The shortlist has been announced for the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize, sponsored by the Goethe-Institut New York and celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The winner, who receives $10,000, will be announced May 20, with a virtual ceremony on June 24 that will feature an appearance by Alexander Wolff, grandson of Kurt Wolff. This year's shortlist:
Jefferson Chase for his translation of Hitler: Downfall, 1939-1945 by Volker Ullrich (Knopf)
Tess Lewis for Kraft by Jonas Lüscher (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Jackie Smith for An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky (New Directions)
Imogen Taylor for Beside Myself by Sasha Marianna Salzmann (Other Press).
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The longlist for the £10,000 (about $13,835) Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, for "a distinguished work of fiction, nonfiction or poetry evoking the spirit of a place," has been announced and can be seen here. The shortlist will be announced on April 27 and the winner on May 11.
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Commonwealth Writers announced the shortlist the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. This year's shortlist was chosen from a record 6,423 entries from 50 Commonwealth countries and includes, for the first time, stories from Lesotho and Namibia. Regional winners will be revealed in May and the overall winner named in June. Regional winners each receive £2,500 (about $3,455) and the overall winner £5,000 (about $6,905). You can see the complete list of finalists here.