The Raiziss and de Palchi Translation Awards was established in 1995 through a bequest to The New York Community Trust by Sonia Raiziss Giop, a poet, translator, and editor of Chelsea.
The awards recognize translations into English of modern Italian poetry through a $10,000 book prize or a $25,000 fellowship with residency at the American Academy in Rome.
Awards Year & Award Translator Book Judges2021 Book Prize Paula Bohince Selected poems by Corrado Govoni Moira Egan, Rebecca Falkoff, Graziella Sidoli2020 Book Prize Geoffrey Brock Last Dream by Giovanni Pascoli Maria Esposito Frank, Giorgio Mobili, and Michael Palma2019 Book Prize Will Schutt Selected Poems by Fabio Pusterla Maria Esposito Frank, Giorgio Mobili, Michael Palma2018 Book Prize Anthony Molino The Diary of Kaspar Hauser by Paolo Febbraro Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Giorgio Mobili, Michael Palma2017 Fellowship Thomas E. Peterson Selected Poems by Franco Fortini Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Antonello Borra, Alessandro Carrera2016 Book Prize Stephen Sartarelli The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini Adria Bernardi, Antonello Borra, Alessandro Carrera2015 Fellowship Todd Portnowitz Go Tell It to the Emperor: Selected Poems by Pierluigi Cappello Adria Bernardi, Luigi Fontanella, Giuseppe Leporace2014 Book Prize Luigi Bonaffini The Bedroom by Attilio Bertolucci Barbara Carle, Luigi Fontanella, Giuseppe Leporace2013 Fellowship John Taylor Selected Poems by Lorenzo Calogero Barbara Carle, Victoria Surliuga, Anthony Julian Tamburri2012 Book Prize Jennifer Scappettone Locomotrix: Selected Poetry and Prose by Amelia Rosselli Geoffrey Brock, Victoria Surliuga, Anthony Julian Tamburri2011 Fellowship Dominic Siracusa Oramai by Emilio Villa Thomas Harrison, Jane Tylus, Paolo Valesio2010 Book Prize Paul Vangelisti The Position of Things: Collected Poems 1961–1992 by Adriano Spatola Jennifer Scappettone, Paolo Valesio, Lawrence Venuti2009 Fellowship None The judges did not award a fellowship this year Sarah Arvio, Emanuel di Pasquale, Michael F. Moore2008 Book Prize Patrick Barron The Selected Poetry and Prose of Andrea Zanzotto Eamon Grennan, Michael F. Moore, Emanuel di Pasquale2007 Fellowship Adria Bernardi Small Talk by Raffaello Baldini Geoffrey Brock, Eamon Grennan, Stephen Sartarelli2006 Book Prize John DuVal Tales of Trilussa by Carlo Alberto Salustri Geoffrey Brock, Charles Martin, Michael Palma2005 Fellowship Ann Snodgrass Selected Poems of Vittorio Sereni Phillis Levin, Charles Martin, Michael Palma2004 Book Prize Andrew Frisardi Selected Poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti Phillis Levin, Rosanna Warren2003 Fellowship Michael PalmaUnknown Selected Poems of Giovanni RaboniAlfredo de Palchi, Dana Gioia, Rosanna Warren2002 Book Prize Stephen Sartarelli Songbook: The Selected Poems of Umberto Saba Alfredo de Palchi, Dana Gioia, Charles Wright2001 Fellowship Emanuel di Pasquale Sharing a Trip: Selected Poems by Silvio Ramat Alfredo de Palchi, Paolo Valesio, Charles Wright2000 Book Prize John P. Welle and Ruth Feldman Peasants Wake for Fellini's Casanova by Andrea Zanzotto Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, Paolo Valesio1999 Fellowship Geoffrey Brock Disaffections: Complete Poems 1930–1950 by Cesare Pavese Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, William Jay Smith1998 Book Prize Michael Palma The Man I Pretend to Be: The Colloquies and Selected Poems of Guido Gozzano Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, William Jay Smith1997 Fellowship Anthony Molino Esercizi di tiptologia by Valerio Magrelli Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, Rosanna Warren1996 Book Prize W. S. Di Piero This Strange Joy: Selected Poems of Sandro Penna Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, Rosanna Warren
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