London: An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation.Gail Hareven`s novel `The Confessions of Noa Weber` won the Best Translated Book Award for fiction. It was written in Hebrew and translated by Dalya Bilu for Melville House Press.
The poetry prize went to Elena Fanailova`s "The Russian Version." It was translated by Genya Turovskaya and Stephanie Sandler and published by Ugly Duckling Presse.
The awards were founded three years ago by Three Percent, a resource for translated works that is based at the University of Rochester. They have no cash prize.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 09:53
