The International Booker Prize 2026 nominated author and translator discuss how real life feeds into fiction, why translation cultivates empathy, and the writers that ignited their love of books
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The longlist for the International Booker Prize 2026, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies, features a selection of 13 superb works of fiction, translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland between 1 May 2025 and 30 April 2026.
From witchcraft to war, revolution to renewal, magic to murder, this year’s longlisted books travel across continents and centuries. They use our collective histories to shine a light on our current preoccupations, and on the power imbalances that stem from gender, money and geopolitical forces.
You can read interviews with all of the authors and translators longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026 here.
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