Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
The Banipal Prize, whose full name is the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, is an annual prize awarded to a translator (or translators) for the published English translation of a full-length literary work in the Arabic language. The prize was inaugurated in 2006 by the literary magazine "Banipal" which promotes the diffusion of contemporary Arabic literature through English translations and the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature. It is administered by the Society of Authors in the UK (which runs a number of similar literary translation prizes), and the prize money  is sponsored by Omar Saif Ghobash and his family in memory of Ghobash's late father Saif Ghobash. As of 2009, the prize money amounted to £3000. Winners and nominees. = winner 2006. Judges: Moris Farhi, Maya Jaggi, Roger Allen 2007. Judges: Moris Farhi, Maya Jaggi, Roger Allen 2008. Judges: Marilyn Booth, Aamer Hussein, Bill Swainson, Roger Allen 2009. Judges: Francine Stock, Aamer Hussein, Marilyn Booth, Roger Allen 2010. Source: Judges: Margaret Drabble, Susan Bassnett, Elliott Colla, Yasir Suleiman 2011. Source: Judges: Sarah Churchwell, Joan Smith, Christina Phillips, Samuel Shimon 2012. Source: Judges: Ruth Padel, Esther Freud, Fadhil al -Azzawi, John Peate 2013. Source: Judges: Humphrey Davies, Hassan Abdulrazzak, Rajeev Balasubramanyam, Meike Ziervogel 2014. Source: Longlist Judges: Paul Blezard-Gymer, Lulu Norman, Samuel Shimon, Jonathan Wright 2015. Source: Longlist Judges: Robin Ostle, Samira Kawar, Alastair Niven, Susannah Tarbush. 2016. Source: Longlist Judges: Paul Starkey, Lucy Popescu, Zahia Smail Salhi, Bill Swainson, 2017. Source: Judges: Alastair Niven, Peter Kalu, Wen-chin Ouyang, Salam Sarhan. 2018. Source: Longlist. Judges: Pete Ayrton, Georgia de Chamberet, Fadia Faqir and Sophia Vasalou. 2019. Source: Judges: Ghazi Gheblawi (chair), Dr Jan Fortune, Abla Oudeh, Catherine Taylor. 2021. The shortlist was announced on 24 November 2021 . The jury consisted of Roger Allen (Chair), Rosemarie Hudson, Ronak Hosni, and Caroline McCormick. The winner was announced on 12 January 2022.