Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize Shortlist Announced

This year’s Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize shortlist includes eight books from an outstanding entry of over a hundred titles in translations from 22 different languages.

Once again we had impressive submissions from both larger and smaller publishing houses. The shortlist contains translations from eight languages.

The winner will be announced at the prizegiving and dinner at St Anne’s College, Oxford on Saturday 15 June 2019. This is the crowning event of Oxford Translation Day, which boasts a varied programme of talks, workshops, and readings. Details are available at: http://www.occt.ox.ac.uk/oxford-translation-day-2019.

This year’s judges of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize are Charlotte Ryland, Emma Claussen, James Partridge and Simon Park (Chair).

The 2019 shortlist:

The winner will be announced on the OCCT page shortly after 15 June: www.occt.ox.ac.uk