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    Here’s the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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    September 10, 2024, 3:00pm

    Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature. The ten titles were selected from a pool of 141 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Translated Literature are Aron Aji, Jennifer Croft, Jhumpa Lahiri (Chair), Gary Lovely, and Julia Sanches.

    The finalists will be announced on Tuesday, October 1, and the winners in all categories will be revealed at the National Book Awards Ceremony on November 20, 2024.

    Here’s the 2024 Translated Literature longlist:

    Nasser Abu Srour, The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom
    Translated from the Arabic by Luke Leafgren
    Other Press

    Bothayna Al-Essa, The Book Censor’s Library
    Translated from the Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain
    Restless Books

    Linnea Axelsson, Ædnan
    Translated from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel
    Knopf / Penguin Random House

    Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
    Translated from the Danish by Barbara J. Haveland
    New Directions Publishing

    Layla Martínez, Woodworm
    Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott
    Two Lines Press

    Fiston Mwanza Mujila, The Villain’s Dance
    Translated from the French by Roland Glasser
    Deep Vellum / Deep Vellum Publishing

    Fernanda Trías, Pink Slime
    Translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary
    Scribner / Simon & Schuster

    Fernando Vallejo, The Abyss
    Translated from the Spanish by Yvette Siegert
    New Directions Publishing

    Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, Taiwan Travelogue
    Translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin King
    Graywolf Press

    Samar Yazbek, Where the Wind Calls Home
    Translated from the Arabic by Leri Price
    World Editions

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