Translation Prize runner-up for translation of The Migrant Painter of Birds by Lídia Jorge 2006 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize shortlist for translation of Your Face Tomorrow 1: Fever and Spear by Javier Marías 2006 Arts Council, Spanish Embassy and Instituto Cervantes translation prize winner for Your Face Tomorrow 1: Fever and Spear by Javier Marías 2008 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize winner for translation of The Maias by Eça de Queiroz 2008 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize winner for translation of The Maias by Eça de Queiroz 2010 Times Literary Supplement Translation Prize winner for translation of The Accordionist's Son by Bernardo Atxaga 2011 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize winner for translation of The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago 2012 Calouste Gulbenkian Prize winner for translation of The Word Tree by Teolinda Gersão 2012 Calouste Gulbenkian Prize runner-up for translation of The Land at the End of the World by António Lobo Antunes 2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 2014 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours 2015 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize winner for translation of Diary of the Fall 2015 Awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa by the University of Leeds 2017 The Premio Valle-Inclán by the Society of Authors for her translation of On the Edge by Rafael Chirbes 2017 Officer of the Order of Prince Henry References External links Dedalus Books, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, UK Publishers An Interview with Margaret Jull Costa; 2 November 2009 1949 births Living people Portuguese–English translators Spanish–English translators Translators of Fernando Pessoa Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Officers of the Order of the British Empire Officers of the Order of Prince Henry 20th-century British translators British women writers Winners of the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation