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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2019

The 2019 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation went to The Years by Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L. Strayer. 6 books made the shortlist and 13 the longlist.

Winner

  1. The Years by Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L. Strayersource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

  1. Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated by Tina Koversource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jonessource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Katalin Street by Magda Szabó, translated by Len Rixsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Negative of a Group Photograph by Azita Ghahreman, translated by Maura Dooley and Elhum Shakerifarsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. People in the Room by Norah Lange, translated by Charlotte Whittlesource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

  1. Brother In Ice by Alicia Kopf, translated by Mara Faye Lethemsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemorisource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Picnic in the Storm by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yonedasource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Season of the Shadow by Léonora Miano, translated by Gila Walkersource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Shadows on the Tundra by Dalia Grinkevičiūtė, translated by Delija Valiukenassource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Thick of It by Ulrike Almut Sandig, translated by Karen Leedersource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina, translated by Lisa C. Haydensource (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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