International Booker 2023 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 19 April 2023 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
The shortlist for the 2023 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$90,950), has been announced.
The shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist announced in March, are:
- Still Born (Guadalupe Nettel, trans by Rosalind Harvey, Fitzcarraldo Editions)
- Standing Heavy (GauZ’, trans by Frank Wynne, MacLehose Press)
- Time Shelter (Georgi Gospodinov, trans by Angela Rodel, W&N)
- The Gospel According to the New World (Maryse Condé, trans by Richard Philcox, World Editions)
- Whale (Cheon Myeong-kwan, trans by Chi-Young Kim, Europa Editions)
- Boulder (Eva Baltasar, trans by Julia Sanches, And Other Stories).
The winner will be announced on 23 May.
The Man Booker International Prize is awarded to a book translated into English. The prize money is shared equally between the winning writer and translator, and each shortlisted writer and translator receives £2500 (A$4550).
Last year’s winner was Geetanjali Shree for her novel Tomb of Sand (trans by Daisy Rockwell, Tilted Axis). For more information about the award, click here.
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