EBRD Literature Prize

The EBRD Literature Prize is a literary prize established in 2017 by the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. As per the bank, the prize celebrates the "literary richness" of its operational regions, which span some 40 countries across Europe, Asia and Africa. The prize is worth €20,000; it is shared equally by the writer and the translator. Funding for the prize is provided by the member nations of the EBRD, in cooperation with the British Council.[1]

The inaugural winner was the Turkish writer Burhan Sönmez who won for his book Istanbul Istanbul.[2]

Winners and nominees

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Winner and nominees
Year Title Author Translator Publisher Language Status
2018 Istanbul Istanbul Burhan Sönmez Ümit Hussein Telegram Books Turkish Winner
All the World's a Stage Boris Akunin Andrew Bromfield Weidenfeld & Nicolson Russian Shortlist
Belladonna Daša Drndic Celia Hawkesworth Maclehose/Quercus Croatian
The Traitor's Niche Ismail Kadare John Hodgson Penguin Albanian
The Red-Haired Woman Orhan Pamuk Ekin Oklap Faber & Faber Turkish
Maryam: Keeper of Stories Alawiya Sobh Nirvana Tanoukhi Seagull Books Arabic
In the Name of the Father Balla Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood Jantar Publishing Slovak Longlist
About My Mother Tahar Ben Jelloun Ros Schwartz and Lulu Norman Saqi/Telegram French
The Equestrienne Uršuľa Kovalyk Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood Parthian Books Slovak
The Bickford Fuse Andrey Kurkov Boris Dralyuk MacLehose/Quercus Russian
Women Who Blow on Knots Ece Temelkuran Alexander Dawe Parthian Books Turkish
Hair Everywhere Tea Tulić Coral Petkovich Istros Books Croatian
2019 The Devils' Dance Hamid Ismailov Donald Rayfield, with John Farndon Tilted Axis Uzbek Winner
Soviet Milk Nora Ikstena Margita Gaelitis Peirene Press Latvian Shortlist
Drive Your Plow Olga Tokarczuk Antonia Lloyd-Jones Fitzcarraldo Editions Polish
Lala Jacek Dehnel Antonia Lloyd-Jones One World Polish Longlist
My Name Is Adam Elias Khoury Humphrey Davies MacLehose Press Arabic
The Clash of Images Abdelfattah Kilito Robyn Cresswell Darf Publishers French (Moroccan)
The Peace Machine Özgür Mumcu Mark David Wyers Pushkin Press Turkish
The Aviator Eugene Vodolazkin Lisa C. Hayden One World Russian
The Book of Whispers Varujan Vosganian Alastair Ian Blyth Yale University Press Romanian
Shatila Stories Various authors Nashwa Gowanlock Peirene Press Arabic
2020 Devilspel Grigory Kanovich Yisrael Elliot Cohen Noir Press Russian Winner
Pixel Krisztina Tóth Owen Good Seagull Books Hungarian Shortlist
Zuleikha Guzel Yakhina Lisa C. Hayden Oneworld Publications Russian
Not Saying Goodbye Boris Akunin Andrew Bromfield Orion Books Russian Longlist
Sacred Darkness Levan Berdzenishvili Brian James Baer and Ellen Vayner Europa Editions Russian translation from Georgian
Mrs Mohr Goes Missing Jacek Dehnel Antonia Lloyd-Jones Oneworld Publications Polish
Bellevue Ivana Dobrakovová Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood Jantar Publishing Slovak
ICE Sonallah Ibrahim Margaret Litvin Seagull Books Arabic
Every Fire You Tend Sema Kaygusuz Nicholas Glastonbury Tilted Axis Turkish
Under Pressure Faruk Šehić Mirza Purić Istros Books Bosnian
2021 The King of Warsaw Szczepan Twardoch Sean Gasper Bye Amazon Crossing Polish Winner
The Pear Field Nana Ekvtimishvili Elizabeth Heighway Peirene Press Georgian Shortlist
Mr K Released Matei Vișniec Jozefina Komporaly Seagull Books Romanian
Love in the Days of Rebellion Ahmet Altan Brendan Freely and Yelda Türedi Europa Editions Turkish Longlist
Grey Bees Andrey Kurkov Boris Dralyuk MacLehose/Quercus Russian
Carbide Andriy Lyubka Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stockhouse Wheeler Jantar Publishing Ukrainian
Hana Alena Mornštajnová Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood Parthian Books Czech
No-Signal Area Robert Perišić Ellen Elias-Bursac Seven Stories Press Croatian
The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse Ayfer Tunç Feyza Howell Istros Books Turkish
Your Ad Could Go Here Oksana Zabuzhko Nina Murray, Marta Horban, Marco Carynnyk, Halyna Hryn, and Askold Melnyczuk Amazon Crossing Ukrainian
2022 The Orphanage Serhiy Zhadan Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler Yale University Press Ukrainian Winner
The Book of Katerina Auguste Corteau Claire Papamichail Parthian Books Greek Shortlist
Boat Number Five Monika Kompaníková Janet Livingstone Seagull Books Slovak
Doctor Bianco and Other Stories Maciek Bielawski Scotia Gilroy Terra Librorum Polish Longlist
Birds of Verhovina Ádám Bodor Peter Sherwood Jantar Publishing Hungarian
Red Crosses Sasha Filipenko Brian James Baer and Ellen Vayner Europa Editions Russian
City of Torment Daniela Hodrová Veronique Firkusny and Elena Sokol Jantar Publishing Czech
Manaschi Hamid Ismailov Donald Rayfield Tilted Axis Uzbek
Karolina, or the Torn Curtain Maryla Szymiczkowa Antonia Lloyd-Jones Oneworld Publications Polish
Just the Plague Ludmila Ulitskaya Polly Gannon Granta Russian
2023 The Lake Bianca Bellová Alex Zucker Parthian Books Czech Winner
Mister N Najwa Barakat Luke Leafgren And Other Stories Arabic Shortlist
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk Jennifer Croft Fitzcarraldo Editions Polish
Mothers and Truckers Ivana Dobrakovová Julia and Peter Sherwood Jantar Publishing Slovak Longlist
Invisible Woman and Other Stories Slavenka Drakulić Christina Pribichevich Zorić with Jacob Agee Fraktura Croatian
Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov Angela Rodel Bulgarian
According to Her Maciej Hen Anna Blasiak Holland House Books Polish
Body Kintsugi Senka Marić Celia Hawkesworth Peirene Bosnian
Nights of Plague Orhan Pamuk Ekin Oklap Faber Turkish
Mondegreen Volodymyr Rafeienko Mark Andryczyk HURI Books Ukrainian

References

  1. ^ "EBRD Literature Prize overview". ebrd.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  2. ^ "Love song to Istanbul scoops €20k EBRD prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
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