After months and months (twelve to be exact) and books upon books, our nine fiction panelists finally came up with the 25-title fiction longlist for this year’s Best Translated Book Award. . . .
There are some classic authors (Robert Walser, Robert Bolaño), some relative unknowns (Wolf Haas, Ferenc Barnas, Cao Naiqian), and a nice geographical mix (including books from Egypt and Djibouti). . . .
One interesting thing about this year’s fiction longlist—it’s incredibly diverse. We have authors from 24 different countries, writing in 17 different languages, and published by 15 different publishers . . . .
This year's fiction panelists included Monica Carter (Skylight Books and Salonica World Lit) , Scott Esposito (Conversational Reading and Center for the Art of Translation) , Susan Harris (Words Without Borders) , Annie Janusch (Translator), Brandon Kennedy (Spoonbill & Sugartown) , Bill Marx (PRI’s The World: World Books) , Michael Orthofer (Complete Review) , Chad W. Post (Open Letter and Three Percent) , and Jeff Waxman (57th Street Books and The Front Table).
Without further ado, here are the 25 fiction finalists. . . . [Chad W. Post, Award Chair]
Read more here and at THREE PERCENT
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Published: Melville House, 2/2009
Winner of the 2010 Best Translated Book Award
The Confessions of Noa Weber Noa Weber is her first title to be published in English. Dalya Bilu is a well-known translator of Hebrew literature and has been awarded a number of prizes, including the Times Literary Supplement and Jewish Book Council Award for Hebrew-English Translation.
Read The Seminary Co-op's review here: http://blog.semcoop.com/2010/03/11/the-confessions-of-noa-weber/
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Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 8/2009
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ISBN-13: 9780980033014
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Published: Archipelago Books, 7/2009
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ISBN-13: 9780980033021
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Published: Archipelago Books, 4/2009
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Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 8/2009
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Published: Open Letter Books; Univ of Nebraska Press, 4/2009
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Published: Columbia University Press, 5/2009
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ISBN-13: 9780811215893
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Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 8/2009
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Published: NYRB Classics, 10/2009
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Published: David R. Godine Publisher, 7/2009
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Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 4/2009
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ISBN-13: 9789774161902
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Published: American University in Cairo Press, 4/2009
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Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2/2009
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Published: Open Letter Books; Univ of Nebraska Press, 8/2009
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Published: Open Letter Books; Univ of Nebraska Press, 5/2009
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Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 8/2009
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Model: 9781572411661
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ISBN-13: 9781933633633
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Published: Melville House, 3/2009
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Published: Clockroot Books, 1/2010
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Published: Open Letter Books; Univ of Nebraska Press, 1/2009
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ISBN-13: 9780802118790
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Published: Grove Press, 4/2009
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ISBN-13: 9780810126022
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Published: Northwestern University Press, 5/2009
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Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 7/2009
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ISBN-13: 9780307266767
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Published: Knopf, 10/2009
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Published: Bison Books, 3/2009
