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
YearTitleAuthorTranslatorPublisherLanguageStatus
2018Istanbul Istanbul Blue ribbonBurhan SönmezÜmit HusseinTelegram BooksTurkishWinner
2018About My MotherTahar Ben JellounRos Schwartz and Lulu NormanSaqi/TelegramFrenchLonglist
2018All the World’s a StageBoris AkuninAndrew BromfieldWeidenfeld & NicolsonRussianShortlist
2018BelladonnaDaša DrndicCelia HawkesworthMaclehose/QuercusCroatianShortlist
2018Hair EverywhereTea TulićCoral PetkovichIstros BooksCroatianLonglist
2018In the Name of the FatherBallaJulia Sherwood and Peter SherwoodJantar PublishingSlovakLonglist
2018Maryam: Keeper of StoriesAlawiya SobhNirvana TanoukhiSeagull BooksArabicShortlist
2018The Bickford FuseAndrey KurkovBoris DralyukMacLehose/QuercusRussianLonglist
2018The EquestrienneUršuľa KovalykJulia Sherwood and Peter SherwoodParthian BooksSlovakLonglist
2018The Red-Haired WomanOrhan PamukEkin OklapFaber & FaberTurkishShortlist
2018The Traitor’s NicheIsmail KadareJohn HodgsonPenguinAlbanianShortlist
2018Women Who Blow on KnotsEce TemelkuranAlexander DaweParthian BooksTurkishLonglist
2019The Devils' Dance Blue ribbonHamid IsmailovDonald Rayfield, with John FarndonTilted AxisUzbekWinner
2019LalaJacek DehnelAntonia Lloyd-JonesOne WorldPolishLonglist
2019Soviet MilkNora IkstenaMargita GaelitisPeirene PressLatvianShortlist
2019My Name is AdamElias KhouryHumphrey DaviesMacLehose PressArabicLonglist
2019The Clash of ImagesAbdelfattah KilitoRobyn CresswellDarf PublishersFrench (Moroccan)Longlist
2019The Peace MachineÖzgür MumcuMark David WyersPushkin PressTurkishLonglist
2019Drive your PlowOlga TokarczukAntonia Lloyd-JonesFitzcarraldo EditionsPolishShortlist
2019The AviatorEugene VodolazkinLisa C. HaydenOne WorldRussianLonglist
2019The Book of WhispersVarujan VosganianAlastair Ian BlythYale University PressRomanianLonglist
2019Shatila Stories9 authorsNashwa GowanlockPeirene PressArabicLonglist
2020Devilspel Blue ribbonGrigory KanovichYisrael Elliot CohenNoir PressRussianWinner
2020Not Saying GoodbyeBoris AkuninAndrew BromfieldOrion BooksRussianLonglist
2020Sacred DarknessLevan BerdzenishviliBrian James Baer and Ellen VaynerEuropa EditionsRussian translation from GeorgianLonglist
2020Mrs Mohr Goes MissingMaryla SzymiczkowaAntonia Lloyd-JonesOneworld PublicationsPolishLonglist
2020BellevueIvana DobrakovováJulia Sherwood and Peter SherwoodJantar PublishingSlovakLonglist
2020ICESonallah IbrahimMargaret LitvinSeagull BooksArabicLonglist
2020Every Fire You TendSema KaygusuzNicholas GlastonburyTilted AxisTurkishLonglist
2020Under PressureFaruk ŠehićMirza PurićIstros BooksBosnianLonglist
2020PixelKrisztina TóthOwen GoodSeagull BooksHungarianShortlist
2020ZuleikhaGuzel YakhinaLisa C. HaydenOneworld PublicationsRussianShortlist
2021The King of Warsaw Blue ribbon Szczepan TwardochSean Gasper ByeAmazon CrossingPolishWinner
2021Love in the Days of RebellionAhmet AltanBrendan Freely and Yelda TürediEuropa EditionsTurkishLonglist
2021The Pear FieldNana Ekvtimishvili Elizabeth HeighwayPeirene PressGeorgianShortlist
2021Grey Bees Andrey KurkovBoris DralyukMacLehose/QuercusRussianLonglist
2021Carbide Andriy LyubkaReilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stockhouse WheelerJantar PublishingUkrainianLonglist
2021Hana Alena MornstajnovaJulia Sherwood and Peter SherwoodParthian BooksCzechLonglist
2021No-Signal Area Robert PerisicEllen Elias-BursacSeven Stories PressCroatianLonglist
2021The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a MadhouseAyfer TuncFeyza HowellIstros BooksTurkishLonglist
2021Mr K Released Matei VisniecJozefina KomporalySeagull BooksRomanianShortlist
2021Your Ad Could Go Here Oksana ZabuzhkoNina Murray, Marta Horban, Marco Carynnyk, Halyna Hryn, and Askold MelnyczukAmazon CrossingUkrainianLonglist
2022Doctor Bianco and Other Stories Maciek BielawskiScotia GilroyTerra LibrorumPolishLonglist
2022Birds of VerhovinaAdam BodorPeter SherwoodJantar PublishingHungarianLonglist
2022The Book of KaterinaAuguste CorteauClaire PapamichailParthian BooksGreekShortlist
2022Red CrossesSasha FilipenkoBrian James Baer and Ellen VaynerEuropa EditionsRussianLonglist
2022City of TormentDaniela HodrovaVeronique Firkusny and Elena SokolJantar PublishingCzechLonglist
2022ManaschiHamid IsmailovDonald RayfieldTilted AxisUzbekLonglist
2022Boat Number FiveMonika KompaníkováJanet LivingstoneSeagull BooksSlovakShortlist
2022Karolina, or the Torn CurtainMaryla SzymiczkowaAntonia Lloyd-JonesOneworld PublicationsPolishLonglist
2022Just the PlagueLudmila UlitskayaPolly GannonGrantaRussianLonglist
2022The Orphanage Blue ribbonSerhiy ZhadanReilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stackhouse WheelerYale University PressUkrainianWinner

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.
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