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Prix de Traduction

Prix de traduction du Centre Culturel Irlandais et de Literature Ireland

Established in 2019, the Prix de traduction was created for the promotion of Irish literature in the French language.

Established in 2019, the Prix de traduction was created for the promotion of Irish literature in the French language.

Shortlist 2023

We are delighted to announce the 5 finalists of the 2023 edition of the 'Prix de traduction du CCI et Literature Ireland'!

The finalists are:

_ "Les lanceurs de feu" by Jan Carson, translated by Dominique GOY-BLANQUET (Sabine Wespieser éditeur)

_ "Milkman" by Anna Burns, translated by Jakuta ALIKAVAZOVIC (Éditions Joëlle Losfeld)

_ "N'importe où sauf ici" by Rob Doyle, translated by Alice ZENITER (Au diable vauvert)

_ "Rien de sérieux" by Naoise Dolan, translated by Nathalie PERONNY (Presses de la Cité)

_ "Voyage en territoire inconnu" by David Park, translated by Cécile ARNAUD (Éditions La Table Ronde)

The winner will be announced in Autumn 2023.

The "Prix de Traduction du CCI et Literature Ireland", was created for the promotion of Irish literature in the French language.

The Prix aims to support the translation of works of fiction by Irish authors who are as yet unknown in France.
The prize of €3,000 is awarded to the translator. Only first translations published in the two years prior to application can be entered for the prize.

See all the titles in the run for the 2023 edition

Full terms and conditions of the prize are available here.

Jury members:

  • Clíona Ní Ríordáin
    President of the Jury

    University Professor and Director of the Irish Studies Research Group at University of Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3. Translator and specialist in literary translation

  • Sinéad Mac Aodha
    Vice-President of the Jury

    Director of Literature Ireland

  • Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère

    Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the Université de Lausanne (Switzerland)

  • Nicolas Richard
    Translator and Recipient of the Prix de Traduction 2021

  • Frédérique Roussel

    Journalist at Libération

Recipient:


  • Prix de Traduction du Centre Culturel Irlandais 2019: Mona de Pracontal, translator of 'Nothing on earth' (Rien d’autre sur Terre) by Conor O’Callaghan, Editions Sabine Wespieser
  • Prix de Traduction du Centre Culturel Irlandais 2021: Nicolas Richard, translator of 'Solar Bones' (D'os et de lumière) by Mike McCormack, Editions Grasset