Here’s the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature.
In more literary news, the National Book Foundation has just announced the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature. The longlist includes ten novels originally published in eight different languages: Arabic, German, Spanish, Persian, Tamil, Korean, Japanese, and Swedish. The finalists will be revealed on October 6th, and the winners will be announced live at the virtual National Book Awards Ceremony on November 18th.
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2020 Longlist for the National Book Awards for Translated Literature
Shokoofeh Azar, The Enlightenment of Greengage Tree
Translated from the Persian by Anonymous
Linda Boström Knausgȧrd, The Helios Disaster
Translated from the Swedish by Rachel Wilson-Broyles
Anja Kampmann, High as the Waters
Translated from the German by Anne Posten
Jonas Hassen Khemiri, The Family Clause
Translated from the Swedish by Alice Menzies
Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season
Translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes
Yu Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
Translated from the Japanese by Morgan Giles
Perumal Murugan, The Story of a Goat
Translated from the Tamil by N. Kalyan Raman
Cho Nam-Joo, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Translated from the Korean by Jamie Chang
Pilar Quintana, The Bitch
Translated from the Spanish Lisa Dillman
Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
Translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette
