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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2017

The 2017 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation went to Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada, translated by Susan Bernofsky. 6 books made the shortlist and 16 the longlist.

Winner

  1. Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada, translated by Susan Bernofskysource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

  1. Clementine Loves Red by Krystyna Boglar, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and Zosia Krasodomska-Jonessource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Second-Hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Bela Shayevichsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Swallow Summer by Larissa Boehning, translated by Lyn Marvensource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg, translated by Eliza Marciniaksource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Coast Road by Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, translated by Michael Coady and Peter Fallon and Tom French and Alan Gillis and Vona Groarke and John McAuliffe and Medbh McGuckian and Paul Muldoon and Michelle O’Sullivan and Justin Quinn and Billy Ramsell and Peter Sirr and David Wheatleysource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

  1. Eva Sleeps by Francesca Melandri, translated by Katherine Gregorsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowellsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Life Begins on Friday by Ioana Pârvulescu, translated by Alistair Ian Blythsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors, translated by Misha Hoekstrasource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Mårbacka by Selma Lagerlöf, translated by Sarah Deathsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Lucy Northsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Art of Being a Tiger by Ana Luísa Amaral, translated by Margaret Jull Costasource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Dutch Maiden by Marente de Moor, translated by David Dohertysource (opens in a new tab)
  9. The Fox Was Ever the Hunter by Herta Müller, translated by Philip Boehmsource (opens in a new tab)
  10. The Song of Seven by Tonke Dragt, translated by Laura Watkinsonsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation

Year is the award year: the prize is announced each November for books published in the UK or Ireland in the prior 12 months. All rows come from the official University of Warwick prize pages (winner, shortlist and longlist page per year); no fallback sources were needed. One category, Translation, since the prize covers all genres together. Each book appears once at its highest level. Expected counts are the full longlist on each year's longlist page. The judges' special mentions and commendations are recorded as Honor: Flights (2018), A Line in the World (2023), Kairos (2024), Too Great A Sky (2025). 2022 had joint winners. Obvious name typos on the pages are corrected (Tokarczuk, Ioana Pârvulescu, Tóth).

Organization: University of Warwick. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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