The Banipal Prize, whose full name is the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, is an annual prize awarded to a translator (or translators) for the published English translation of a full-length literary work in the Arabic language. The prize was inaugurated in 2006 by the literary magazine Banipal which promotes the diffusion of contemporary Arabic literature through English translations and the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature. It is administered by the Society of Authors in the UK (which runs a number of similar literary translation prizes), and the prize money is sponsored by Omar Saif Ghobash and his family in memory of Ghobash's late father Saif Ghobash. As of 2009, the prize money amounted to £3000.
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Winners and nominees
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2006
Judges: Moris Farhi, Maya Jaggi, Roger Allen
2007
Judges: Moris Farhi, Maya Jaggi, Roger Allen
2008
Judges: Marilyn Booth, Aamer Hussein, Bill Swainson, Roger Allen
2009
Judges: Francine Stock, Aamer Hussein, Marilyn Booth, Roger Allen
2010
Judges: Margaret Drabble, Susan Bassnett, Elliott Colla, Yasir Suleiman
2011
Judges: Sarah Churchwell, Joan Smith, Christina Phillips, Samuel Shimon
2012
Judges: Ruth Padel, Esther Freud, Fadhil al-Azzawi, John Peate
2013
Judges: Humphrey Davies, Hassan Abdulrazzak, Rajeev Balasubramanyam, Meike Ziervogel
2014
Judges: Paul Blezard-Gymer, Lulu Norman, Samuel Shimon, Jonathan Wright