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SCBWI Translator member Helen Wang has won the 2017 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation! This prestigious award is conferred biennially in the UK.
https://twitter.com/MarshAwards/status/824551284611096577
https://twitter.com/MarshAwards/status/824627040372531200
Helen won for her rendering of BRONZE AND SUNFLOWER by Cao Wenxuan from Chinese. Cao is the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award laureate for Writing, the first Chinese author to be so honored.
Helen's is the first Marsh Award to be given for a translation from an Asian language. It is also the first Marsh to be won by an SCBWI member, since Translator became a member category in 2014.
BRONZE AND SUNFLOWER is published by Walker in the UK. It will be published by Candlewick in the US in March 2017. Here is the starred Publisher's Weekly review:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7636-8816-5
Congratulations, Helen!
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Avery Fischer Udagawa
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- January 26, 2017, 07:06 AM
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Wow, this is very impressive! Congratulations, Helen!!
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What wonderful news!!! Congratulations to Helen!!!
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- January 26, 2017, 07:41 AM
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Quick 101 on the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation (now updated to include Helen!):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Award_for_Children's_Literature_in_Translation
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- January 26, 2017, 07:42 PM
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Congrats to Helen!!!!
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- January 26, 2017, 08:26 PM
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That's terrific! Congrats to Helen!
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Awesome! GO HELEN!
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Congrats, Helen!
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Helen Wang's Marsh Award winning translation of BRONZE AND SUNFLOWER by Cao Wenxuan also has a starred Kirkus review!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cao-wenxuan/bronze-and-sunflower/
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- January 28, 2017, 01:15 AM
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Fantastic news! Congrats, Helen!
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- January 28, 2017, 10:56 AM
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Another good link re Helen Wang's 2017 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation:
http://booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/222/childrens-books/articles/featured-author/an-interview-with-award-winning-translator-helen-
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- February 06, 2017, 08:46 PM
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Thanks for the info, Avery. And congratulations to Helen!!
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- February 07, 2017, 07:03 AM
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And now on the official SCBWI blog, an interview of Helen Wang by fellow SCBWI translator member Nanette McGuinness!
http://scbwi.blogspot.com/2017/03/helen-wang-winner-of-2017-marsh-award.html
Read, share, and enjoy!
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- March 08, 2017, 06:37 AM
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Congratulations to Helen!
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A lot of wonderful information.
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- March 08, 2017, 11:59 AM
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And Helen's translation was chosen by Publishers Weekly as a Best Books of 2017!
https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2017/middle-grade#book/book-3
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