Aristeion Prize
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The Aristeion Prize is a European prize, awarded for significant contributions to contemporary literature, and exceptional translations of contemporary literature. The prize is awarded in a different Capital of Culture each year. The prize was first awarded in Glasgow, 1990 and was awarded every year until 1999, when it was discontinued, to be replaced by the European Union's Culture 2000 programme.
[edit] Winners
| Year | City | Literary Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Glasgow | Jean Echenoz (France) | Lac |
| 1991 | Dublin | Mario Luzi (Italy) | Frasi e Incisi di un Canto Salutare |
| 1992 | Madrid | Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Spain) | Galíndez |
| 1993 | Antwerp | Cees Nooteboom (Netherlands) | Het volgende verhaal |
| 1994 | Lisbon | Juan Marsé (Spain) | El embrujo de Shanghai |
| 1995 | Luxembourg | Herta Müller (Germany) | Herztier |
| 1996 | Copenhagen | Salman Rushdie (United Kingdom) Christoph Ransmayr (Austria) |
The Moor's Last Sigh Morbus Kitahara |
| 1997 | Thessaloniki | Antonio Tabucchi (Italy) | Sostiene Pereira |
| 1998 | Stockholm | Hugo Claus (Belgium) | De Geruchten |
| 1999 | Weimar | José Hierro (Spain) | Cuadeno de Neuva York |
| Year | City | Translation Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Glasgow | Michael Hamburger (United Kingdom) | Paul Celan: Poems of Paul Celan |
| 1991 | Dublin | Frans van Woerden (Netherlands) | Louis-Ferdinand Céline: De Brug van Londen - Guignol's Band II |
| 1992 | Madrid | Socrates Kapsaskis (Greece) | James Joyce: Ulysses |
| 1993 | Antwerp | Françoise Wuilmart (Belgium) | Ernst Bloch: Das Prinzip Hoffnung |
| 1994 | Lisbon | Giovanni Raboni (Italy) | Marcel Proust: À la Recherche du Temps Perdu |
| 1995 | Luxembourg | Dieter Hornig (Austria) | Henri Michaux: Un barbare en Asie |
| 1996 | Copenhagen | Thorkild Bjørnvig (Denmark) | Rainer Marie Rilke: Udsat på hjertets bjerge |
| 1997 | Thessaloniki | Hans-Christian Oeser (Germany / Ireland*) | Patrick McCabe: The Butcher Boy |
| 1998 | Stockholm | Miguel Sáenz (Spain) | Günter Grass: Ein weites feld |
| 1999 | Weimar | Claus Bech (Denmark) | Flann O'Brien: The Third Policeman |
* Oeser was a German translator nominated by Ireland.
