Sophie Castille Awards

Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation
Sponsored byVIP Brands Ltd.
CountryInternational
First award2023 (2023)
Websitewww.sophie-castille-awards.org

Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation is an award focused on recognizing the best translations of comic books into various languages. Its name honors Sophie Castille.

History

In 2022, Ivanka Hahnenberger, founder of the copyright company VIP Brands, developed a project for a global award focused on comic book translation, intended to honor Sophie Castille, who had passed away that year.[1][2]

The first edition of the Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation, focused on translations of comics into English, was held in 2023 in partnership between VIP Brands and the British events London Comics Festival (Comica) and Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF). Ninety works were submitted, of which 15 were shortlisted for review by judges Karen Green, Peter Kessler, and Dean Simons, who then chose three finalists.[1][3][4]

In 2024, the Spanish event Comic Barcelona organized, together with Red Vértice (Spanish network of associations of translators, interpreters and proofreaders), an edition of the award focused on translations into Spanish or Catalan. In the same year, new Sophie Castille Awards' editions were held in Italy (as part of the Napoli Comicon awards), Poland (with the Łódź International Comics and Games Festival), and Slovenia (with the Tinta festival, as part of the Zlatirepec award and divided into two categories: translation for children and young adults, and translation for adults).[5][6][7][8]

In 2025, the Greek Academy of Comics (Ελληνική Ακαδημία Κόμικς) incorporated the Sophie Castille Award into its traditional ΕΛ.ΒΡΑ.ΚΟ. award. In 2026, the award also began to include editions in Brazilian Portuguese (in partnership with Prêmio Angelo Agostini) and in French (in partnership with SoBD).[8][9][10]

Sophie Castille

Sophie Castille was director of foreign rights for the Franco-Belgian comics publishing houses Dargaud, Dupuis and Le Lombard.[11]

Castille was born in Caen, France, in 1970. She began her career in the 1990s in Dargaud, managing foreign rights. In 2015, she was co-founder of the comics and graphic novel digital venture Europe Comics, a consortium of 13 European comic book publishers.[11][12][13]

She died on July 11, 2022, at the age of 51. In Frankfurt Book Fair, a group of international comics publishing professionals, colleagues, and friends organized a virtual memorial to pay tribute to her memory and career.[12][14][15]

Winners and nominees

English

Year Winners Nominees RFef.
2023 Michele Hutchison, for The Philosopher, The Dog and the Wedding (SelfMadeHero)
Original work: De filosoof, de hond en de bruiloft, by Barbara Stok
  • M.B. Valente, for All Princesses Die Before Dawn (Europe Comics)
    Original work: Toutes les princesses meurent après minuit, by Quentin Zuttion
  • Montana Kane, for Always Never (Dark Horse Comics)
    Original work: Malgré tout, by Jordi Lafebre
 [16][17]
2024 Alexa Frank, for Offshore Lightning (Drawn & Quarterly)
Original work: 沖合の雷, by Saito Nazuna
  • Aleshia Jensen, for Juliette: Or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring (Drawn & Quarterly)
    Original work: Juliette: Les fantômes reviennent au printemps, by Camille Jourdy
  • Anna Howell, for The Many Lives of Charlie (Europe Comics)
    Original work: Les Vies de Charlie, by Kid Toussaint
  • Christopher Pope, for Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes (Titan Comics)
    Original work: Dans la Tête de Sherlock Holmes, by Cyril Lieron and Benoit Dahan
  • James Hogan, for In Search of Gil Scott-Heron (Titan Comics)
    Original work: A la recherche de Gil Scott-Heron, by Thomas Maucéri and Seb Piquet
  • Kendra Boileau, for I Don't Want to Be a Mom (Penn State University Press)
    Original work: Je ne veux pas être maman, by Irene Olmo
  • Montana Kane, for The Cliff (Titan Comics)
    Original work: La falaise, by Manon Debaye
  • Nanette McGuinness, for Through Clouds of Smoke: Freud's Final Days (Life Drawn Books)
    Original work: Freud: le moment venu, by Suzanne Leclaire and William Leroy
 [18][19]
2025 Robin Lang and Helge Dascher, for The Jellyfish (Pow Pow Press)
Original work: La méduse, by Boum
[20]

Spanish or catalan

Year Winners Nominees RFef.
2024 Regina López Muñoz, for Alison (Errata Naturae)
Original work: Alison, by Lizzy Stewart
[7]
2025 Carlos Mayor, for Obra hermética (Reservoir)
Original work: L'Œuvre hermétique, by Moebius
[21]

