Prix Jeanne Scialtel

The prix Jeanne-Scialtel was a triennial prize awarded by the Académie française in literature, created in 1968 by the Académie française and given to professional translators.^[1]

In 1994, the Jules Janin foundation and prize, the Langlois, the Pouchard and the Jeanne Scialtel were combined to create the prix Jules Janin.

Laureates

1969 : Marcelle Sibon for all of his work in translation.
1972 : Marthe Robert for the translation of the complete works of Kafka.
1975 : Armel Guerne for translation of the complete works of Novalis.
1978 : Hervé Belkiri-Deluen and Maurice-Edgar Coindreau for the translation of Tourbillon, by Shelby Foote.
1981 :
- Jean Vauthier for the translation of Othello, by Shakespeare.
- Jean-Georges Ritz for translation of the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
1984 : Patrick Reumaux for translations of Dylan Thomas, Steinbeck, Flann O’Brien.
1987 : Maurice Rambaud for all of his translations.