The Josef Jungmann Award () is an annual

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award c ...

for the best original translation into Czech. It was inaugurated in 1992 (for the year 1991) and is conferred by the Czech Literary Translators Guild. It is named after

Josef Jungmann Josef Jungmann (16 July 1773 – 14 November 1847) was a Czech linguist and poet, and a leading figure of the Czech National Revival. Together with Josef Dobrovský, he is considered to be a creator of the modern Czech language. The literary aw ...

, a prominent Czech linguist and translator of the early 19th century. The prize is announced every year on

International Translation Day International Translation Day is an international day recognising translation professionals. It is celebrated every year on 30 September, which is the day of the feast of St. Jerome, the Bible translator who is considered the patron saint of tr ...

(30 September, the day of

Saint Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known for his translation of the Bible ...

, who is the patron saint of translators), awarded to the best translation published during the previous year.

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