This year's Best Translated Book Award (from other language to English) longlist has been anounced by Three Percent , an University of Rochester's initiative .Looks like a great collection of books.I have already read some of the books by these authors , now i have try and read these books.I like to see some of the Indian languages books in this list.
The 2011 BTBA Fiction Longlist (in alphabetical order by author):
1.The Literary Conference by César Aira, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver
2.The Golden Age by Michal Ajvaz, translated from the Czech by Andrew Oakland
3.The Rest Is Jungle & Other Stories by Mario Benedetti, translated from the Spanish by Harry Morales
4.A Life on Paper by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin
5.A Jew Must Die by Jacques Chessex, translated from the French by Donald Wilson
6.A Splendid Conspiracy by Albert Cossery, translated from the French by Alyson Waters
7.The Jokers by Albert Cossery, translated from the French by Anna Moschovakis
8.Eline Vere by Louis Couperus, translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke
9.Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky
10.The Blindness of the Heart by Julia Franck, translated from the German by Anthea Bell
11.Hocus Bogus by Romain Gary (writing as Émile Ajar), translated from the French by David Bellos
12.To the End of the Land by David Grossman, translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen
13.The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
14.The Clash of Images by Abdelfattah Kilito, translated from the French by Robyn Creswell
15.Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico by Javier Marías, translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen
16.Cyclops by Ranko Marinković, translated from the Croatian by Vlada Stojiljković, edited by Ellen Elias-Bursać
17.Hygiene and the Assassin by Amélie Nothomb, translated from the French by Alison Anderson
18.I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson, translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund and the author
19.A Thousand Peaceful Cities by Jerzy Pilch, translated from the Polish by David Frick
20.Touch by Adania Shibli, translated from the Arabic by Paula Haydar
21.The Black Minutes by Martín Solares, translated from the Spanish by Aura Estrada and John Pluecker
22.On Elegance While Sleeping by Emilio Lascano Tegui, translated from the Spanish by Idra Novey
23.Agaat by Marlene Van Niekerk, translated from the Afrikaans by Michiel Heyns
24.Microscripts by Robert Walser, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky
25.Georg Letham: Physician and Murderer by Ernst Weiss, translated from the German by Joel Rotenberg
1.The Literary Conference by César Aira, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver
2.The Golden Age by Michal Ajvaz, translated from the Czech by Andrew Oakland
3.The Rest Is Jungle & Other Stories by Mario Benedetti, translated from the Spanish by Harry Morales
4.A Life on Paper by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin
5.A Jew Must Die by Jacques Chessex, translated from the French by Donald Wilson
6.A Splendid Conspiracy by Albert Cossery, translated from the French by Alyson Waters
7.The Jokers by Albert Cossery, translated from the French by Anna Moschovakis
8.Eline Vere by Louis Couperus, translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke
9.Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky
10.The Blindness of the Heart by Julia Franck, translated from the German by Anthea Bell
11.Hocus Bogus by Romain Gary (writing as Émile Ajar), translated from the French by David Bellos
12.To the End of the Land by David Grossman, translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen
13.The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
14.The Clash of Images by Abdelfattah Kilito, translated from the French by Robyn Creswell
15.Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico by Javier Marías, translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen
16.Cyclops by Ranko Marinković, translated from the Croatian by Vlada Stojiljković, edited by Ellen Elias-Bursać
17.Hygiene and the Assassin by Amélie Nothomb, translated from the French by Alison Anderson
18.I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson, translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund and the author
19.A Thousand Peaceful Cities by Jerzy Pilch, translated from the Polish by David Frick
20.Touch by Adania Shibli, translated from the Arabic by Paula Haydar
21.The Black Minutes by Martín Solares, translated from the Spanish by Aura Estrada and John Pluecker
22.On Elegance While Sleeping by Emilio Lascano Tegui, translated from the Spanish by Idra Novey
23.Agaat by Marlene Van Niekerk, translated from the Afrikaans by Michiel Heyns
24.Microscripts by Robert Walser, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky
25.Georg Letham: Physician and Murderer by Ernst Weiss, translated from the German by Joel Rotenberg
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