PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants

List of recipients

2004

Translator	Title	Original title	Author	Language	Publisher
Andrea Berger	Bestiarium Transylvaniae I: The Birds of the Air	Bestiarium Transylvaniae I: Az ég madarai	2005 The names of thirteen winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Esther Allen, Sara Bershtel, Barbara Epler, Michael Henry Heim, and Eliot Weinberger. Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Chris Andrews Last Evenings on Earth Llamadas telefónicas N/A 2006 The names of nine winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Esther Allen, Sara Bershtel, Barbara Epler, Michael Henry Heim, Michael F. Moore, Richard Sieburth, and Eliot Weinberger. Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Chris Andrews Collected Poems 2007 The names of ten winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Esther Allen, Sara Bershtel, Barbara Epler, Michael Henry Heim, Michael F. Moore, Richard Sieburth, and Eliot Weinberger. Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Susan Bernofsky The Assistant Der Gehülfe N/A 2008 The names of eight winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Sara Bershtel, Edwin Frank, Michael Henry Heim, Michael F. Moore, Richard Sieburth and Jeffrey Yang, and Esther Allen served as the non-voting Chair. 2009 The names of eleven winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Sara Bershtel, Edwin Frank, Michael Henry Heim, Michael F. Moore, Richard Sieburth, and Jeffrey Yang, and Esther Allen served as the non-voting Chair. Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Eric Abrahamsen My Spiritual Homeland 我的精神家园 2010 The names of eleven winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Esther Allen, David Bellos, Susan Bernofsky, Edwin Frank, Michael F. Moore, and Jeffrey Yang. Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Daniel Brunet The Last Fire Das letzte Feuer N/A 2011 The names of eleven winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were David Bellos, Susan Bernofsky, Edwin Frank, Michael Reynolds, Natasha Wimmer, and Jeffrey Yang, and Michael F. Moore served as the non-voting Chair. 2012 The names of thirteen winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Susan Bernofsky, Barbara Epler, Edwin Frank, Michael Reynolds, Richard Sieburth, Eliot Weinberger, and Natasha Wimmer, and Michael F. Moore served as the non-voting Chair. Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Bernard Adams The Hangman’s House A hóhér háza 2013 The names of thirteen winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Susan Bernofsky, Barbara Epler, Richard Sieburth, Lauren Wein, Eliot Weinberger, Natasha Wimmer, and Matvei Yankelvich, and Michael F. Moore served as the non-voting Chair. Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Daniel Borzutzky The Country of Planks El País de Tablas 2014 The names of fifteen winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Esther Allen, Barbara Epler, Sara Khalili, Michael F. Moore, Lauren Wein, and Lorin Stein. Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Kurt Beals The Country Road Die Landstrasse N/A 2015 The names of sixteen winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Esther Allen, Mitzi Angel, Peter Blackstock, Howard Goldblatt, Sara Khalili, Michael F. Moore, Declan Spring, and Alex Zucker. 2016 The names of fourteen winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Esther Allen, Peter Blackstock, Sara Khalili, Tynan Kogane, Allison Markin Powell, Antonio Romani, Chip Rossetti, and Alex Zucker. Each winner was given $3,670.00. 2017 The names of fifteen winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were Tyan Kogane, Edna McCrown, Fiona McCrae, Canaan Morse, Idra Novey, Allison Markin Powell, Antonio Romani, Chip Rossetti, Shabnam Nadiya, and Ross Ufberg. 2018 The names of twelve winners were announced. The voting members of the Advisory Board were John Balcom, Peter Constantine, Tynan Kogane, Allison Markin Powell, Fiona McCrae, Mary Ann Newman, Antonio Romani, Chip Rossetti, Ross Ufberg, Natasha Wimmer, and Board Chair Samantha Schnee. Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Janine Beichman The Essential Yosano Akiko: The Ripening Years 2020 Winners in 2020 were: 2021 10 grants were made in 2021: Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Natascha Bruce Owlish 鷹頭貓與音樂箱女孩 N/A 2022 Winners in 2022 were: 2023 Winners in 2023 were: 2024 Winners in 2024 were: Translator Title Original title Author Language Publisher Nayereh Doosti A Book in Ruins کتاب ویران 2025 Winners in 2025 were: