[avery-udagawa Posts: 51 Status: Offline I love to translate kids' books!]

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!

Best,

Avery Fischer Udagawa
SCBWI International Translator Coordinator
SCBWI Japan Translator Coordinator

[Mrs. Jones Posts: 2,544 Status: Offline]

Wow, this is very impressive! Congratulations, Helen!! 

 

[Vijaya Posts: 8,565 Status: Offline LISTEN. Let all mortal flesh keep silence ... WWW]

What wonderful news!!! Congratulations to Helen!!!

[avery-udagawa Posts: 51 Status: Offline I love to translate kids' books!]

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

[Kell Posts: 1,905 Status: Offline On the other hand WWW]

Congrats to Helen!!!!

[mghiggins Posts: 425 Status: Offline WWW]

That's terrific! Congrats to Helen! 

[dinalapomy101 Posts: 2,563 Status: Offline Happy writing to all! WWW]

Awesome! GO HELEN!

[Barbara Etlin Posts: 2,701 Status: Offline WWW]

  Congrats, Helen!

[avery-udagawa Posts: 51 Status: Offline I love to translate kids' books!]

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/

[lab Posts: 154 Status: Offline Savor each second! WWW]

Fantastic news! Congrats, Helen! 

[avery-udagawa Posts: 51 Status: Offline I love to translate kids' books!]

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-

[Ev Posts: 4,670 Status: Offline Making learning fun! WWW]

Thanks for the info, Avery. And congratulations to Helen!!

[avery-udagawa Posts: 51 Status: Offline I love to translate kids' books!]

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!

[AnnH Posts: 1,923 Status: Offline I love to read and write! WWW]

Congratulations to Helen! 

[Arona Posts: 672 Status: Offline The house didn't fall on me. It fell on my sister.]

A lot of wonderful information.

 

[lawrence-schimel Posts: 5 Status: Offline Author & Translator]

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