Italian

  • 2024:[22]
    • Anders Fransson, for Spa (SaldaPress) - original work by Erik Svetoft
    • Enrica Battista, for Racconto Palestina (Mesogea) - original work by Mohammad Sabaaneh
    • Olga Amagliani, for Shady (Rulez) – original work by Brecht Vandenbroucke
    • Samanta K. Milton Knowles, for Astrologia (Fandango) – original work by Liv Stromquist
    • Vania Vitali, for Gotham City: Anno uno (Panini Comics) – original work by Tom King and Phil Hester
  • 2025:
    • Anders Fransson, for Le Lanterne di Nedzu (Saldapress) – original work by Rui Tenreiro
    • Giovanni Stigliano Messut, for Esther (In Your Face Comix) – original work by Keizo Miyanishii
    • Luce Lacquaniti, for Shubbek Lubbek. Ogni tuo desiderio (Coconino Press) – original work by Deena Mohamed
    • Stefano Andrea Cresti, for Diario (Journal) (Tunué) – original work by Fabrice Neaud
    • Toma Gudelyte, for La ragazza con il fucile (Lavieri) – original work by Lina Itagaki and Marius Marcinkevičius
  • 2026:[23]
    • Claudia Valeria Letizia and Eva Valvo, for Mira #5: #ragazze&ragazzi #contro #adulti (Sinnos Editrice) - original work by Sabine Lemire and Rasmus Bregnhøi
    • Fabio Gadducci and Mirko Tavosanis, for La leggenda di Luther Arkwright (Tunué) - original work by Bryan Talbot
    • Lorenzo Corti, for La Luna e il Serpente: sussidiario di magia (Panini Comics) - original work by John Coulthart, Steve Moore, Kevin O'Neill and Alan Moore
    • Luce Lacquaniti, for Gaza attraverso lo schermo (Coconino Press) - original work by Mazen Kerbaj
    • Mary Lou Emberti Gialloreti, for Il mio amico Kim Jong-un (Bao Publishing) - original work by Keum Sun Gendry-Kim

Polish

  • 2024:[24][25]
    • Aga Zano, for Kaczki. Dwa lata na piaskach (Kultura Gniewu)
    • Jakub Jankowski, for Torpedo 1972, tom 2 (Non Stop Comics)
    • Paweł Łapiński, for Terapię grupową (Wydawnictwo Mandioca)
  • 2025:
    • Aga Zano, for Połączenia (Kultura Gniewu) – original work: Roaming, by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
    • Jakub Jankowski, for Życie wesołe smutnego psa Corneliusa – original work: La alegre vida del triste perro Cornelius, by Marc Torices
    • Marceli Szpak, for Nienawidzę Baśniowa, tom 5 Gert w piekle (Non Stop Comics) – original work: I Hate Fairyland, by Skottie Young

Slovenian

  • 2024:[5][26]
  • Translation for children and young adults:
    • Dušanka Zabukovec, for Kaj bo zakuhal krokodil? (KUD Sodobnost International) - original work by Federico Appel
    • Neža Vilhelm, for Globalno (Morfemplus) – original work by Giovanni Rigano, Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin
    • Polonca Kovač, for Dnevnik Ane Frank: likovna priredba (Morfemplus) – original work by David Polonsky and Ari Folman
    • Špela Žakelj, for Garulfo: prva & druga knjiga (Graffit) – original work by Bruno Maïorana and Alain Ayroles
  • Translation for adults:
    • Liza Linde, for Teorija umetnosti vs. gospa Goldgruber (Zavod VigeVageKnjige) – original work by Nicolas Mahler
    • Marko Bratina, for Šola padanja (Forum) – original work by Mikael Ross
    • Polona Mertelj, for Sapiens v stripu. Del 1, Rojstvo človeštva (Mladinska knjiga) – original work by Daniel Casanave, Yuval Noah Harari and David Vandermeulen
  • 2025:
  • Translation for children and young adults:
    • Jaka Bulc, for Astrobučman (Mladinska knjiga) – original work: Astrochimp, by David Walliams
    • Jedrt Maležič, for Supervikend ob oceanu (Morfemplus) – original work: Le Super week-end de l'océan, by Gaëlle Almeras
    • Katja Šaponjić and Anja Zag Golob, for Ariol – Račji ples (VigeVageKnjige) – original work: Ariol – Le canard calé, by Emmanuel Guibert and Rémi Chaurand
  • Translation for adults:
    • Jedrt Maležič, for Berlinska trilogija 1: Kristalno poletje (Morfemplus) – original work: La trilogie berlinoise: L’été de cristal, by Pierre Boisserie and François Warzala
    • Julija Potrč Šavli, for Oksi (VigeVageKnjige) – original work: Oksi, by Mari Ahokoivu
    • Polona Mertelj, for Sapiens v stripu 2: Stebri civilizacije (Mladinska knjiga) – original work: Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2: The Pillars of Civilization, by Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen and Daniel Casanave

Greek

  • 2025:[27][28]
    • Gabriel Tompalidis, for Camelot 3000 (Mikros Iros) - original work: Camelot 3000, by Mike W. Barr and Brian Bolland
    • Kasumi Mori, for Η Πριγκίπισσα του Αέναου Κάστρου (Jemma Press) – original work: The Princess of Never-Ending Castle, by Shintaro Kage
    • Tatiana Rapakoulia, for Ο Πόλεμος του Λούκας (Mikros Iros) – original work: Lucas' Wars, by Laurent Hopman and Renaud Roche
    • Tatiana Rapakoulia, for Ταναναρίβη (Mikros Iros) – original work: Tananarive, by Mark Eacersall and Sylvain Vallee
    • Tatiana Rapakoulia, for Το Κάστρο των Ζώων #1: Μις Μπενγκαλορ (Mikros Iros) – original work: Animal Castle #1, by Xavier Dorison and Felix Delep

References

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