The British Comparative Literature Association offers an annual prize for an essay written in English on any aspect of comparative literature in memory of Arthur Terry (1927–2004), who served as President of the BCLA for many years. Arthur Terry was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex, and one of the …
The BCLA is delighted to announce the outcome of the John Dryden Translation Competition. The John Dryden Translation Competition awards prizes for unpublished literary translations from any language into English. Literary translation includes poetry, prose, or drama from any period. AILSA WOOD AZZARO has been awarded first place for The Beatrice Monologues translated from Stefano Benni’s Italian …
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All postgraduate members of the British Comparative Literature Association are invited to apply for the Glyn Hambrook Postgraduate Research Award 2022. The funding is is worth up to £250.00, and this sum may be used by postgraduate students for any costs incurred for the purpose of research activities. These may include travel expenses, registration fees …
BCLA Glyn Hambrook Postgraduate Research Award (deadline July 1 2022) Read More »
In 2008 the Society for French Studies launched an annual Malcolm Bowie Prize, to be awarded for the best article published in the preceding year by an early-career researcher in the broader discipline of French Studies. Malcolm Bowie was not only the most eminent and inspirational Anglophone scholar of French literature and theory of his …
NOW OPEN: Malcolm Bowie Prize 2021 (Deadline 28 February 2022) Read More »
The ESCL invites editors of academic volumes to present their application for the ESCL Excellence Award for Collaborative Research, to be awarded for an outstanding edited volume which makes an original contribution to the field of Comparative Literature.The award encourages collaborative comparative research, in recognition of the often undervalued creative work of editor(s).The Excellence Award …
ESCL Award – Excellence Award for Collaborative Research (deadline March 30, 2021) Read More »
The British Comparative Literature Association organises a translation competition in memory of the first British poet laureate John Dryden (1631–1700), who was a literary critic, translator, and playwright as well as a poet. See the John Dryden Translation Competition page for terms and conditions of entry. Please note that the next deadline for entry is the deadline for …
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The British Comparative Literature Association offers an annual prize for an essay written in English on any aspect of comparative literature in memory of Arthur Terry (1927–2004), who served as President of the BCLA for many years. See the Arthur Terry Postgraduate Essay Prize for conditions for entry. Winner of the Arthur Terry Postgraduate Essay Prize for 2021: …
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