Stewart
Active Member
I meant to mention this prize earlier this year but, er, didn't.
The following titles were, back in January, longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2008.
Then the shortlist was whittled down to the following six:
It was a bit galling as I'd read three of them on the basis of the longlist and not one made it to the final six.
Prize is awarded in May, £5,000 to the author and £5,000 to the translator. Paul Verhaeghen stands to sweep the lot if he wins, since he translated his own book from Dutch to English.
The following titles were, back in January, longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2008.
- The Yacoubian Building, Alaa al Aswany
- Book of Words, Jenny Erpenbeck
- The Moon Opera, Bi Feiyu
- Castorp, Pawel Huelle
- Agamemnon’s Daughter, Ismail Kadare
- Let It Be Morning, Sayed Kashua
- Measuring The World, Daniel Kehlmann
- Gregorius, Bengt Ohlsson
- Shutterspeed, Erwin Mortier
- The Past, Alan Pauls
- Rivers Of Babylon, Peter Pist’anek
- Delirium, Laura Restrepo
- The Model, Lars Saabye Christensen
- Bahia Blues, Yasmina Traboulsi
- The Way Of The Women, Marlene van Niekerk
- Omega Minor, Paul Verhaeghen
- Montano, Enrique Vilas-Matas
Then the shortlist was whittled down to the following six:
- Castorp, Pawel Huelle
- Measuring The World, Daniel Kehlmann
- Gregorius, Bengt Ohlsson
- The Model, Lars Saabye Christensen
- The Way Of The Women, Marlene van Niekerk
- Omega Minor, Paul Verhaeghen
It was a bit galling as I'd read three of them on the basis of the longlist and not one made it to the final six.
Prize is awarded in May, £5,000 to the author and £5,000 to the translator. Paul Verhaeghen stands to sweep the lot if he wins, since he translated his own book from Dutch to English.