Lavrin Diploma

Contact

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Founded bySlovene Association of Literary Translators

The Lavrin Diploma is an accolade given by the Slovene Association of Literary Translators each year to Slovene or foreign translators to honour an outstanding achievement in translation and a lifetime contribution to mediating Slovene literature abroad. It was instituted in 2003 and is named after translator, literary historian, and essayist Janko Lavrin. The award ceremony also features readings by renowned Slovene translators. Among the award winners, more recent ones have been: Ciril Zlobec (2013), the project Litterae Slovenicae (2012), Andrée Lück Gaye (2011), Erwin Koestler (2010), and Luko Paljetak (2009).

See also

• Slovene Association of Literary Translators

External links

• Lavrin Diploma web page (in Slovenian)
• Janko Lavrin on Wikipedija (in Slovenian)