The Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation was a literary prize awarded in the United Kingdom from 1996 until 2017 to the translator of an outstanding work of fiction for young readers translated into English.
The award was given every two years and is sponsored by the Marsh Christian Trust. The award was administered from 1996 by the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature at Roehampton University, and subsidised in its early years by the Arts Council of England. From 2008 the award was administered by the English-Speaking Union.
Winners
2017 - Helen Wang for Bronze and Sunflower, translated from the Chinese of Cao Wenxuan 2015 – Margaret Jull Costa for The Adventures of Shola, translated from Spanish; originally Basque language by Bernardo Atxaga 2013 – Howard Curtis for In the Sea There Are Crocodiles, from the Italian of Fabio Geda 2011 – Martin Cleaver for Letters to Anyone and Everyone, from the Dutch of Toon Tellegen 2009 – Sarah Ardizzone (née Adams) for Toby Alone, from the French of Timothée de Fombelle 2007 – Anthea Bell for The Flowing Queen, from the German of Kai Meyer 2005 – Sarah Adams for Eye of the Wolf, from the French of Daniel Pennac 2003 – Anthea Bell for Where Were You Robert?, from the German of Hans Magnus Enzensberger 2001 – Betsy Rosenberg for Duel, from the Hebrew of David Grossman 1999 – Patricia Crampton for The Final Journey, from the German of Gudrun Pausewang 1996 – Anthea Bell for A Dog's Life, translated from the German of Christine Nöstlinger
Shortlists
2017
Oh, Freedom!, by Francesco D'Adamo, translated by Siân Williams (translator) DARF Publishers - Italian The First Case, by Ulf Nilsson, translated by Julia Marshall (Gecko Press) - Swedish The Flying Classroom, by Erich Kastner, translated by Anthea Bell (Pushkin Children's Books) - German Bronze and Sunflower, by Cao Wenxuan, translated by Helen Wang (Walker Books) - Chinese The Secret of the Blue Glass, by Tomiko Inui, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori (Pushkin Children's Books) - Japanese Little Black Fish, by Samed Behrangi, translated by Azita Rassi (Tiny Owl Publishing) - Persian
2015
Waffle Hearts, by Maria Parr, translated by Guy Puzey (Walker Books, 2013) - Norwegian The Letter for the King, by Tonke Dragt, translated by Laura Watkinson (Pushkin Children’s Books, 2014) - Dutch My Brother Simple, by Marie-Aude Murail, translated Adriana Hunter (Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2012) - French The Good Little Devil and Other Tales, by Pierre Gripari, translated by Sophie Lewis (Andersen Press, 2013) - French Anton and Piranha, by Milena Baisch, translated by Chantal Wright (Andersen Press, 2013) - German The Adventures of Shola, by Bernardo Atxaga, translated by Margaret Jull Costa (Pushkin Children’s Books, 2013) - Basque
2013
In The Sea, by Fabio Geda, translated by Howard Curtis (David Fickling Books) - Italian The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Ros Schwartz and Chloe Schwartz (The Collector’s Library) - French My Own Special Way, by Mithaa Alkhayyat, translated by Fatima Sharafeddini (Orion Children’s Books) - Arabic Themba, by Lutz van Dijk, translated by Karin Chubb (Aurora Metro Books) - German The Midnight Palace, by Carlos Ruiz Zafron, translated by Lucia Graves (Orion Children’s Books) - Spanish
2011
The Pasta Detectives, by Andreas Steinhöfel, translated by Chantal Wright (The Chicken House, 2010) - German Letters to Anyone and Everyone, by Toon Tellegen, translated by Martin Cleaver (Boxer Books Ltd, 2009) - Dutch No and Me by Delphine de Vigan, translated by George Miller (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010) - French David's Story by Stig Dalager, translated by Frances Østerfelt & Cheryl Robson (Aurora Metro Publications, 2010) - Danish
2009
My Brother Johnny, by Francesco D'Adamo, translated by Sian Williams (translator) (Aurora Metro Press, 2007) - Italian When the Snow Fell, by Henning Mankell, translated by Laurie Thompson (Andersen Press, 2007) - Swedish Letters from Alain, by Enrique Perez Diaz, translated by Simon Breden (Aurora Metro Press, 2008) - Spanish Tina's Web, by Alki Zei, translated by John Thornley (Aurora Metro Press, 2007) - Greek Toby Alone, by Timothée de Fombelle, translated by Sarah Ardizzone (Walker Books, 2008) - French Message in a Bottle by Valérie Zenatti, translated by Adriana Hunter (Bloomsbury Children's, 2008) - French