Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Translation

The Johann Heinrich Voß Prize in Translation (German: Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung) is awarded yearly by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt. Established 1958, it was named after the German poet and philologist Johann Heinrich Voß, who achieved renown as the first person to translate Homer's Iliad and Odyssey from Ancient Greek into German. The prize is administered by a jury that serves a three-year term. The jury for the 2020 term consisted of Iso Camartin, Aris Fioretos, Daniel Göske, Susanne Lange, Gabriele Leupold, Ernst Osterkamp, and Anne Weber. Not to be confused with the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Literatur und Politik.

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