06/08/2026
Translator and author Stefan Moster has been awarded the Paul Celan Prize, one of the most prestigious literary translation awards in the German-speaking world. Our warmest congratulations! ❤️
Presented by the German Literature Fund (Deutscher Literaturfonds), the Paul Celan Prize recognizes an outstanding lifetime achievement in literary translation, while highlighting a particularly exceptional individual translation. This year, Moster is honoured for his magnificent German translation of Volter Kilpi’s Kirkolle(Zur Kirche, mareverlag). The jury praised it as a”masterful, sensational translation.”
Moster has also translated Kilpi’s classic novel Alastalon salissa, another volume in the Archipelago Series. Over the course of his career, he has translated 140 Finnish books into German.
His remarkable body of work spans Finnish fiction, poetry, children’s literature and drama, bringing the voices of writers such as Selja Ahava, Kristina Carlson, Kari Hotakainen, Olli Jalonen, Mia Kankimäki, Sirpa Kähkönen, Rosa Liksom, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Hanna Meretoja, Markus Nummi, Sofi Oksanen, Timo Parvela, Hannu Raittila, Mirkka Rekola, Mikko Rimminen, Johanna Sinisalo, Pajtim Statovci and Petri Tamminen to German-speaking readers.
The Paul Celan Prize carries a prize sum of €25,000.
Read more: https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/paul-celan-preis-2026-geht-stefan-moster-433549
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