A Life on Paper wins Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Award

June 19th, 2011 § 1 comment

Basically, I was like, “Holy Sh**!” when I came home from dinner last night and found my Clarion buds announcing on Facebook that Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud’s A Life on Paper won the first ever Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Award!

Huge congratulations to the Honorable Mentions, and all the Nominees!

Long Form Honorable Mention

The Golden Age, Michal Ajvaz, translated by Andrew Oakland (Dalkey Archive Press). Original publication in Czech as Zlatý Věk (2001).

Long Form Winner

A Life on Paper: Stories, Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, translated by Edward Gauvin (Small Beer Press). Original publication in French (1976­-2005).

Short Form Honorable Mention

“Wagtail”, Marketta Niemelä, translated by Liisa Rantalaiho (Usva International 2010, ed. Anne Leinonen). Original publication in Finnish as “Västäräkki” (Usva (The Mist), 2008).

Short Form Winner

“Elegy for a Young Elk”, Hannu Rajaniemi, translated by Hannu Rajaniemi (Subterranean Online, Spring 2010). Original publication in Finnish (Portti, 2007).

Special Award

In addition to the standard awards, the Board of ARESFFT presented a special award to British author and translator Brian Stableford in recognition of the excellence of his translation work.

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