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Best Translated Book Award 2010

The 2010 Best Translated Book Award went to The Confessions of Noa Weber by Gail Hareven, translated by Dalya Bilu (Fiction) and The Russian Version by Elena Fanailova, translated by Genya Turovskaya and Stephanie Sandler (Poetry). 20 books were finalists and 35 books made the longlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Fiction

  1. The Confessions of Noa Weber by Gail Hareven, translated by Dalya Bilusource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. The Russian Version by Elena Fanailova, translated by Genya Turovskaya and Stephanie Sandlersource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

Fiction

  1. Anonymous Celebrity by Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, translated by Nelson Vieirasource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Ghosts by César Aira, translated by Chris Andrewssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Memories of the Future by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, translated by Joanne Turnbullsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Rex by José Manuel Prieto, translated by Esther Allensource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Discoverer by Jan Kjærstad, translated by Barbara Havelandsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Tanners by Robert Walser, translated by Susan Bernofskysource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker, translated by David Colmersource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Weather Fifteen Years Ago by Wolf Haas, translated by Stephanie Gilardi and Thomas S. Hansensource (opens in a new tab)
  9. Wonder by Hugo Claus, translated by Michael Henry Heimsource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. Dark Things by Novica Tadic, translated by Charles Simicsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. If I Were Another by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Fady Joudahsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. In Such Hard Times by Wei Ying-wu, translated by Red Pinesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. KB: The Suspect by Marcelijus Martinaitis, translated by Laima Vincesource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Killing Kanoko by Hiromi Ito, translated by Jeffrey Anglessource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Lightwall by Liliana Ursu, translated by Sean Cottersource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Scale and Stairs by Heeduk Ra, translated by Woo-Chung Kim and Christopher Merrillsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. Selections by Nicole Brossard, translated by Guy Bennett and David Dea and Barbara Godard and Pierre Joris and Robert Majzels and Erin Moure and Jennifer Moxley and Lucille Nelson and Larry Shouldice and Fred Wah and Lisa Weil and Anne-Marie Wheelersource (opens in a new tab)
  9. The Brittle Age and Returning Upland by René Char, translated by Gustaf Sobinsource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

Fiction

  1. Brecht at Night by Mati Unt, translated by Eric Dickenssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda, translated by Martha Tennentsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Desert by J. M. G. Le Clézio, translated by C. Dicksonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada, translated by Michael Hofmannsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. In the United States of Africa by Abdourahman Waberi, translated by David Ball and Nicole Ballsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Landscape with Dog and Other Stories by Ersi Sotiropoulos, translated by Karen Emmerichsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. News from the Empire by Fernando del Paso, translated by Alfonso González and Stella T. Clarksource (opens in a new tab)
  8. Op Oloop by Juan Filloy, translated by Lisa Dillmansource (opens in a new tab)
  9. The Mighty Angel by Jerzy Pilch, translated by Bill Johnstonsource (opens in a new tab)
  10. The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk, translated by Maureen Freelysource (opens in a new tab)
  11. The Ninth by Ferenc Barnás, translated by Paul Olchvárysource (opens in a new tab)
  12. The Skating Rink by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Chris Andrewssource (opens in a new tab)
  13. The Zafarani Files by Gamal al-Ghitani, translated by Farouk Abdel Wahabsource (opens in a new tab)
  14. There’s Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night by Cao Naiqian, translated by John Balcomsource (opens in a new tab)
  15. Vilnius Poker by Ričardas Gavelis, translated by Elizabeth Novickassource (opens in a new tab)

About the Best Translated Book Award

Every winning, finalist (shortlisted) and longlisted book for the Best Translated Book Award, listed once per category at its highest level. Year is the award year. The award ran 2008-2020 and then went on hiatus, so there are no 2021 or 2022 awards. 2008 was a reader vote among Three Percent's top 10 fiction translations of 2007, with three poetry books named alongside; Wikipedia lists Guantanamo as the first winner. The 2008 list of 50 mixed fiction, poetry and essays is not included. Poetry had finalists only until 2014; poetry longlists start in 2015. 2008-2018 lists and 2008-2017 winners come from the Three Percent blog at rochester.edu, where besttranslatedbook.org now redirects. 2019 and 2020 lists and the 2018-2020 winners come from The Millions, which announced the BTBA lists. Obvious name typos on the source pages were corrected (for example Xue Can to Can Xue). Translators are joined with "and"; for anthologies the credited editor is the author.

Organization: Three Percent, University of Rochester (Open Letter Books). Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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