The 2018 PEN Translation Longlist

Earlier this week the longlists for the 2018 PEN America Literary Awards were announced (you can see the complete list here). Among these longlists is the PEN Translation Prize, judged this year by Eric M.B. Becker, Lisa Hayden, Jenny Wang Medina, Denise Newman, and Lara Vergnaud.

The Book of Emma Reyes, by Emma Reyes and translated from the Spanish by Daniel Alarcon
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The Book of Whispers, by Varujan Vosganian and translated from the Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth
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A Horse Walks into a Bar, by David Grossman and translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen
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Out in the Open, by Jesús Carrasco and translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa
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The Impossible Fairy Tale, by Han Yujoo and translated from the Korean by Janet Hong
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Affections, by Rodrigo Hasbún and translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes
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Notes of a Crocodile, by Qiu Miaojin and translated from the Chinese by Bonnie Huie
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Bark, by Georges Didi-Huberman and translated from the French by Samuel Martin
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Katalin Street, by Magda Szabo and translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix
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Black Moses, by Alain Mabanckou and translated from the French by Helen Stevenson
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