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Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation
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The Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation is given every three years to a translator whose career has demonstrated a commitment to excellence through the body of his or her work. The award is judged by the PEN Translation Committee. Gregory Rabassa, Richard Howard, Ralph Manheim, William Weaver, Richard Wilbur, Robert Fagles, Edmund Keeley, and Donald Keene have all been awarded the medal in previous years. The award was initiated by funds donated by the late Bernard Malamud and by Gay Talese, and has received additional support from the family and friends of Ralph Manheim.
2006 judges: PEN Translation Committee
The 2006 PEN Literary Awards will presented in New York on the evening
of Monday, May 22, at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.
For more information contact Nick Burd: (212) 334-1660, ext. 108, nick@pen.org
Please click here for more information on this award.
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2006 Awardee
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The winner of this year’s award is Edith Grossman, who has translated major works by Miguel de Cervantes and Gabriel García Márquez.
In his citation, Translation Committee head Michael F. Moore writes: “From the battlefield of her desk, Edith Grossman has journeyed across time and space, into a world that stretches from the enchanted plains of La Mancha to the muddy, magical waters of the Rio Magdalena. Her vivid, colorful translations of contemporary Latin American masters— García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Mutis, Montero—and of the golden age classic Don Quixote transport the English reader beyond the borders of our language and deep into the realm of the imagination.”
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