Becas de excelencia para traductores literarios de Translation House Looren

What it is

Translation House Looren, supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Jan Michalski Foundation, and Max Geilinger Foundation, awards five excellence grants in 2027 for literary translators. Three grants are Looren Excellence Grants, one is the Regula Renschler Excellence Grant, and one is the Max Geilinger Excellence Grant. Applicants must be translating Swiss authors from any original language to any target language, with an active translation project under contract with a publisher. The manuscript delivery deadline must be after April 2027. Max Geilinger grant applicants must translate a Swiss author's work into English or translate an English-language work into German, French, Italian, or Romansh.

Who it is for

Literary translators of all nationalities who have published at least three books and are translating works by Swiss authors into any language.

Open to artists anywhere.

The call says: “Source page: open to applicants from any country”

Where

International

When

October 28, 2026

Runs March 1, 2027 to December 31, 2027

What you get

CHF 4,000 and a one-month residency at Translation House Looren in Zurich, Switzerland, with travel expenses reimbursed.

What you need to apply

• CV or curriculum vitae
• Brief biography
• List of publications
• Description of the translation project, detailing specific translation challenges
• Publisher contract in German, French, Italian or English and rights agreement (unless the work is in the public domain)
• 10 pages of the translation manuscript without the translator's name
• Copies of corresponding pages from the original work

How long it takes

About 7 hours

Long application. Estimated from the 7 items this application asks for, not from the organisation.

Cost to apply

Free

Apply

https://www.looren.net/en/grants/translation-grants