The 2021 International Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed!
The prize is awarded every year for a single book that is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. It aims to encourage more publishing and reading of quality works of imagination from all over the world, and to give greater recognition to the role of translators.The contribution of both author and translator is given equal recognition, with the £50,000 prize split evenly between them. This year the judges considered 125 books.
Below are the six shortlisted books for the 2021 International Booker Prize.
At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, translated from French by Anna Mocschovakis
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez, translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut, translated from Spanish by Adrian Nathan West
The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken
In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale
The War of the Poor by Éric Vuillard, translated from French by Mark Polizzotti
Please note: additional stock of the shortlisted titles will be coming via our international supply channels and may experience some delays.
