“Our shortlist offers readers a six-stop tour of highlights from the world of translated fiction,“ Brown said. MacLehose Press and Riverrun, part of the Hachette group, make up the remainder of the shortlist, with The Witch and The Director respectively. This year marks 10 years since the announcement of the first winner of the International Booker Prize in its current form; The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated from Korean by Deborah Smith, was awarded the inaugural prize in 2016. Since its launch, the prize has promoted 10 winners in 10 languages from Arabic to Polish, Bulgarian to Kannada. Four authors recognised by the International Booker Prize have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature: Han Kang, Jon Fosse, Annie Ernaux and Olga Tokarczuk.

Source: The Irish Times March 31, 2026 17:39 UTC