International Booker prize
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‘An ancient shadow permeates his work’: Alberto Manguel on the genius of Ismail Kadare
Ismail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies aged 88
‘It was high time I told our stories’: Jenny Erpenbeck on her International Booker winner Kairos
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker prize
Six ‘implicitly optimistic’ novels make the International Booker prize shortlist
Latin American fiction ‘booms’ again on International Booker prize longlist
Works from the continent make up a quarter of this year’s nominees, which include novels from Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil and Peru
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Georgi Gospodinov: ‘There was a culture of silence – it was safer not to say what you think’The Bulgarian author and International Booker prize winner on his newfound fame, how communism influenced his style of writing, and winning praise from footballer Hristo Stoichkov
‘It’s exciting, it’s powerful’: how translated fiction captured a new generation of readers
From Argentinian horror to Japanese thrillers, under-35s are reading more internationally than ever before, with iconic covers becoming status symbols and fans swapping their discoveries online
International Booker winner Georgi Gospodinov: ‘My dystopian novel became real’
International Booker prize announces first ever Bulgarian winner
The 2023 International Booker prize shortlist – review
Greek Lessons by Han Kang review – studies in silence and solitude
International Booker prize reveals ‘very cool and very sexy’ shortlist
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov review – bittersweet relic of a sunnier age
International Booker prize announces longlist to celebrate ‘ambition and panache’
The list includes books from Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov as well as Indian novelist Perumal Murugan who declared himself ‘dead’ after protests against his work
What does this year’s double Booker win mean for south Asian literature?
With Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka and India’s Geetanjali Shree taking home two of publishing’s biggest prizes, what next for one of the world’s most overlooked literary regions?
First novel translated from Hindi wins International Booker prize
Author Geetanjali Shree and translator Daisy Rockwell share the £50,000 prize for ‘extraordinarily funny and fun’ Tomb of Sand
International Booker prize shortlist delivers ‘awe and exhilaration’
The final contenders for the £50,000 prize for translated fiction – five out of six by women – could see Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk win a second time
International Booker prize announces longlist ‘tracing ring around the world’
The 13 books in contention for the £50,000 prize include Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, the first book translated from Hindi to be nominated
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