| The Times Stephen Spender Prize for poetry translation: 2008 winners
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| 14-and-under prize
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Winners
Joint 1st: Paula Alonso-Lalanda, ‘Let’s Go to the Market!’ by Gloria Fuertes (Spanish)
Joint 1st: Scarlett Koller, ‘Roundelay’ by Charles d’Orléans (French)
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Commended
Henry Bishop,
‘Sleep, My Child’ by Elalongué Epanya Yondo (French)
Thomas Hughes,
‘Unsaid’ by Aliette Audra (French) |
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| 18-and-under
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Winners
1st: Daniel Galbraith, 'Amores I.V' by Ovid (Latin)
2nd: Iwona Luszowicz, ‘In Remembrance of Marie A.’ by Bertolt Brecht (German)
3rd: Rupert Mercer, 'Poem VIII' by Catullus (Latin)
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Commended
Arabella Currie,
‘Eclipse’ by Archilochus and ‘Cupid Does Not Have Wings’
by Eubulus (both ancient Greek)
Daniel Galbraith,
‘The Lay of Fáfnir’ from Poetic Edda anonymous (Old
Norse)
Katharine Gray,
‘First Love’ by Shimazaki Toson (Japanese)
Oliver Moody,
‘Copa Surisca’ anonymous (Latin)
Michael Warner, 'Amores I.VI' by Ovid (Latin)
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| Open
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Winner
1st: Imogen Halstead, 'Amores I.I' by Ovid (Latin)
2nd: Jane Draycott, an extract from 'Pearl' anonymous (Middle English)
Joint 3rd: Timothy Allen, an extract from ‘Broken Heart, New Lament’ by Nguyễn Du (Vietnamese)
Joint 3rd: Emily Jeremiah, ‘Theorem’ by Eeva-Liisa Manner (Finnish)
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Commended
Duncan Forbes,
‘To His Soul’ by Hadrian (Latin)
Laura Napran,
‘Snow’ by Cathal Ó Searcaigh (Irish)
John Richmond,
‘Boaz Asleep’ by Victor Hugo (French)
Peter Rumney,
‘Alone in Solitude’ by Petrarch (Italian)
The Rev Mervyn Wilson, an extract
from 'The Consolation of Philosophy'
by Boethius (Latin) |
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| Judges' Comments
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Josephine Balmer
Susan Bassnett
Karen Leeder
M. Wynn Thomas
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