Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was inaugurated by British newspaper The Independent to honour contemporary fiction in translation in the United Kingdom. The award was first launched in 1990 and ran for five years before falling into abeyance. It was revived in 2001 with the financial support of Arts Council England. Beginning in 2011 the administration of the prize was taken over by Booktrust, but retaining the "Independent" in the name.

Entries (fiction or short stories) must be published in English translation in the UK in the year preceding the award and the author must be alive at the time that the translation is published. The prize acknowledges both the winning novelist and translator, each being awarded £5,000 and a magnum of champagne from drinks sponsor Champagne Taittinger.

Winners, shortlists and longlists

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Blue Ribbon (Blue ribbon) = winner

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996 to 2000

Prize in abeyance.

2001

2002

2003

Shortlist

2004

Shortlist[1]

2005

Shortlist

2006

The 2006 prize was announced in May. The jury for the 2006 Prize was composed of: Boyd Tonkin (literary Editor, The Independent), the writers Paul Bailey, Margaret Busby and Maureen Freely, and Kate Griffin (Arts Council England).

Shortlist[2][3]

Also longlisted

2007

Shortlist[4]

2008

Shortlist

Also longlisted[5]

2009

Shortlist

Also longlisted

2010

Shortlist

Also longlisted[6]

2011

Shortlist[7]

Also longlisted

2012

Shortlist[8]

Also longlisted[9]

2013

Shortlist[10]
Also longlisted[12]

2014

Shortlist[13]
Also longlist[15]

2015

Shortlist [16]
Also longlisted [17]

References

  1. "Javier Cercas wins Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2004". Arts Council England. 19 April 2004. Archived from the original on 15 June 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  2. "Shortlist Announced for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2006". Literarytranslation.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  3. "Shortlist announced for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2005". Arts Council England. 4 March 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  4. Boyd Tonkin (9 March 2007). "The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: Introducing the shortlist". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  5. Boyd Tonkin (25 January 2008). "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: Boyd Tonkin presents this year's globe-spanning, mind-expanding long-list". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  6. Boyd Tonkin (12 March 2010). "Reading all over the world: The long-list for this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize spans the globe". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  7. Alison Flood (11 April 2011). "Orhan Pamuk leads shortlist for Independent foreign fiction prize". The Guardian. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  8. Russell (April 4, 2012). "Icelandic novelist and poet shortlisted for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012". icenews.is. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  9. Boyd Tonkin (9 March 2012). "The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize long-list spans a planet of stories". The Independent. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  10. Staff writer (11 April 2013). "Lust in translation". Book Trust. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  11. "Dutch tale of isolation and infidelity wins the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013". Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  12. Boyd Tonkin (March 2, 2013). "Boyd Tonkin: From Syria to Colombia, and Albanian to Afrikaans, enjoy a global feast". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  13. Alison Flood (8 April 2014). "Knausgaard heads Independent foreign fiction prize shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Boyd Tonkin (23 May 2014). "Iraq's 'Irvine Welsh' wins the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The Iraqi Christ". The Independent. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  15. Boyd Tonkin (7 March 2014). "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014: Our long-list reveals a fictional eco-system of staggering diversity". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  16. "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015 - shortlist announced". BookTrust. 9 April 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  17. "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015 - longlist announced". BookTrust. 12 March 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.