The Times Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation

The Times Stephen Spender Prize winners were announced on 25 October 2008

The Times and the Stephen Spender Memorial Trust hope to encourage and stimulate a new generation of literary translators. To obtain a free booklet containing winning translations and commentaries, please email: info@stephenspender.org.

Prizes are awarded in three categories; 14 and under, 18 and under and Open.  The winners are as follows:

14 and under

Joint 1st: Paula Alonso-Lalanda, ‘Let’s Go to the Market!’ by Gloria Fuertes (Spanish)
Joint 1st: Scarlett Koller, ‘Roundelay’ by Charles d’Orléans (French)

18 and under

1st: Daniel Galbraith, Amores I.V by Ovid (Latin)
2nd: Iwona Luszowicz, ‘In Remembrance of Marie A.’ by Bertolt Brecht (German)
3rd: Rupert Mercer, Poem VIII by Catullus (Latin)

Open

1st: Imogen Halstead, Amores I.I by Ovid (Latin)
2nd: Jane Draycott, an extract from Pearl anonymous (Middle English)

Joint 3rd: Timothy Allen, an extract from ‘Broken Heart, New Lament’ by Nguyễn Du (Vietnamese)
Joint 3rd: Emily Jeremiah, ‘Theorem’ by Eeva-Liisa Manner (Finnish)

For full details of the winners, commended entries and judges comments, visit www.stephen-spender.org.  You can also read the winning entries in full.