On Wednesday 8 February, the SoA’s annual Translation Prizes event was held in person for the first time since 2020. Eight literary translators won prizes, sharing a prize fund of £15,000.

The ceremony took place at The British Library and was live-streamed for viewers at home. You can catch up with the recording of the event here:

The whole process of translating this book has been an incredible adventure…

Marta Dziurosz on winning the 2022 TA First Translation Prize

Click through our gallery of photographs from the ceremony here:

Host Robyn Law with TA First Translation Prize winners Marta Dziurosz, Sophie Missing and Željka Marošević (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Host Robyn Law with TA First Translation Prize runner-up Jo Heinrich (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Host Robyn Law with John Florio Prize runner-up J Ockenden (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

John Florio Prize winner Nicholas Benson (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Host Robyn Law with Hugh Davies, the brother of late Banipal Prize winner Humphrey Davies (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Robin Moger, winner of the Banipal Prize, delivers his acceptance speech by video (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Jenny White, Chief Executive of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, introduces the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Prize (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Host Robyn Law with Schlegel-Tieck Prize runner-up Steph Morris (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Scott Moncrieff Prize winner Sarah Ardizzone (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Premio Valle Inclán winner Annie McDermott (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

TLS Risa-Domb Porjes Prize winner Linda Yechiel delivers her acceptance speech by video (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Host Robyn Law and Sophie DeFrance, Curator at The British Library (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Host Robyn Law and the sponsors of the SoA Translation Prizes (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Just some of the SoA team who make the Translation Prizes possible (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Drinks reception at The British Library (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Drinks reception at The British Library (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Drinks reception at The British Library (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

Drinks reception at The British Library (Photograph © Adrian Pope)

For a full list of winners, check out our written report of the evening’s proceedings here.

You can purchase the winning and shortlisted books at Bookshop.org. A contribution from every purchase goes towards the Society of Authors’ Contingency Fund to help authors in need