Voss Prize 2023
The German Academy for Language and Literature is awarding the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis 2023 (prize for translation) to Andreas Tretner
The prize carries a cash award of 20.000 €.
The Voß prize will be presented on June 4th 2023.
The »Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung« (Prize for Translation) has been awarded by the German Academy for Language and Literature since 1958 for the »outstanding achievements in translation,« with a particular emphasis on the translation of literature into German.
The prize is awarded annually at the spring conference of the German Academy.
The Johann Heinrich Voß Prize has been endowed with €20,000 since 2002.
The German Academy for Language and Literature is awarding the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis 2023 (prize for translation) to Andreas Tretner
The prize carries a cash award of 20.000 €.
The Voß prize will be presented on June 4th 2023.
Translator
Born 6/4/1950
»In jahrzehntelanger Arbeit hat Rainer G. Schmidt eine Vielfalt
von Werken, die hohe Anforderungen an eine Übersetzung stellen,
auf Deutsch zugänglich gemacht...«
Jury members
Daniel Göske, Susanne Lange, Gabriele Leupold (Vorsitz), Terézia Mora, Ernst Osterkamp, Ulf Stolterfoht und Anne Weber