The Dutch Foundation for Literature’s Translation Prizes for the translator as cultural ambassador have been awarded to Hans Driessen (German into Dutch), Diego Puls (Dutch into Spanish) and Mariolein Sabarte Belacortu (Spanish into Dutch). The prizes were presented on Friday 10 December during the annual Literaire Vertaaldagen in Utrecht.

The 2010 PEN Translation Prize has been awarded to Michael Henry Heim for his translation from the Dutch of Wonder (De verwondering) by Hugo Claus. The novel was published in 2009 by Archipelago Books.