2012 Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards

Jennifer Scappettone, a University of Chicago assistant professor, has won the Academy of American Poets' 2012 Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize for her translations of poet Amelia Rosselli in Locomotrix: Selected Poetry and Prose of Amelia Rosselli (University of Chicago Press). The $10,000 award is given every other year for "the translation into English of a significant work of modern Italian poetry."