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EBRD Literature Prize 2023: shortlist announcement
Authors from the EBRD regions and their English translators to receive awards in June
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Date: 16/03/2023
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The shortlisted works, in alphabetical order by author, are Mister N, The Lake, Monsters and Truckers, Invisible Woman and Other Stories, Time Shelter and According to Her.
– EBRD Literature Prize 2023’s independent judges select shortlist of translated literary fiction
– Ten shortlisted books from the EBRD regions announced today
– Awards to be announced in June
An independent group of judges announced today the shortlist of the 10 best works of translated literature put forward for the [EBRD Literature Prize](https://www.ebrd.com/ebrd-literature-prize.html) 2023.
This unique international prize, established in 2017 by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), awards both authors from countries where the EBRD operates and their English translators. It celebrates the diversity of cultures and the rich literary expression from regions ranging from central and eastern Europe to Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. It also celebrates the role of translators as “bridges” between cultures.
The judges are: [Toby Lichtig](https://twitter.com/TobyLichtig) (Chair), [Maya Jaggi](https://twitter.com/MayaJaggi), [Arkady Ostrovsky](https://twitter.com/ArkadyOstrovsky) and [Natasha Randall](https://twitter.com/NatashaRandall).
The shortlisted works, in alphabetical order by author, are:
-[Mister N](https://www.andotherstories.org/mister-n/) by Najwa Barakat, translated from the Arabic by Luke Leafgren (And Other Stories). Country: Lebanon
-[The Lake](https://www.parthianbooks.com/products/the-lake) by Bianca Bellová, translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker (Parthian Books). Country: Czech Republic
-[Mothers and Truckers](https://www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page/mothers-and-truckers) by Ivana Dobrakovová, translated from the Slovakian by Julia and Peter Sherwood (Jantar Publishing). Country: Slovak Republic
-[Invisible Woman and Other Stories](https://fraktura.hr/invisible-woman-and-other-stories.html)by Slavenka Drakuli?, translated from the Croatian by Christina Pribichevich Zori? with Jacob Agee (Fraktura). Country: Croatia
-[According to Her](https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/according-to-her/)by Maciej Hen, translated from the Polish by Anna Blasiak (Holland House Books). Country: Poland
-[Body Kintsugi](https://www.peirenepress.com/shop/books/body-kintsugi/)by Senka Mari?, translated from the Bosnian by Celia Hawkesworth (Peirene). Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
-[Nights of Plague](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609187/nights-of-plague-by-orhan-pamuk/) by Orhan Pamuk, translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap (Faber). Country: Türkiye
-[Mondegreen](https://books.huri.harvard.edu/books/rafeyenko-mondegreen) by Volodymyr Rafeyenko, translated from the Ukrainian by Mark Andryczyk (HURI Books). Country: Ukraine
-[The Books of Jacob](https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-books-of-jacob)by Olga Tocarczuk, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft (Fitzcarraldo Editions). Country: Poland
Toby Lichtig said: “My fellow judges and I are delighted with this year’s shortlist, which has taken us from 18th-century Poland and communist Bratislava to contemporary Beirut and Ukraine, via a dystopian fishing village at the end of the world. We became swept up in not one but two messianic cults, were led through the corridors of medical facilities masquerading as hotels (and time capsules), and disembarked on an imaginary eastern Mediterranean island in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. The themes include illness and war, recovery and revolution, old age and new beginnings, the clash of history and friction of domestic dramas, the jolt of political awakening and personal reckoning. This is a list to startle, delight, bewilder, hearten, amuse and entertain.”
The EBRD Literature Prize is part of the Bank’s Community Initiative, which engages the institution and its staff in philanthropic, social and cultural activities in the regions where the EBRD operates.
The Chair of the EBRD Community Initiative Steering Group, Edward Bannerman, said: “At a time of geopolitical divisions, cultural links are more important than ever in bringing people together. The EBRD is proud to celebrate and share the creative dynamism and literary heritage of our diverse regions.”
The winning author and two runners-up, along with their translators, will be announced on 15 June 2023 at an award ceremony held at the EBRD’s headquarters in Londo[]n.
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