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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2021

The 2021 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation went to An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky, translated by Jackie Smith. 8 books made the shortlist and 17 the longlist.

Winner

  1. An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky, translated by Jackie Smithsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

  1. Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Sam Bett and David Boydsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Ellis Island: A People's History by Małgorzata Szejnert, translated by Sean Gasper Byesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdalesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Melanie Mauthnersource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, translated by Jeremy Tiangsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter, translated by Frank Wynnesource (opens in a new tab)
  7. War of the Beasts and the Animals by Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdalesource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

  1. A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L. Strayersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana, translated by Mui Poopoksakulsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Grove by Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidtsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Little Dancer Aged Fourteen by Camille Laurens, translated by Willard Woodsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, translated by Elisabeth Jaquettesource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Not a Novel by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Kurt Bealssource (opens in a new tab)
  7. People from My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossensource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitkensource (opens in a new tab)
  9. The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili, translated by Elizabeth Heighwaysource (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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