Posted on September 15, 2021 at 2:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature came out today.
Out of 164 submissions, these ten, coming from seven different languages, remain under consideration.
Finalists will be announced October 5, and the winners will be revealed November 17.
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Waiting for the Waters to Rise, written by Maryse Condé and translated from the French by Richard Philcox
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Winter in Sokcho, written by Elisa Shua Dusapin and translated from the French by Aneesa Abbas Higgins
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Peach Blossom Paradise, written by Ge Fei and translated from the Chinese by Canaan Morse
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The Twilight Zone, written by Nona Fernández and translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer
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On the Origin of Species and Other Stories, written by Bo-Young Kim and translated from the Korean by Joungmin Lee Comfort and Sora Kim-Russell
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When We Cease to Understand the World, written by Benjamín Labatut and translated from the Spanish by Adrian Nathan West
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Rabbit Island: Stories, written by Elvira Navarro and translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweene
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An Inventory of Losses, written by Judith Schalansky and translated from the German by Jackie Smith
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In Memory of Memory, written by Maria Stepanova and translated from the Russian by Sasha Dugdale
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Planet of Clay, written by Samar Yazbek and translated from the Arabic by Leri Price
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