Best Translated Book Award べすとほんやくほんしょう
Edition 4 (2011)
Translation awardFictionPoetry
Winners
2 people
Tove Jansson
Winner
In this Swedish novel, life on a wintry island turns into a tense study of deception, power, and attachment between two women.
A cold island novel about deception and power.
208 pages
solitudedeceptionwomen’s relationshipsisland life
Aleš Šteger
Winner
A poetry collection by Slovenian poet Aleš Šteger that turns ordinary objects into short, precise meditations on thought, language, and perception.
An English translation that turns everyday objects into poetry.
95 pages
poetrytranslationeveryday objectsimagery