At Three Percent Chad Post offers the first Best Translated Book Award information for next year's award (covering books published in the US in 2014), in BTBA 2015: The Judges !
I am (again) one of the judges for the fiction prize, joining an impressive panel. And the important dates are already set:
No really heavy early favorites from what I've read to date so far -- a couple of strong contenders for longlist-spots (The Symmetry Teacher by Andrei Bitov; The Light and the Dark by Mikhail Shishkin; 1914 by Jean Echenoz; Mr. Gwyn by Alessandro Baricco), with quite a few titles on the horizon, but none that strike me as clear front-runners.
I strongly encourage publishers to send us any and all eligible titles; mailing information is accessible via Chad's post (but no need to send me titles that you've already provided for review purposes, many thanks ...).
I am (again) one of the judges for the fiction prize, joining an impressive panel. And the important dates are already set:
- 31 December 2014: Publishers should have gotten in any books they want considered. (We'll consider any eligible title, even if not publisher-submitted, but let me tell you, it's a hell of a lot easier if the publishers do send us copies ...)
- 2 March 2015: the longlists (25 fiction titles !) are announced
- 13 April 2105: the finalists (10 fiction titles !) are announced
- 27 April 2015: the winners will be announced
- 1 May 2015: wild celebrations in New York
No really heavy early favorites from what I've read to date so far -- a couple of strong contenders for longlist-spots (The Symmetry Teacher by Andrei Bitov; The Light and the Dark by Mikhail Shishkin; 1914 by Jean Echenoz; Mr. Gwyn by Alessandro Baricco), with quite a few titles on the horizon, but none that strike me as clear front-runners.
I strongly encourage publishers to send us any and all eligible titles; mailing information is accessible via Chad's post (but no need to send me titles that you've already provided for review purposes, many thanks ...).