual award given to an exceptional

translation Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

of a poem from any language into English. The prize was inaugurated in 2002 by the

University of Evansville The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College. The university operates a satellite center, Harlaxton College, in Grantham, England. UE offers more than 80 differ ...

, and has been presented annually since 2003. The award is given in honor of the distinguished poet and translator,

Willis Barnstone Willis Barnstone (born November 13, 1927) is an American poet, religious scholar, and translator. He was born in Lewiston, Maine and lives in Oakland, California. He has translated works by Jorge Luis Borges, Antonio Machado, Rainer Maria Rilke, ...

, and Dr. Barnstone has served each year as the contest's final judge. The distinction comes with a cash prize of

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$1,000, and the winning poem or poems are published in ''

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''. After the retirement of Dr. William Baer in 2015, Dr. Tiffany Griffith, professor at the

, became the director of the competition.

Winners

References

External links

''The Evansville Review''
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