The Scott Moncrieff Prize is an annual award of £1,000 for translations into English of full length French works of literary merit and general interest.
Established in 1965, and named after the celebrated translator of Proust’s Á la Recherche du Temps Perdu, the prize is generously sponsored by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni.
The Scott Moncrieff 2020 winner was Aneesa Abbas Higgins for her translation of A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir (Jacarada Books)
The runner-up was Frank Wynne for his translation of Animalia by Jean-Baptiste del Amo (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
The 2021 prize is now closed and will be awarded in February 2022
- Entries must be translations from French into English.
- The original must have been published within the last 150 years.
- Entries must have been published in 2020.
- Full Terms and Conditions are listed at the start of the entry form.
- Presented at a ceremony in 2022.
