Prizes

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)