On 14 April, the London Book Fair, in partnership with the UK Publishers Association handed over International Excellence Awards (http://www NULL.londonbookfair NULL.co NULL.uk/en/Whats-On1/events/by-sector/2014-award-winners-list/) 2015 in 18 categories of international publishing.
The International Literary Translation Initiative Award went to the Taiwanese/Singaporean journal Asymptote (http://www NULL.asymptotejournal NULL.com/).
(http://www NULL.ceatl NULL.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/greatbritain NULL.lbf_ NULL.awards NULL.eng_ NULL.mrt15 NULL.jpg)Representative of ‘Asymptote’ receives the Excellence Award.
The two other candidates for this award were the Dutch Foundation for Literature (http://www NULL.letterenfonds NULL.nl/) (The Netherlands) and Paper Republic (http://paper-republic NULL.org/) (China).
The Mexico Market Focus Outstanding Contribution Award went to British translator Daniel Hahn, the current Chair of the UK Society of Authors.