International Booker Prize 2021 longlist announced
The International Booker Prize (also called the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The International Booker Prize 2021 longlist comes out
The 2021 International Booker Prize longlist
| Book | Author | Translated from |
|---|---|---|
| I Live in the Slums | Can Xue | Chinese by Karen Gernant & Chen Zeping, Yale University Press |
| At Night All Blood is Black | David Diop | French by Anna Mocschovakis, Pushkin Press |
| The Pear Field | Nana Ekvtimishvili | Georgian by Elizabeth Heighway, Peirene Press |
| The Dangers of Smoking in Bed | Mariana Enríquez | Spanish by Megan McDowell, Granta Books |
| The Employees | Olga Ravn | Danish by Martin Aitken, Lolli Editions |
| Summer Brother | Jaap Robben | Dutch by David Doherty, World Editions |
| An Inventory of Losses | Judith Schalansky | German by Jackie Smith, Quercus, MacLehose Press |
| Minor Detail | Adania Shibli | Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette, Fitzcarraldo Editions |
| When We Cease to Understand the World | Benjamín Labatut | Spanish by Adrian Nathan West, Pushkin Press |
| The Perfect Nine: The Epic Gikuyu and Mumbi | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o | Gikuyu by the author, VINTAGE, Harvill Secker |
| In Memory of Memory | Maria Stepanova | Russian by Sasha Dugdale, Fitzcarraldo Editions |
| The War of the Poor | Éric Vuillard | French by Mark Polizzotti, Pan Macmillan, Picador |
| Wretchedness | Andrzej Tichý | Swedish by Nichola Smalley, Other Stories |
When will shortlist be announced?
- The shortlist will be announced on April 22, 2021
International Booker Prize 2021 Winner
- the winner will be announced on June 2, 2021 virtually.