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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2020

The 2020 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation went to The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili, translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin. 7 books made the shortlist and 16 the longlist.

Winner

  1. The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili, translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martinsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

  1. Abigail by Magda Szabó, translated by Len Rixsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Happiness as Such by Natalia Ginzburg, translated by Minna Zallman Proctorsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Lake Like a Mirror by Ho Sok Fong, translated by Natascha Brucesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson, translated by Sarah Deathsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun, translated by Elisabeth Jaquettesource (opens in a new tab)
  6. White Horse by Yan Ge, translated by Nicky Harmansource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

  1. Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen, translated by Michael Favala Goldmansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Isabella by Isabella Morra, translated by Caroline Maldonadosource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Pixel by Krisztina Tóth, translated by Owen Goodsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Summer of Reckoning by Marion Brunet, translated by Katherine Gregorsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintoshsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Chandelier by Clarice Lispector, translated by Benjamin Moser and Magdalena Edwardssource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Way Through the Woods by Long Litt Woon, translated by Barbara Havelandsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. Things that Fall from the Sky by Selja Ahava, translated by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiahsource (opens in a new tab)
  9. Vivian by Christina Hesselholdt, translated by Paul Russell Garrettsource (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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