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After being longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and shortlisted for the international EBRD Literature Prize 2025, Ivana Bodrožić’s novel Sons, Daughters has advanced to the final round of the latter! Joining Bodrožić in the finals are Ukrainian author Tanja Maljartschuk with her novel Forgottenness and Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk with The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story. Notably, all six finalists – encompassing authors and translators – are women, a historic first for the prize. 

Published in English in 2024 by the esteemed Seven Stories Press UK, Sons, Daughters was masterfully translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać, one of the most distinguished translators from Croatian. 

An independent jury, chaired by the acclaimed writer and critic Maya Jaggi, selected the three finalist works from a record number of submissions, lauding their compelling narratives that delve into the complexities of contemporary life. “Our three finalist books emerged from a formidable shortlist of 10 – chosen from a record number of submissions – in which women’s voices rose powerfully to the fore” the jury declared. 

The winner will be announced on June 24 at a public award ceremony and reception at the EBRD’s London headquarters, attended by jury members, finalists – authors, translators, and publishers. The €20,000 prize will be equally shared between the winning author and translator.
 

Established in 2018, the EBRD Literature Prize is an annual award celebrating a literary work originally written in a language from one of the Bank’s regions of operation, translated into English, and published in the preceding year. Its mission is to champion the literary richness of diverse regions while honoring translators as vital “bridges” between cultures. To date, the prize has spotlighted literature from Albania, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

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