2025 International Booker Prize Shortlist
The six-title shortlist for the 2025 International Booker Prize has been announced, with works of genre interest including On the Calculation of Volume (Book 1) by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland (Faber), and Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda (Granta).
The £50,000 prize “celebrates the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland”. This year’s judges are Caleb Femi, Sana Goyal, Anton Hur, Beth Orton, and Max Porter.
The winner will be announced May 20, 2025. Shortlisted titles receive £5,000, or £2,500 each for author and translator; the winning work receives £50,000, or £25,000 each for author and translator.
For more information, including the complete shortlist, see the Booker Prize website.
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