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 spans some 40 countries across Europe, Asia and Africa. The prize is worth €20,000; it is shared 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

Blue ribbon = winner

Winner and nominees
Year Title Author Translator Publisher Language Status
2018 Istanbul Istanbul Blue ribbon Burhan Sönmez Ümit Hussein Telegram Books Turkish Winner
2018 About My Mother Tahar Ben Jelloun Ros Schwartz and Lulu Norman Saqi/Telegram French Longlist
2018 All the World’s a Stage Boris Akunin Andrew Bromfield Weidenfeld & Nicolson Russian Shortlist
2018 Belladonna Daša Drndic Celia Hawkesworth Maclehose/Quercus Croatian Shortlist
2018 Hair Everywhere Tea Tulić Coral Petkovich Istros Books Croatian Longlist
2018 In the Name of the Father Balla Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood Jantar Publishing Slovak Longlist
2018 Maryam: Keeper of Stories Alawiya Sobh Nirvana Tanoukhi Seagull Books Arabic Shortlist
2018 The Bickford Fuse Andrey Kurkov Boris Dralyuk MacLehose/Quercus Russian Longlist
2018 The Equestrienne Uršuľa Kovalyk Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood Parthian Books Slovak Longlist
2018 The Red-Haired Woman Orhan Pamuk Ekin Oklap Faber & Faber Turkish Shortlist
2018 The Traitor’s Niche Ismail Kadare John Hodgson Penguin Albanian Shortlist
2018 Women Who Blow on Knots Ece Temelkuran Alexander Dawe Parthian Books Turkish Longlist
2019 The Devils' Dance Blue ribbon Hamid Ismailov Donald Rayfield, with John Farndon Tilted Axis Uzbek Winner
2019 Lala Jacek Dehnel Antonia Lloyd-Jones One World Polish Longlist
2019 Soviet Milk Nora Ikstena Margita Gaelitis Peirene Press Latvian Shortlist
2019 My Name is Adam Elias Khoury Humphrey Davies MacLehose Press Arabic Longlist
2019 The Clash of Images Abdelfattah Kilito Robyn Cresswell Darf Publishers French (Moroccan) Longlist
2019 The Peace Machine Özgür Mumcu Mark David Wyers Pushkin Press Turkish Longlist
2019 Drive your Plow Olga Tokarczuk Antonia Lloyd-Jones Fitzcarraldo Editions Polish Shortlist
2019 The Aviator Eugene Vodolazkin Lisa C. Hayden One World Russian Longlist
2019 The Book of Whispers Varujan Vosganian Alastair Ian Blyth Yale University Press Romanian Longlist
2019 Shatila Stories 9 authors Nashwa Gowanlock Peirene Press Arabic Longlist
2020 Devilspel Blue ribbon Grigory Kanovich Yisrael Elliot Cohen Noir Press Russian Winner
2020 Not Saying Goodbye Boris Akunin Andrew Bromfield Orion Books Russian Longlist
2020 Sacred Darkness Levan Berdzenishvili Brian James Baer and Ellen Vayner Europa Editions Russian translation from Georgian Longlist
2020 Mrs Mohr Goes Missing Maryla Szymiczkowa Antonia Lloyd-Jones Oneworld Publications Polish Longlist
2020 Bellevue Ivana Dobrakovová Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood Jantar Publishing Slovak Longlist
2020 ICE Sonallah Ibrahim Margaret Litvin Seagull Books Arabic Longlist
2020 Every Fire You Tend Sema Kaygusuz Nicholas Glastonbury Tilted Axis Turkish Longlist
2020 Under Pressure Faruk Šehić Mirza Purić Istros Books Bosnian Longlist
2020 Pixel Krisztina Tóth Owen Good Seagull Books Hungarian Shortlist
2020 Zuleikha Guzel Yakhina Lisa C. Hayden Oneworld Publications Russian Shortlist
2021 The King of Warsaw Blue ribbon Szczepan Twardoch Sean Gasper Bye Amazon Crossing Polish Winner
2021 Love in the Days of Rebellion Ahmet Altan Brendan Freely and Yelda Türedi Europa Editions Turkish Longlist
2021 The Pear Field Nana Ekvtimishvili Elizabeth Heighway Peirene Press Georgian Shortlist
2021 Grey Bees Andrey Kurkov Boris Dralyuk MacLehose/Quercus Russian Longlist
2021 Carbide Andriy Lyubka Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stockhouse Wheeler Jantar Publishing Ukrainian Longlist
2021 Hana Alena Mornstajnova Julia Sherwood and Peter Sherwood Parthian Books Czech Longlist
2021 No-Signal Area Robert Perisic Ellen Elias-Bursac Seven Stories Press Croatian Longlist
2021 The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse Ayfer Tunc Feyza Howell Istros Books Turkish Longlist
2021 Mr K Released Matei Visniec Jozefina Komporaly Seagull Books Romanian Shortlist
2021 Your Ad Could Go Here Oksana Zabuzhko Nina Murray, Marta Horban, Marco Carynnyk, Halyna Hryn, and Askold Melnyczuk Amazon Crossing Ukrainian Longlist
2022 Doctor Bianco and Other Stories Maciek Bielawski Scotia Gilroy Terra Librorum Polish Longlist
2022 Birds of Verhovina Adam Bodor Peter Sherwood Jantar Publishing Hungarian Longlist
2022 The Book of Katerina Auguste Corteau Claire Papamichail Parthian Books Greek Shortlist
2022 Red Crosses Sasha Filipenko Brian James Baer and Ellen Vayner Europa Editions Russian Longlist
2022 City of Torment Daniela Hodrova Veronique Firkusny and Elena Sokol Jantar Publishing Czech Longlist
2022 Manaschi Hamid Ismailov Donald Rayfield Tilted Axis Uzbek Longlist
2022 Boat Number Five Monika Kompaníková Janet Livingstone Seagull Books Slovak Shortlist
2022 Karolina, or the Torn Curtain Maryla Szymiczkowa Antonia Lloyd-Jones Oneworld Publications Polish Longlist
2022 Just the Plague Ludmila Ulitskaya Polly Gannon Granta Russian Longlist
2022 The Orphanage Blue ribbon Serhiy Zhadan Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler Yale University Press Ukrainian Winner
2023 Mister N Najwa Barakat Luke Leafgren And Other Stories Arabic Shortlist
2023 The Lake Blue ribbon Bianca Bellová Alex Zucker Parthian Books Czech Winner
2023 Mothers and Truckers Ivana Dobrakovová Julia and Peter Sherwood Jantar Publishing Slovak Longlist
2023 Invisible Woman and Other Stories Slavenka Drakulić Christina Pribichevich Zorić with Jacob Agee Fraktura Croatian Longlist
2023 Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov Angela Rodel Bulgarian Longlist
2023 According to Her Maciej Hen Anna Blasiak Holland House Books Polish Longlist
2023 Body Kintsugi Senka Marić Celia Hawkesworth Peirene Bosnian Longlist
2023 Nights of Plague Orhan Pamuk Ekin Oklap Faber Turkish Longlist
2023 Mondegreen Volodymyr Rafeienko Mark Andryczyk HURI Books Ukrainian Longlist
2023 The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk Jennifer Croft Fitzcarraldo Editions Polish Shortlist


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.