The Best Translated Book Awards today named its 2020 longlists for fiction and poetry:
This year’s BTBA fiction judges are: Elisa Wouk Almino, Pierce Alquist, Hailey Dezort, Louisa Ermelino, Hal Hlavinka, Keaton Patterson, Christopher Phipps, Lesley Rains, and Justin Walls.
There were comparative few poetry titles on the longlist — ten — and none translated from Arabic. However, Time by Lebanese writer-painter Etel Adnan, translated from the French by Sarah Riggs (Nightboat Books), did make the longlist.
This year’s BTBA poetry judges are: Nancy Naomi Carlson, Patricia Lockwood, Aditi Machado, Laura Marris, and Brandon Shimoda.
According The Millions, the shortlists for both the fiction and poetry awards will be announced by early May.