The finalists in both fiction and poetry categories have been selected for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award, sponsored by Three Percent. The two winning books will be announced May 27 during BookExpo America. Each receives $10,000, half to the author, half to the translator. The shortlisted titles are:
Poetry
Diorama by Rocío Cerón, translated from the Spanish by Anna Rosenwong (Mexico, Phoeneme)
Lazy Suzie by Suzanne Doppelt, translated from the French by Cole Swensen (France, Litmus Press)
Where Are the Trees Going? by Vénus Khoury-Ghata, translated from the French by Marilyn Hacker (Lebanon, Curbstone)
Diana's Tree by Alejandra Pizarnik, translated from the Spanish by Yvette Siegert (Argentina, Ugly Duckling)
Compleat Catalogue of Comedic Novelties by Lev Rubinstein, translated from the Russian by Philip Metres and Tatiana Tulchinsky (Russia, Ugly Duckling)
End of the City Map by Farhad Showghi, translated from the German by Rosmarie Waldrop (Germany, Burning Deck)
Fiction
The Last Lover by Can Xue, translated from the Chinese by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen (China, Yale University Press)
The Author and Me by Éric Chevillard, translated from the French by Jordan Stump (France, Dalkey Archive Press)
Fantomas Versus the Multinational Vampires by Julio Cortázar, translated from the Spanish by David Kurnick (Argentina, Semiotext(e))
Pushkin Hills by Sergei Dovlatov, translated from the Russian by Katherine Dovlatov (Russia, Counterpoint Press)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein (Italy, Europa Editions)
Things Look Different in the Light by Medardo Fraile, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa (Spain, Pushkin Press)
Harlequin's Millions by Bohumil Hrabal, translated from the Czech by Stacey Knecht (Czech Republic, Archipelago Books)
The Woman Who Borrowed Memories by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal and Silvester Mazzarella (Finland, NYRB)
Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney (Mexico, Coffee House Press)
La Grande by Juan José Saer, translated from the Spanish by Steve Dolph (Argentina, Open Letter Books)
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Commonwealth Writers announced regional winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Each receives £2,500 (about $3,780). The overall winner, who will be announced September 8, receives £5,000 (about $7,560). Regional honorees:
Africa: "Light" by Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria)
Asia: "The Umbrella Man" by Siddhartha Gigoo (India)
Canada & Europe: "The Human Phonograph" by Jonathan Tel (U.K.)
Caribbean: "The King of Settlement" by Kevin Jared Hosein (Trinidad & Tobago)
Pacific: "Famished Eels" Mary Rokonadravu (Fiji)
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Shortlists have been announced for the 2015 Cross British Sports Book Awards. The category winners will be honored in London June 3, after which they will be promoted in a media and retail campaign with an online public vote determining the overall book of the year.
