Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis

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.

Stefan Weidner

Writer, Translator and Journalist
Born 1/10/1967
Member since 2017

... der durch seine engagierte Arbeit zu einem der wichtigsten Mittler in der zwischen der deutschen und der arabischen Kultur drohenden Sprachlosigkeit geworden ist.

Jury members
Kommission: Heinrich Detering, Joachim Kalka, Friedhelm Kemp, Werner von Koppenfels, Ilma Rakusa, Lea Ritter-Santini, Michael Walter

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