Lavrin Diploma

Contact info

Lavrinova diploma
http://www.dskp-drustvo.si
dskp@dskp-drustvo.si
Tomšičeva 12, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone	386 (0) 1 421 0579, 386 (0) 40 785 522
Fax	386 (0) 1 421 6430
Region	SI-1
Founded by	Slovenian Association of Literary Translators
Đurđa Strsoglavec, President

The Lavrin Diploma is an accolade given by the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators each year to Slovene or foreign translators to honour an outstanding achievement in translation and a lifetime contribution to mediating Slovene literature abroad. It was instituted in 2003 and is named after translator, literary historian, and essayist Janko Lavrin (1887–1986) . The award ceremony also features readings by renowned Slovene translators.

Among the award winners, more recent ones have been: Ljudmil Dimitrov (2017), Pablo Juan Fajdiga (2016), Michael Biggins (2015), Fabjan Hafner (2014), Ciril Zlobec (2013), the project Litterae Slovenicae (2012), Andrée Lück Gaye (2011), and Erwin Koestler (2010).

See also

• Slovenian Association of Literary Translators
• Sovre Award
• Radojka Vrančič Award
• Jerman Award

External links

• Lavrin Diploma web page with a comprehensive list of winners
• Janko Lavrin on Wikipedija