Prizes, grants and awards
The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize (past winners)
For Arabic Literary Translation
Prize: £2,000
Sponsor: Mohammed Ahmad Al-Sowaidi, Arts Council England
2008 Fady Joudah for The Butterfly’s Burden by Mahmoud Darwish (Bloodaxe Books)
2007 Farouk Abdel Wahab The Lodging House by Khairy Shalaby (American university in Cairo Press)
Runner-up: Marilyn Booth Thieves in Retirement by Hamdi Abu Golayyel (Syracuse University Press) Commended: Peter Theroux Saraya, The Ogre’s Daughter by Emile Habiby (Ibis Editions)
2006 Humphrey Davies Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury (Harvill Secker) Runner up: Hala Halim Clamor of the Lake by Mohamed El-Bisatie (American University in Cairo Press)
See also
Translators Association Prizes
Translators Association Prizes (entry details)
Bernard Shaw Prize (past winners)
Hellenic Foundation for Culture Translation Award (past winners)
John Florio Prize (past winners)
Premio Valle Inclán Prize (past winners)
The Rossica International Prize (past winners)
Schlegel-Tieck Prize (past winners)
Scott Moncrieff Prize (past winners)
The Calouste Gulbenkian Prize (past winners)
Vondel Prize (past winners)
The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize (past winners)