The 2019 Longlist is announced!
Press releases
Video highlights from the 2019 longlist announcement
Shortlist - 4th April
Winner - 12th June
The Longlist
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Mrs. Osmond
John Banville
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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland
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The Image Interpreter
Zoran Zivkovic
Translated from the Serbian by Randall A. Major
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The Road to Shenzhen
Huang Guosheng
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The Changeling
Victor LaValle
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Lost in September
Kathleen Winter
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The Stone Sky
N.K. Jemisin
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The Greatest Hits of Wanda Jaynes
Bridget Canning
About the Award
Nomination Process
Books are nominated for the Award by invited public libraries in cities throughout the world - making the Award unique in its coverage of international fiction. Titles are nominated on the basis of 'high literary merit' as determined by the nominating library.
The Judges
Each year a panel of distinguished international judges is put in place under a non-voting chair. They have the epic task of considering each book from the longlist and narrowing it down to a shortlist of up to 10 titles. They must then enter deliberations to come up with the final winner by June of each year.
The Prize
The Award is given annually. The prize of €100,000 is awarded to the author of the winning book. However, if the winning book is in English translation, €75,000 is awarded to the author and €25,000 to the translator.
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