The Rossica Young Translators Prize is an annual award given to an exceptional translation of a passage of contemporary Russian literature from Russian into English. It was inaugurated in 2009 by Academia Rossica, a cultural organisation set up to promote and strengthen cultural and intellectual ties between Russia and the English-speaking world. The distinction comes with a cash prize. The prize is awarded in London during the London Book Fair. Anyone under 25 years is eligible for the Rossica Young Translators Prize. Entrants translate one of three extracts (of around three thousand words each) from contemporary Russian novels, as yet untranslated into English. Academia Rossica also awards the biennial Rossica Translation Prize for already published translations in book length.
Winners Year Translator Translation Author 2009 James Rann The List (Extract) Dmitrii Bykov2010Leo Shtutin Letter-Book (Extract) Mikhail Shishkin 2011Maya Vinokour The Living (Extract) Anna Starobinets2012Gregory Afinogenov S.N.U.F.F. (Extract) Victor Pelevin2013Pola Lem The Women of Lazarus (Extract) Marina Stepnova2014Laura Thomas 1993 (Extract) Sergei Shargunov
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See also List of literary awards List of years in literature