Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize

The Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize is an annual literary prize named for the German–American publishers Helen and Kurt Wolff "honoring an outstanding literary translation from German into English" published in the USA the previous year.[1]

The translator of the winning translation receives $10,000. The prize was established in 1996 and is funded by the German government. It was administered by the Goethe-Institut of Chicago until 2014.[2] Since 2015, the prize has been administered by the New York Goethe-Institut.[1]

  1. ^ a b Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, official site.
  2. ^ "Helen-und-Kurt-Wolff-Übersetzerpreis – Wolff Translator's Prize". Online-Ausgabe des Handbuchs der Kulturpreise (in German). 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2019.