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Awards to USA Translators to Recognize Exceptional Work in the Translation of Book-Length Works in Japanese

Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature and Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prizes and Grants


Agency
Foundation

GrantWatch ID#
195593

Funding Source
Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University
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Geographic Focus
All USA

Important Dates
Deadline: 06/01/23 Receipt Save

Grant Description
Awards to USA translators to recognize exceptional work in the translation of book-length works in Japanese. Eligible entries include short story collections, memoirs, novels, essays, manga, poetry, and drama. Submitted works may be modern or classics that are published or unpublished.

The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature (JUSFC) is given for the best translation of a modern work or a classical work, or the prize is divided between equally distinguished translations.

The Keene Center also occasionally awards Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prizes and Grants of varying amounts.

Translations must be of book-length Japanese works: novels, collections of short stories, manga, essays, memoirs, drama, or poetry. Submissions may be unpublished manuscripts, works in press, or books published during the two years prior to the prize year* (for the current prize, this means publication dates in 2021 and afterward).



Recipient

Additional Eligibility Criteria
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes:
Translators must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.

Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prizes and Grants:
No restrictions on the citizenship or residency of the translator

Prior recipients are eligible to submit new translations.

Pre-Application Information
Submissions for the 2023-2024 prize must be received by 1 June 2023.

Published books and works in press should be submitted by publishers; unpublished manuscripts by translators or their agents.

The submission process for the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes and the Miyoshi Prizes and Grants is the same.

Estimated Size of Grant
The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University annually awards up to $6,000 in Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature (JUSFC).

The Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prizes and Grants are of varying amounts. These include: prizes up to $6,000, prizes, grants, subventions, and lifetime achievement awards.

Contact Information
All submissions should also be announced via email to: donald-keene-center@columbia.edu

Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
ATTN: Yoshiko Niiya
c/o Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
407 Kent Hall MC 3907
1140 Amsterdam Avenue
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027

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