The 2023 Cercador Prize Finalists
By The Cercador Prize
By The Cercador Prize
The Cercador Prize recognizes works of literary translation as selected by a committee of independent booksellers. Our inaugural finalists feature translations from Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Indonesian, Chinese, Danish, Norwegian, and French with a total of eight publishers represented across ten titles.
This Is Not Miami
Fernanda Melchor
$15.95 $14.83FINALIST: Fernanda Melchor’s This Is Not Miami, translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes | New Directions
Of Cattle and Men
Ana Paula Maia
$16.95 $15.76WINNER: Ana Paula Maia’s Of Cattle and Men, translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry | Charco Press
Whale: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize
Cheon Myeong-Kwan
$22.00 $20.46FINALIST: Cheon Myeong-kwan’s Whale, translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim | Archipelago Books
Happy Stories, Mostly
Norman Erikson Pasaribu
$16.95 $15.76FINALIST: Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s Happy Stories, Mostly, translated from the Indonesian by Tiffany Tsao | Feminist Press
Beijing Sprawl
Zechen Xu
$17.95 $16.69FINALIST: Xu Zechen’s Beijing Sprawl, translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang and Eric Abrahamsen | Two Lines Press
Not Even the Dead
Juan Goméz Barcena
$18.95 $17.62FINALIST: Juan Gómez Bárcena’s Not Even the Dead, translated from the Spanish by Katie Whittemore | Open Letter
Still Born
Guadalupe Nettel
$26.99 $25.10FINALIST: Guadalupe Nettel’s Still Born, translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey | Bloomsbury Publishing
My Work
Olga Ravn
$18.95 $17.62FINALIST: Olga Ravn’s My Work, translated from the Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell | New Directions
A Shining
Jon Fosse
$16.95 $15.76FINALIST: Jon Fosse’s A Shining, translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls | Transit Books
The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild
Mathias Énard
$19.95 $18.55FINALIST: Mathias Énard’s The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild, translated from the French by Frank Wynne | New Directions