John Florio Prize
Award for Italian translators
The John Florio Prize for Italian translation is awarded by the Society of Authors,[1] with the co-sponsorship of the Italian Cultural Institute and Arts Council England. Named after the Tudor Anglo-Italian writer-translator John Florio, the prize was established in 1963. As of 1980 it is awarded biannually for the best English translation of a full-length work of literary merit and general interest from Italian.[2]
Winners and shortlistees
1960s
= winner
1963
- Donata Origo, for The Deserter by Giuseppe Dessi
- Eric Mosbacher, for Hekura by Fosco Maraini
1964
- Angus Davidson, for More Roman Tales by Alberto Moravia
- Professor E. R. Vincent, for A Diary of One of Garibaldi's Thousand by Giuseppe Cesare Abba[3][4]
- H. S. Vere-Hodge, for The Odes of Dante
1965
- W. H. Darwell, for Dongo: The Last Act by Pier Luigi Bellini delle Stelle & Urbano Lazzaro
1966
- Stuart Woolf, for The Truce by Primo Levi
- Jane Grigson and Father Kenelm Foster, for The Columns of Infamy of Crime and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria
1967
- Isabel Quigly, for The Transfers by Silvano Ceccherini
1968
- Muriel Grindrod, for The Popes in the 20th Century by Carlo Falconi
- Raleigh Trevelyan, for The Outlaws by Luigi Meneghello
1969
- Sacha Rabinovitch, for Francis Bacon: from Magic to Science by Paolo Rossi
- William Weaver, for A Violent Life by Pier Pasolini
1970s
1970
- Angus Davidson, for On Neoclassicism by Mario Praz
1971
- William Weaver, for The Heron by Giorgio Bassani and Time and the Hunter by Italo Calvino
1972
- Patrick Creagh, for Selected Poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti
1973
- Bernard Wall, for Wrestling with Christ by Luigi Santucci
1974
- Stephen M. Hellman, for Letters from Inside the Italian Communist Party by Maria Antonietta Macciocchi
1975
- Cormac O’Cuilleanain, for Cagliostro by Roberto Gervaso
1976
- Frances Frenaye, for The Forests of Norbio by Giuseppe Dessi
1977
- Ruth Feldman & Brian Swann, for Shema, Collected Poems of Primo Levi
1979
- Quintin Hoare, for Selections from Political Writings 1921-26 by Antonio Gramsci
1980s
1980
- Julian Mitchell, for Henry IV by Pirandello
1982
- Christopher Holme, for Ebla: An Empire Rediscovered by Paolo Matthiae
1984
- Bruce Penman, for China (The moments of civilisation) by Gildo Fossati
1986
- Avril Bardoni, for The Wine Dark Sea by Leonardo Sciascia
1988
- J. G. Nichols, for The Colloquies by Guido Gozzano
1990s
1990
- Patrick Creagh, for Danube by Claudio Magris
- Patrick Creagh, for Blind Argus by Gesualdo Bufalino
1992
- William Weaver, for The Dust Roads of Monferrato by Rosetta Loy
- Tim Parks, for Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy
1994
- Tim Parks, for The Road to San Giovanni by Italo Calvino
1996
- Emma Rose, for His Mother's House by Marta Morazzoni
1998
- Joseph Farrell, for Take-Off by Daniele del Giudice
2000s
2000
- Martin McLaughlin, for Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
2002
- Stephen Sartarelli, for Prince of the Clouds by Gianni Riotta
- Alastair McEwen, for Senior Service by Carlo Feltrinelli
2004
- Howard Curtis, for Coming Back by Edoardo Albinati
2006
Carol O’Sullivan and Martin Thom, for Kuraj by Silvia Di Natale
Runner-up: Aubrey Botsford, for The Ballad of the Low Lifes by Enrico Remmert
2008
- Peter Robinson, for The Greener Meadow by Luciano Erba
Runner-up: Alastair McEwen, for Turning Back the Clock by Umberto Eco
2010s
2010
- Jamie McKendrick, for The Embrace: Selected Poems by Valerio Magrelli
Runner-up: Abigail Asher, for The Natural Order of Things by Andrea Canobbio
2012
- Anne Milano Appel, for Scent of a Woman by Giovanni Arpino
Commended: Howard Curtis, for In the Sea There are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda
Commended: Shaun Whiteside, for Stabat Mater by Tiziano Scarpa
2014
- Patrick Creagh, for Memory of the Abyss by Marcello Fois
Commended: Cristina Viti, for A Life Apart by Mariapia Veladiano
2016
- Jamie McKendrick, for Archipelago by Antonella Anedda
Commended: Richard Dixon, for Numero Zero by Umberto Eco
2018
- Winner: Gini Alhadeff for her translation of I Am the Brother of XX by Fleur Jaeggy (And Other Stories)
Runner-up: Cristina Viti for her translation of Stigmata by Gëzim Hajdari (Shearsman Books)
Shortlistees:
- Jamie McKendrick for his translation of Within the Walls by Giorgio Bassani (Penguin Classics)
- Mario Petrucci for his translation of Xenia by Eugenio Montale (Arc Publications)
- Cristina Viti for her translation of The World Saved by Kids by Elsa Morante (Seagull Books)
2020s
2020
- Winner: Jhumpa Lahiri for her translation of Trick by Domenico Starnone (Europa Editions)
Runner-up: Jenny McPhee for her translation of The Kremlin Ball by Curzio Malaparte (New York Review Books)
Shortlistees:
- Anne Milano Appel for a translation of A Devil Comes to Town by Paolo Maurensig (World Editions)
- Ekin Oklap for a translation of Flowers Over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- Taije Silverman and Marina Della Putta Johnson for a translation of Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli by Giovanni Pascoli (Princeton University Press)
- Howard Curtis for a translation of Soul of the Border by Matteo Righetto (Pushkin Press)
2022
- Winner: Nicholas Benson and Elena Coda for a translation of My Karst and My City by Scipio Slataper (University of Toronto Press)
Runner-up: J Ockenden for a translation of Snow, Dog, Foot by Claudio Morandini (Peirene Press)
Runner-up: Tim Parks for a translation of The House on The Hill and The Moon and the Bonfires by Cesare Pavese (Penguin)
Shortlistees:
- Elena Pala for a translation of The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- Stash Luczkwi for a translation of Without Ever Reaching the Summit by Paolo Cognetti (Harvill Secker)
- Stephen Twilley for a translation of Diary of a Foreigner in Paris by Curzio Malaparte (New York Review Books)
