Mia Couto
Translated from the original Portuguese by David Brookshaw
.José Eduardo Agualusa is the winner of the 2017 award!
Watch! Winner acceptance speech
Winner acceptance speech (text)
Judges' citation
2018 longlist announcement 6th November
Shortlist 5th April 2018, Winner 13th June 2018The Shortlist
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Confession of the Lioness
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The Prophets of Eternal Fjord
Kim Leine
Translated from the original Danish by Martin Aitken
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A Strangeness in My Mind
Orhan Pamuk
Translated from the original Turkish by Ekin Oklap
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A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
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The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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A Whole Life
Robert Seethaler
Translated from the original German
by Charlotte Collins
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A General Theory of Oblivion
José Eduardo Agualusa
Translated from the original Portuguese by Daniel Hahn
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The Green Road
Anne Enright
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Under the Udala Trees
Chinelo Okparanta
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The Story of My Teeth
Valeria Luiselli
Translated from the original Spanish by Christina MacSweeney
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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