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International Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist Announced Featuring French Witch, Sworn Virgin
Five of the six shortlisted authors and four translators are women, and the winning author and translator will split £50,000.
- On Tuesday, organisers announced the six International Booker Prize finalists, featuring works from eight countries including two debut novels and a book published 30 years ago.
- The annual International Booker Prize recognizes fiction translated into English from around the world, celebrating narratives that explore global history in its 10th year of this format.
- Women writers and translators comprise five of the six authors and four of the six translators, with stories spanning Iranian political upheaval, Albanian traditions, and French witchcraft.
- The winning author and translator will split the £50,000 prize at a ceremony at London's Tate Modern on May 19, while each shortlisted title receives £5,000.
- Jury chair Natasha Brown, chair of the 2026 judging panel, said the shortlisted books "reverberate with history," noting judges found "hope, insight and burning humanity" in the stories.
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Taiwan novel on International Booker Prize shortlist for first time
"Taiwan Travelogue," a novel by Taiwanese writer Yang Shuang-zi (楊双子), is among the six shortlisted titles for the 2026 International Booker Prize, the first time a Taiwanese author has reached the final stage of the prestigious award.
International Booker Prize 2026: French witch, sworn virgin make shortlist
International Booker Prize 2026: Novels by women writers about a family exiled from Iran, a suburban French witch and an Albanian sworn virgin have made the shortlist; Indian-origin Canadian-American writer Padma Viswanathan has been shortlisted for her translation of Brazilian author Ana Paula Maia’s novel On Earth As It Is Beneath
The 2009 Goncourt winner will be among the six finalists for "La Sorcière", a novel published in France in 1996 but translated into English this year only. The prize will be awarded on May 19 in London.
Bulgarian Author Rene Karabash Reaches Booker Prize Shortlist With “She Who Remains” - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
The novel She Who Remains by Bulgarian author Rene Karabash has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, according to information published on the official website of the awards. The recognition places the book among the six finalists competing for one of the most prestigious distinctions in contemporary literature. Karabash, whose real name is Irena Ivanova, sees her work reach an international audience, with the novel already trans…
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