I’m looking forward to re-reading the longlisted books and to another spirited debate with my fellow judges.”Ī shortlist of six books will be revealed on 14 April, with each author and translator receiving £1,000. But the good news is that, as far as translators themselves go, we have eight women to five men. It is diverse – not just in the number of countries and languages that are represented but also in the ways the authors use, stretch and challenge the novel form.”Īnam acknowledged the small number of female authors on the longlist – four out of 13 – which she said “really reflects the gender bias in who gets translated. Tahmima Anam said she was “absolutely thrilled with this longlist, because it reflects the truly global spirit of the Man Booker International. It also pays tribute to the skill and dedication of the first-rate translators who convey it to English-language readers.” “From intense episodes of passion to miniature historical epics from eerie fables of family strife to character-driven chronicles of urban life, this list showcases fiction that crosses every border. Our selection highlights the sheer diversity of great fiction today,” Boyd Tonkin said. “The 13 books that the judges have chosen not only feature superb writing from Brazil to Indonesia, from Finland to South Korea, from Angola to Italy. It is diverse not just in countries and languages represented, but in the ways the authors challenge the novel form. Winners of the Man Booker International prize for an entire body of work include Lydia Davis (2013), Philip Roth (2011) and Alice Munro (2009).Ĭhaired by journalist Boyd Tonkin, of the Independent, the 2016 judging panel comprises novelist and anthropologist Tahmima Anam Professor David Bellos, director of a translation programme at Princeton University editor and academic Daniel Medin and poet and author Ruth Padel. Previously the Man Booker International was awarded every second year to an author for their entire body of work, a tradition that chair of the Man Booker Foundation, Jonathan Taylor, said caused the prize to lose momentum. Two French authors, Marie NDiaye and Maylis de Kerangal are listed for their novels, Ladivine and Mend the Living respectively.Ģ016 marks a number of firsts for the Man Booker International prize this is the first year since the award merged with the Independent foreign fiction prize and the first occasion that it is an annual prize, with an announced longlist. Popular Brazillian author Raduan Nassar is listed for his “explosively erotic” 47-page story A Cup of Rage, as are Austrian author Robert Seethaler for A Whole Life and Angolan author José Eduardo Agualusa for A General Theory Of Oblivion.
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