2024 International Booker Prize Shortlist Revealed: Latin American Writers Dominate

12 March 2024, 03:03 PM IST

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2The 2024 International Booker Prize list has been released. 13 books were shortlisted.

The list includes works from the UK and Ireland. A famous novel by Argentinian writer Selva Amanda
‘Not a River’, ‘Sipatia’ by Venezuelan writer Rodrigo Blanco, German writer and opera director
‘Kairos’ by Jenny Erpen Beck, ‘The Details’ by Swedish writer and journalist La Genberg, ‘White Nights’ by Polish writer, poet and short story writer Ursula Honak, ‘Matter 2-10’ by South Korean novelist Hwang Seok-yong, and ‘Matter 2-10′ by senior Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Katare. A Dictator Carl’s’ ‘The Silver Bone’ by Andre Kurkov, ‘What I Would Rather Not Think’ by the famous writer of the Netherlands Gente Postuman, ‘Lost on Me’ by the Italian writer and translator Veronica Rayamo, and ‘The House on Via Geminito’ by the Italian writer, screenwriter and journalist Domenico Starnon. , ‘The Crooked Plow’ by Brazilian author and teacher Itamar Vieira Jr. and ‘Undiscovered’ by Gabriela Weiner, a famous Peruvian writer, poet and journalist, are on the list.

Many of these writers are newcomers. The list of writers from Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Venezuela raises the question of whether the award will go to Latin America again. Works from ten languages ​​have been represented for this year’s award. These are works in various literary forms like love stories, humorous stories, short stories, books in trilogy, books written by poets.

It also includes books on personal and national histories, and works on family relationships. The books feature bestsellers in their respective countries, and the likes of Andrey Kurkov, Kadare, and Hwang are familiar faces on the list.

Those who appeared in the list earlier have also been included in the long list this time. If he wins the award in 2024, Ismail Kadare will become the first writer to win the Booker International twice. In 2005, he won the first International Booker Prize.

The list also includes works done by some of the previously long-listed translators. Another feature of this list is the predominance of books by independent publishers. The list ranges from 37-year-old Ursula Honeck to 88-year-old Ismail Kadare, indicating that representatives of a wide range of ages are awaiting recognition.

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2024-03-12 09:33:00