Prizes for translations into English:
Man Booker International Prize (UK)
- Awarded annually for a work of fiction in translation
published in the United Kingdom, by a living author and translator - £50,000 shared by author and translator
- Supersedes/replaces the old Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
Best Translated Book Award (US)
- Awarded annually to a previously untranslated work of fiction and a work of poetry published/distributed in the US
- Winning authors and translators each receive US$5,000
PEN Translation Prize (US)
- Awarded annually for a book-length translation of prose
- Winning translator receives US$3,000
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize (UK)
- Awarded annually to a book-length literary translation from any living European language
- Winning translator receives £2,000
National Translation Award (US)
- Awarded annually for book-length translations of prose and poetry by the poetry American Literary Translators Association
From specific languages:
- Arabic: Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize (annual; £3,000)
- French: French-American Foundation Translation Prize (annual; for fiction and non-fiction; US$10,000)
- German: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize (annual; book-length literary translation; US$10,000)
Inter/national English-language prizes that consider works in translation:
- International DUBLIN Literary Award (annual; €100,000 to winning author – but if it’s a work in translation, translator gets €25,000 of that)
- National Book Critics Circle Award (US; annual)
- DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (annual; submitted titles have to feature South-Asian themes; US$50,000)
Inter/national literary prizes:
Author (lifetime) awards:
- Nobel Prize in Literature (annual; any living author; SEK 8 million)
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature (biennial; selected from finalists nominated by jurors; US$50,000)
- Franz Kafka Prize (annual ; US$10,000)
- Austrian State Prize for European Literature (annual; limited to European authors; €25,000)
- Premio Cervantes (annual; limited to Spanish-writing authors; €125,000)
- Prêmio Camões (annual; limited to Portuguese-writing authors; €100,000)
- Georg-Büchner-Preis (annual; limited to German-writing authors; €50,000)
Book prizes:
- (any): Jan Michalski Prize for Literature (annual; CHF50,000)
- English: Man Booker Prize (annual; £50,000)
- English: James Tait Black Memorial Prize (annual; £10,000)
- English (US only): Pulitzer Prize (annual ; US$10,000)
- English (US only) National Book Awards (annual ; US$10,000)
- English (Australia only): Miles Franklin Literary Award (annual; A$50,000)
- English (Canada only): Scotiabank Giller Prize (annual; C$100,000)
- English (Caribbean only): OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (annual; US$3/10,000)
- English (India only): The Hindu Prize (annual; ₹500,000)
- English (Ireland only): Irish Book Awards (annual)
- English+ (French; Canada only): Governor General’s Literary Awards (annual; C$25,000)
- English+ (Indian languages in translation; India only): Crossword Book Award (annual; ₹300,000)
- English+ (Welsh): Wales Book of the Year (annual; £2/6,000)
- Arabic: International Prize for Arabic Fiction (annual ; US$60,000)
- Arabic: Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature (annual)
- Czech: Magnesia Litera Prize (annual; Kč200,000)
- Finnish: Finlandia Prize (annual; €30,000)
- French: Prix Goncourt (annual; €10)
- German: German Book Prize (annual; €25,000)
- German (Swiss only): Swiss Book Prize (annual; CHF30,000)
- Italian: Premio Strega (annual; €5,000)
- Polish: Nike Award (annual; PLN100,000)
- Russia: Big Book Award (annual; RBL3,000,000)
- Russia: Russian Booker Prize (annual; US$20,000)
- Scandinavian: Nordic Council Literature Prize (annual; DKK350,000)
- Spanish: Premio Planeta de Novela (annual; €601,000)
- Spanish: Rómulo Gallegos Prize (biennial; US$100,000)
- Swedish: Augustpriset (annual; SEK 100,000)
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