Jan Michalski Prize for LiteratureFinalist

Given by Fondation Jan Michalski pour l’Ecriture et la Littérature

Other Names: The Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
26 Works 13,563 Books 414 Reviews ½ 4.0
The Jan Michalski Prize for Literature is attributed each year by the Foundation to crown a work of world literature. An original feature of the Prize is its multicultural nature. It is open to show more authors from the world over and is intended to contribute to their international recognition. The Prize will be awarded for works of fiction or non fiction, irrespective of the language in which it is written. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (17), Second Selection (5), Finalist (26), First Selection (32)
Years:
All, 2022 (2), 2021 (2), 2020 (2), 2019 (2), 2018 (2), 2017 (2), 2016 (2), 2015 (2), 2014 (2), 2013 (2), 2012 (2), 2011 (2), 2010 (2)
Announced:
November 27, 2024: Winner2024 Recent

Finalist 26

WorkYear
My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women by 18 Afghan Women2022
The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil's Everyday Insurrections by Eliane Brum2022
Mourning by Eduardo Halfon2021
White Hot Light: Twenty-Five Years in Emergency Medicine by Frank Huyler2021
Oreo by Fran Ross2020
East West Street by Philippe Sands2020
Sangue giusto by Francesca Melandri2019
The End of the World Might Not Have Taken Place by Patrik Ouředník2019
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari2018
Le Traquet kurde by Jean Rolin2018
Invisible Libraries by Lawrence Liang2017
Die Wiedergeburt der Ameisen: Roman by Liao Yiwu2017
Der Trost des Nachthimmels by Dzevad Karahasan2016
The Way Things Were: A Novel by Aatish Taseer2016
Between Quran & Kafka: West-Eastern Affinities by Navid Kermani2015
Bagdad Marlboro: Roman by Najem Wali2015
Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir by Mark Gevisser2014
The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe by Marci Shore2014
The Eagle and the Dragon: Globalization and European Dreams of Conquest in China and America in the Sixteenth Century by Serge Gruzinski2013
The Emperor of Lies by Steve Sem-Sandberg2013
Kaiser von Amerika: Die große Flucht aus Galizien by Martin Pollack2012
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder2012
The Blue Fox by Sjón2011
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco2011
Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed2010
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery2010

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The Jan Michalski Prize for Literature is attributed each year by the Foundation to crown a work of world literature. An original feature of the Prize is its multicultural nature. It is open to authors from the world over and is intended to contribute to their international recognition. The Prize will be awarded for works of fiction or non fiction, irrespective of the language in which it is written. (English, Member-written)
Jan Michalski Prize for Literature (French: Prix Jan Michalski) is a Swiss literary prize for any work of fiction or non-fiction published anywhere in the world in any language (English, Member-written)
Jan Michalski Prize for Literature is a literary prize for any work of fiction or non-fiction published anywhere in the world in any language. It is meant to recognize authors from around the world and world literature in general. (English, Member-written)

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