World Literary Awards

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Edition 41 (2024) Nominee

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

Patricia Park
Award: Gotham Book Prize
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
Selection method
Selection
Edition 41 (2024) Nominee

All the Beauty in the World

Patrick Brinkley
Award: Gotham Book Prize
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
Selection method
Selection
Edition 41 (2024) Nominee

The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever

Prudence Peiffer
Award: Gotham Book Prize
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
Selection method
Selection
Edition 41 (2024) Nominee

Rikers: An Oral History

Reuven Blau
Award: Gotham Book Prize
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
Selection method
Selection
Edition 41 (2024) Nominee

We Are a Haunting

Tyriek White
Award: Gotham Book Prize
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
Selection method
Selection
Edition 183 (2024) Winner

The Wedding Dress Repair Shop

Trisha Ashley とりしゃ あしゅりー
Award: Romantic Novelists' Association Awards (RoNA Awards)
Category
Children's Literature, Fairy Tales, and Picture Books
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
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Edition 116 (2023) Winner

Septology (A New Name: Septology I–II)

Jon Olav Fosse よん ふぉっせ
Award: Nobel Prize in Literature
Category
Literature and General Literary Arts
Target
Professional
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Recommendation

三部作からなる連作長篇で、画家アスレの記憶、信仰、孤独、喪失が、ほとんど途切れない語りのなかでゆっくりと重なり合っていく。反復と沈黙を生かした文体が、存在と救済をめぐる内的な逡巡を深く掘り下げる。

Themes 記憶信仰孤独反復救済
832 pages
Edition 70 (2023) Winner

The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi じょん・すかるじ
Award: Hugo Award
Category
Genre Fiction
Target
Open
Selection method
Vote

パンデミック下で職を失ったジェイミーが、並行世界にある怪獣の生息地へ送り込まれ、保護組織の一員として巨大生物と人間側の思惑に向き合う。軽快なユーモアと怪獣映画への愛情を前面に出した冒険SF。

Themes 怪獣並行世界環境保護冒険SFユーモア企業の思惑
496 pages
Edition 58 (2023) Winner

Golden Wreath（生涯業績）

Vlada Urosevic ゔらだ・うろしぇゔぃっち
Award: Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings
Category
Poetry and Contemporary Poetry
Target
Professional
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 46 (2023) Winner

Danger Sound Klaxon! The Horn That Changed History

Matthew F. Jordan
Award: Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year
Category
Literature and General Literary Arts
Target
Open
Selection method
Vote

クラクソン（警笛）の発明と普及をたどり、その技術的発展や海事・軍事・産業への応用、さらに文化的・象徴的な役割の変遷を歴史的資料と事例で明らかにする歴史書。音響機器の技術史と社会史の交差を描く。

Themes 歴史技術史音響文化史
Edition 30 (2023) Winner

死者の将軍（The General of the Dead Army）

Ismail Kadare いすまいる・かだれ
Award: America Award in Literature
Category
Literature and General Literary Arts
Target
Professional
Selection method
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戦後のバルカンを舞台に、戦死者の遺骨回収の任務に派遣された将軍と神父の旅を描く物語。歴史の重みと個人の記憶、戦争の不条理が静かに、しかし強烈に浮かび上がる。

Themes 歴史記憶国家と個人戦争とトラウマ
Edition 18 (2023) Winner

Horse

Geraldine Brooks
Award: Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
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Recommendation

実在の馬とその周辺に関わる人々の物語を通じて、19世紀アメリカの科学、所有、権力、人種の問題を掘り下げる歴史小説。史実の断片を巧みに編んだ物語構成が特徴。

Themes 歴史人種所有アメリカ史動物（馬）
Edition 18 (2023) Winner

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Robert Samuels
Award: Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
Selection method
Recommendation

George Floydの生涯を詳細に追い、その死が引き起こした抗議運動とアメリカ社会の人種問題の構図を明らかにする伝記的ノンフィクション。個人史と制度的問題を結びつけた報告・分析が中心。

Themes 人種正義伝記抗議運動制度的差別
Edition 18 (2023) Winner

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Toluse Olorunnipa
Award: Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
Selection method
Recommendation

George Floydの生涯を詳細に追い、その死が引き起こした抗議運動とアメリカ社会の人種問題の構図を明らかにする伝記的ノンフィクション。個人史と制度的問題を結びつけた報告・分析が中心。

Themes 人種正義伝記抗議運動制度的差別
Edition 15 (2023) Special Award

Kësulëkuqja, përrallë për të rritur

Ag Apolloni
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Nominee

Frühe Pflanzung

Anna Ospelt
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Special Award

Φυλάκιο (Fylákio)

Hari N. Spanou
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
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Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Special Award

Hävitys

Iida Rauma
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Nominee

Sampas

Ilija Đurović
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Nominee

Ma vie sous les tentes

Jeff Schinker
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Nominee

Սիրիավեպ (Siriavep)

Lusine Kharatyan
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Nominee

Kärlek på svenska

Marit Kapla
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Winner

Stjenice

Martina Vidaić
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Special Award

L’heure des oiseaux

Maud Simonnot
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Nominee

Tolik popela

Ondřej Štindl
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Nominee

Akuszerki

Sabina Jakubowska
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 15 (2023) Special Award

Ahvide pasteet. Ühe ahvi mälestusi ja mõtteid

Tõnis Tootsen
Award: European Union Prize for Literature
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Newcomer
Selection method
Recommendation
Edition 14 (2023) Winner

El Tercer País

Karina Sainz Borgo かりーな・さいんす・ぼるご
Award: Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
Category
Nonfiction and Documentary Literature
Target
Professional
Selection method
Selection

故郷の崩壊とそれに伴う移住・亡命を背景に、第三の国で生きる人々の不安定さと再出発を描く小説。個人の喪失、帰属意識の揺らぎ、社会的断絶をテーマに展開する。

Themes 亡命移民政治危機アイデンティティ
Edition 11 (2023) Winner

生涯の業績（特定作品ではなく詩作と学術・翻訳活動に対する受賞）

Tomas Venclova とます・ゔぇんくろーゔぁ
Award: Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
Category
Poetry and Contemporary Poetry
Target
Professional
Selection method
Selection

詩作と随筆、翻訳、研究を通じた長年の業績が評価された。ヴェンクローヴァの詩は歴史と記憶、亡命や抑圧に対する抵抗、個人の倫理と公共性を繊細に織り込み、東欧の政治的経験を詩的想像力で問い直す。国際的な翻訳・講演活動でも広く影響力を持つ。

Themes 記憶歴史亡命・抑圧人間の尊厳倫理と公共性翻訳・国際交流
Edition 14 (2023) Winner

Kassa 19 (Checkout 19)

Claire-Louise Bennett くれあるいーず べねっと
Award: European Literature Prize (Europese Literatuurprijs)
Category
Research, Translation, and Scholarship
Target
Professional
Selection method
Recommendation

個人的な記憶や読書経験、創作の過程を中心に展開する内省的な長編。断片的で詩的な語りを通じて、言語と自己の関係、女性の視点や創作の孤独を繊細に探る。

Themes 記憶読書創作女性の視点内省