# Raiziss and de Palchi Translation Awards

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 | Judges |
| 2021 Book Prize | Paula Bohince | Selected poems by Corrado Govoni | Moira Egan, Rebecca Falkoff, Graziella Sidoli |
| 2020 Book Prize | Geoffrey Brock | Last Dream by Giovanni Pascoli | Maria Esposito Frank, Giorgio Mobili, and Michael Palma |
| 2019 Book Prize | Will Schutt | Selected Poems by Fabio Pusterla | Maria Esposito Frank, Giorgio Mobili, Michael Palma |
| 2018 Book Prize | Anthony Molino | The Diary of Kaspar Hauser by Paolo Febbraro | Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Giorgio Mobili, Michael Palma |
| 2017 Fellowship | Thomas E. Peterson | Selected Poems by Franco Fortini | Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Antonello Borra, Alessandro Carrera |
| 2016 Book Prize | Stephen Sartarelli | The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini | Adria Bernardi, Antonello Borra, Alessandro Carrera |
| 2015 Fellowship | Todd Portnowitz | Go Tell It to the Emperor: Selected Poems by Pierluigi Cappello | Adria Bernardi, Luigi Fontanella, Giuseppe Leporace |
| 2014 Book Prize | Luigi Bonaffini | The Bedroom by Attilio Bertolucci | Barbara Carle, Luigi Fontanella, Giuseppe Leporace |
| 2013 Fellowship | John Taylor | Selected Poems by Lorenzo Calogero | Barbara Carle, Victoria Surliuga, Anthony Julian Tamburri |
| 2012 Book Prize | Jennifer Scappettone | Locomotrix: Selected Poetry and Prose by Amelia Rosselli | Geoffrey Brock, Victoria Surliuga, Anthony Julian Tamburri |
| 2011 Fellowship | Dominic Siracusa | Oramai by Emilio Villa | Thomas Harrison, Jane Tylus, Paolo Valesio |
| 2010 Book Prize | Paul Vangelisti | The Position of Things: Collected Poems 1961–1992 by Adriano Spatola | Jennifer Scappettone, Paolo Valesio, Lawrence Venuti |
| 2009 Fellowship | None | The judges did not award a fellowship this year | Sarah Arvio, Emanuel di Pasquale, Michael F. Moore |
| 2008 Book Prize | Patrick Barron | The Selected Poetry and Prose of Andrea Zanzotto | Eamon Grennan, Michael F. Moore, Emanuel di Pasquale |
| 2007 Fellowship | Adria Bernardi | Small Talk by Raffaello Baldini | Geoffrey Brock, Eamon Grennan, Stephen Sartarelli |
| 2006 Book Prize | John DuVal | Tales of Trilussa by Carlo Alberto Salustri | Geoffrey Brock, Charles Martin, Michael Palma |
| 2005 Fellowship | Ann Snodgrass | Selected Poems of Vittorio Sereni | Phillis Levin, Charles Martin, Michael Palma |
| 2004 Book Prize | Andrew Frisardi | Selected Poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti | Phillis Levin, Rosanna Warren |
| 2003 Fellowship | Michael Palma | Selected Poems of Giovanni Raboni | Alfredo de Palchi, Dana Gioia, Rosanna Warren |
| 2002 Book Prize | Stephen Sartarelli | Songbook: The Selected Poems of Umberto Saba | Alfredo de Palchi, Dana Gioia, Charles Wright |
| 2001 Fellowship | Emanuel di Pasquale | Sharing a Trip: Selected Poems by Silvio Ramat | Alfredo de Palchi, Paolo Valesio, Charles Wright |
| 2000 Book Prize | John P. Welle and Ruth Feldman | Peasants Wake for Fellini's Casanova by Andrea Zanzotto | Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, Paolo Valesio |
| 1999 Fellowship | Geoffrey Brock | Disaffections: Complete Poems 1930–1950 by Cesare Pavese | Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, William Jay Smith |
| 1998 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 Smith |
| 1997 Fellowship | Anthony Molino | Esercizi di tiptologia by Valerio Magrelli | Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, Rosanna Warren |
| 1996 Book Prize | W. S. Di Piero | This Strange Joy: Selected Poems of Sandro Penna | Alfredo de Palchi, Jonathan Galassi, Rosanna Warren |