Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize
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Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize (German: Merck „Kakehashi“ Literaturpreises) is a biannual literary translation prize awarded by the Goethe-Institut Tokyo and Merck KGaA, a German chemical and pharmaceutical company.[1] It is for works by German authors made accessible for a Japanese readership. The prize is €10,000 each going to the author and the translator.[2]
Winners[edit]
- 2014 Wada Jun for ポカホンタスのいる湖の風景, a translation of Arno Schmidt's Seelandschaft mit Pocahontas[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Michael Orthofer (10 May 2014). "Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize". complete review. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ "Merck and Goethe-Institut Award Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize". Merck KGaA. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ "Bekanntgabe der Preisträger des Merck -"Kakehashi"-Literaturpreises" (in German). Goethe-Institut. Retrieved May 12, 2014.