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The PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, named in honor of U.S. translator Ralph Manheim, is a literary award given every three years by PEN America (the U.S. chapter of International PEN) to a translator "whose career has demonstrated a commitment to excellence through the body of his or her work". The Medal is awarded in recognition of a lifetime's achievements in the field of literary translation.

It was first presented in 1982, to Gregory Rabassa, who has translated works by Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, and other Latin American literary giants. The next award will be announced in 2024.

The medal is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.[1] The PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal was called one of "the most prominent translation awards."[2]

Honorees

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PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation honorees[3]
Year Honoree Ref.
1982 Gregory Rabassa
1985 Richard Howard
1988 Ralph Manheim [4][5][6]
1991 William Weaver
1994 Richard Wilbur
1997 Robert Fagles [7][8]
2000 Edmund Keeley
2003 Donald Keene
2006 Edith Grossman [9][10][11][12][13]
2009 Michael Henry Heim
2012 Margaret Sayers Peden [14][15]
2015 Burton Watson [16][17][18][19]
2018 Barbara Harshav [20][21][22]
2021 Pierre Joris

References

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  2. ^ Robert Wechsler (1998). "Performing Without a Stage". Performing Without a Stage: The Art of Literary Translation. Catbird Press. pp. 278–279. ISBN 9780945774389.
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  9. ^ "Edith Grossman". Penguin Random House Canada. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ^ "2006 Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation". PEN America. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  11. ^ "Awards: ALTA National Translation Longlists; Ottaway". Shelf Awareness. September 6, 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-01-01. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  12. ^ Nawotka, Ed (2019-09-05). "Translator Grossman to Be Honored by Words Without Borders". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
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  14. ^ "2012 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation". PEN America. 2012-11-14. Archived from the original on 2022-08-20. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  15. ^ "2012 PEN Literary Awards". University of Rochester. Archived from the original on 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  16. ^ Susan Harris (April 29, 2015). "Burton Watson Awarded PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation". Words Without Borders. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  17. ^ "Burton Watson". The New York Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
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  20. ^ "2018 PEN American Lifetime Career and Achievement Awards". PEN America. February 2017. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  21. ^ Kushner, Aviya (2018-02-20). "Barbara Harshav Is First Hebrew And Yiddish Translator To Win Lifetime Achievement Award". The Forward. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  22. ^ Literatures at the Library (2018-02-22). "Read the 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". UC Berkeley Library Update. Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
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