International Booker Prize Longlist Announced

Mar 14, 2023

The longlist for the 2023 International Booker Prize, comprising 13 books in translation, has been announced. The U.K.-based prize comes with a purse of £50,000. The longlisted titles are: 

  • Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
  • Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, translated by Chi-Young Kim
  • ​The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé, translated by Richard Philcox
  • Standing Heavy by GauZ', translated by Frank Wynne
  • Time Shelter by Georgie Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel
  • Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund
  • Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Rueben Woolley
  • The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier, translated by Daniel Levin Becker
  • While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Mayer, translated by Katy Derbyshire
  • Pyre by Perumal Murugan, translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan
  • Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey
  • A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson, translated by Nichola Smalley
  • Ninth Building by You Jingzhi, translated by Jeremy Tiang

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