Academy of American Poets

The Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards recognize outstanding translations into English of modern Italian poetry through a $10,000 book prize and a $25,000 fellowship, given in alternating years.

Books by any translator who meets one of the below criteria on the date of the application deadline, in any given year, are eligible: U.S. Citizen, or resident of the United States for a ten-year period prior to the submission deadline, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Legal Permanent Status (LPS), or any subsequent categories designated by the U.S. authorities as conferring similar enhanced status upon non-citizens living in the United States.

Only books published in the United States are eligible for the prize.



Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards

Books must be published in a standard edition (48 pages or more).

The Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize is given for the translation into English of a significant work of modern, standard (non-dialect) Italian poetry.



Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards

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