According to the decision of the jury of the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators, my translation of John Williams's novel Augustus will receive the Sovre Award, the Slovene award for best literary translation for 2019. The award will also be given to Tatjana Jamnik's translation of Jan Nemec's novel A History of Light.
The jury for the Sovre Award was composed of eminent Slovene translators and book connossieurs: Nada Grošelj (president), Aleš Berger, Lijana Dejak, Matej Hriberšek and Majda Kne.
The presentation of the award will take place on Thursday, 24 October 2019, at 7 pm at Anton Sovre Library in Hrastnik (the Slovene town in which Anton Sovre, an accomplished Slovene translator who lent the award his name, was born).
The list of other Sovre laureates is published on the website of the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators.