The Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature was established in 1979 and is administered by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University. It is the oldest prize for Japanese literary translation in the United States.
Works entered into competition are judged on the literary merit of the translation and the accuracy with which it reflects the spirit of the Japanese original.
The Keene Center annually awards $6,000 (USD) in Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature. A prize is given for the best translation of a modern work or a classical work, or the prize is divided between equally distinguished translations.[1]
List of winners
editThe following is a list of the winners:[2][3]
Year | Winner(s) 1 | Publisher 2 | Notes |
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1979 |
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Princeton University Press, Yuji Katydid Books | The first prize ever given was a shared prize. |
1980 |
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Alfred A. Knopf | |
1981 |
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Columbia University Press | |
1982 |
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Princeton University Press | |
1983 |
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Stanford University Press | |
1984 | - | - | No prize was awarded |
1985 |
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North Point Press | |
1986 | - | - | No prize was awarded |
1987 |
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University of Hawaiʻi Press | |
1988 |
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Kodansha International | |
1989 |
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University of Hawaiʻi Press, Columbia University Press | |
1990 |
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Kodansha International, Stanford University Press | |
1991 |
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Kodansha International, University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies | |
1992 |
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Kodansha International, Stanford University Press | |
1993 | - | - | No prize was awarded |
1994 |
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Stone Bridge Press, Stanford University Press | |
1995 | - | - | No prize was awarded |
1996 |
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Morgan Press, Columbia University Press | |
1997 | - | - | No prize was awarded |
1998 |
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University of Hawaiʻi Press, Columbia University Press | |
1999 |
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Alfred A. Knopf, Columbia University Press | |
2000 |
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Stone Bridge Press, University of Hawai’i Press | |
2001 |
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Stone Bridge Press, Cornell University Press | |
2002 |
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Viking Press | |
2003 |
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Kaya Press, University of Hawai’i Press | |
2004 |
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University of California Press | |
2005 |
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Picador, Peter Owen Publishers | |
2006 |
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Cornell University Press, Kodansha USA | |
2007 |
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Cheng & Tsui, Columbia University Press | |
2008 |
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Dalkey Archive Press | |
2009 |
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University of California Press, Stanford University Press | |
2010 |
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Counterpoint, Cambridge University Press | |
2011 |
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Cornell University Press, Hesperus Press | |
2012 | - | - | No prize was awarded |
2013 |
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Copper Canyon Press | |
2014 |
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Other Press, Canongate Books | |
2015 |
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Columbia University Press, VIZ Media, Cornell University Press | |
2016 | - | - | No prize was awarded |
2017 |
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Pushkin Press, Stone Bridge Press | |
2018 |
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Cornell University Press | |
2019 |
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Kurodahan Press, New Directions Publishing | |
2020 |
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Palgrave Macmillan | |
2021 |
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New Directions Publishing, Cornell University Press | |
2022 |
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Astra House | |
2023 |
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Columbia University Press, Pushkin Press |
- 1 Note: From 1979 to 1988, only a single translation prize was given annually. Beginning in 1989, the prize was given in two categories: translations from Japanese classical literature and translation from Japanese modern literature (although such distinctions vary as does the number of winners in a given year).
- 2 Note: Where it applies, first the publisher of the first work mentioned then the publisher of the second work mentioned, separated by a comma.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture -- Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature". Duke University Research Funding. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Archive of past prize winners for the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature". Donald Keene Center. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature". Donald Keene Center. Retrieved 26 February 2024.