There was an excellent response to the competition run by the German Department of the University of Oxford, the Oxford Kafka Research Centre and the journal German Life and Letters. The competition formed part of the Think German campaign organised by the German Embassy and other partners (http://www.thinkgerman.org.uk). Entrants had to have started a course in German, at a school in the United Kingdom or Ireland. The standard of entries was high, and it was decided to offer two prizes instead of one for the translations, and copies of Kafka’s Die Erzählungen to the runners-up.

The Winners

The Best Translation of Kafka’s Die Sorge des Hausvaters

Winner: Philip Herbst (Reading School)

Joint Runners-up: Suzy Duggan (Bryanston School); Thomas Rothwell (Winchester College)

The Best Translation of Kafka’s Die Prüfung

Winner: Matthew MacGregor (North Halifax Grammar School)

Runner-up: Beth Barker (Grammar School at Leeds)

The Best Essay on a Kafka Story

Winner: Daniel Eisenberg (University College School)

Joint Runners-up: Ruben Bunyatyan (Marlborough College); Liam Tasker (King George V College)

Commendation: Laura Jennings (Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School)

The Best Creative Response to a Kafka Story

Winner: Kerry Tamblyn (Altrincham Grammar School for Girls)

Joint Runners-up: Jessica Allen (Weald of Kent Grammar School); Katerina Xenophontos (Ashmole School)

The German Department of the University of Oxford, the Oxford Kafka Research Centre and the editors of German Life and Letters would like to congratulate the above, and thank all the entrants for submitting their work, which we very much enjoyed reading. We hope you will continue to enjoy learning German!



The prize-giving event will be held in the Bodleian Library in Oxford on 20 October 2010.