Translatio

TRANSLATIO

The Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation goes this year to Adan Kovacsics and Johann Strutz. The prize ceremony will take place on 3rd July 2011 from 18:00 in Musilhaus.

Translatio is the only national prize that is presented outside of Vienna - on the Sunday before the Festival of German Language Literature. Since 1985, the prize worth 8,000 €, has been presented by the Arts and Media section of the Federal Chancellery in two categories. Award winners:

Adan Kovacsics and Johann Strutz

Adan KOVACSICS

Born in 1953 in Santiago de Chile, lives in Vilanova i la Geltrú ( Spain ). Studied Romance languages and literature, English language and literature and Philosophy in Vienna. Lives since 1980 in Spain. Focus Translation of Austrian and Hungarian literature.

Adan Kovacsics (Bild: PZter Orosz)

Translations of Karl Kraus, Elias Canetti, Paul Celan, Péter Esterházy, György Konrad, and Imre Kertész. Lecturer of the postgraduate course Literary Translation (German -Spanish), University of Barcelona and of the Hungarian-Spanish translation seminar at the Hungarian Translators House.

LITERARY TRANSLATION (SELECTION)

Karl Kraus: The Last Days of Humanity,Die Fackel.

Thomas Bernhard: Ritter, Dene, Voss.

Heimito von Doderer: A murder that everyone commits.

Joseph Roth: The White Cities.

Stefan Zweig: Rausch der Verwandlung.

Ingeborg Bachmann: The Franza Case/Requiem for Fanny Goldmann.

Ilse Aichinger: The Greater Hope.

AWARDS

Ángel Crespo Translation Prize 2004.

Pro-Cultura-Hungarica 2009.

Spanish National Prize for Translation 2010

Johann STRUTZ

Born 1949 in Ruden, lives in Ruden (Kärnten). Studied Literature and Linguistics in Graz. Since 1984, employee at the Klagenfurt University, responsible for the comparative regional focus: Literature connections in the Alpine Adriatic Region, Small Literature in the European context, Literature and Multilingualism.

Literary and scientific translations from Slovenian, Croatian and Italian as well as from English and Welsh.

Johann Strutz (Bild: Wolf Heider-Sawall)

LITERARY TRANSLATION (SELECTION)

Florjan Lipus: Verdächtiger Umgang mit dem Chaos, Herzflecken, Bostjans Flug, Die Regenprozession and other prose.
Emyr Humphreys: Three Voices, Spirits and Strangers. Marjan Tomsic: The Women of the Schaurinia.

AWARDS

Hermann Lenz Prize 2006.

Awards Ceremony - Programme

Frank Günther
Lecture

"In the mind of the translator confusing thoughts during translation of sentences"/"Im Hirn des Übersetzers oder Wirre Gedanken beim Übersetzen von Sätzen".

Johanna Borek
Laudation

Adan Kovacsics
Acknowledgements

Erwin Köstler
Laudation

Johann Strutz
Acknowledgements

Robert Stocker
BMUKK/Sektion Kunst
Awards Ceremony

Adan Kovacsics/Johann Strutz: READING

Duo Masis: MUSIC

A presentation by the Robert Musil Institute.

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