The Man Booker International Prize is given to a book in
English translation, with a £50,000 prize for the winning title, to be shared
equally between author and translator.
Its aim is to encourage more publishing and reading of quality works in
translation.
The shortlist was announced earlier today:
Compass by Mathias
Enard (France); Charlotte Mandell
A Horse Walks into a
Bar by David Grossman (Israel); Jessica Cohen
The Unseen by Roy
Jacobsen (Norway); Don Bartlett and Don Shaw
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
by Dorthe Nors (Denmark); Misha Hoekstra
Judas by Amos Oz
(Israel); Nicholas de Lange
Fever Dream by Samanta
Schweblin (Argentina); Megan McDowell
For the longlist, go to http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/03/man-booker-international-prize-longlist.html.
The winner will be announced on June 14.
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