Here's the 2023 longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature

The longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature came out today.

Out of the over 150 submissions, these ten — representing seven different original languages — remain under consideration.

Finalists for all categories — the other four being poetry, young people's literature, fiction, and nonfiction — will be announced October 3, and the winners will be revealed November 15.

• Devil of the Provinces, written by Juan Cárdenas and translated from Spanish by Lizzie Davis

• Cursed Bunny, written by Bora Chung and translated from Korean by Anton Hur

• Beyond the Door of No Return, written by David Diop and translated from French by Sam Taylor


• Kairos, written by Jenny Erpenbeck and translated from German by Michael Hofmann

• The Words That Remain, written by Stênio Gardel and translated from Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato


• No One Prayed Over Their Graves, written by Khaled Khalifa and translated from Arabic by Leri Price


• This Is Not Miami, written by Fernanda Melchor and translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes


• Abyss, written by Pilar Quintana and translated from Spanish by Lisa Dillman

• On a Woman’s Madness, written by Astrid Roemer and translated from Dutch by Lucy Scott


• The Most Secret Memory of Men, written by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr and translated from French by Lara Vergnaud