Stacey Knecht
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Brooklyn, NY
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Literary translator, founder/director Books Away From Home Foundation

Stacey Knecht (born 1957 in Brooklyn, NY) is an American translator.[1] She primarily translates literary works from the Czech, Dutch and Flemish languages into English.

She won the James S. Holmes Translation Award (1993) for her translation of Back to the Congo by Lieve Joris, and the inaugural Vondel Prize (1996) for her translation of The Great Longing by Marcel Möring.[2] She was also a runner-up for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for her translation of Harlequin’s Millions by Bohumil Hrabal.[3]

She lives in The Hague in the Netherlands, and is an avid teacher of Dutch as a second language.

Knecht is founder and director of the Books Away From Home Foundation, which provides refugee children with books in their native language, to help ease their transition to an unfamiliar place.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Stacey Knecht Archives". Archipelago Books. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  2. ↑ Wester, Rudi (1997–1998), translated by Mead, Yvette, "The TLS Vondel Translation Prize", The Low Countries: Arts and Society in Flanders, a Yearbook, Digital Library for Dutch Literature
  3. ↑ Can Xue, Rocío Cerón win 2015 Best Translated Book Awards, University of Rochester, May 27, 2015
  4. ↑ "Meet the team". Books Away from Home. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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