The Polish Book Institute

A long list of Europese Literatuurprijs 2020 has been announced. Nominated titles have been selected by fifteen bookshops from all over the Netherlands. Europese Literatuurprijs is awarded for the best European novel, which was published in Dutch last year.

In 2020, the prize will be awarded for the tenth time. The author of the winning novel will be awarded a prize of 10 000 EUR, and the translator will receive 5000 EUR.

The longlist of twenty books nominated for this year's edition of the award includes the following works:

• Juan Gómez Bárcena, De hemel boven Lima door (The Sky Over Lima) Juan Gómez Bárcena, from Spanish translated by Peter Gelauff (Wereldbibliotheek)
• Roberto Camurri, De menselijke maat (On a Human Scale), from Italian translated by Manon Smits (De Bezige Bij)
• Jonathan Coe, Klein Engeland (Middle England), from English translated by Otto Biersma and Petra van der Eerden (De Bezige Bij)
• Adeline Dieudonné, Het echte leven (Real Life), from French translated by Frans door Kris Lauwerys and Isabelle Schoepen (Atlas Contact)
• David Diop, Meer dan een broer (Soul Brother), from French translated by Martine Woudt (Cossee)
• Jon Fosse, De andere naam. Septologie I-II (The Other Name. Septology I-II), from Norwegian translated by Marianne Molenaar (Oevers)
• Geir Gulliksen, Kijk ons nu eens (Look at Us Now), from Norwegian translated by Geri de Boer (Ambo Anthos)
• Michel Houellebec, Serotonine (Serotonin), from French translated by Frans door Martin de Haan (Arbeiderspers)
• Fleur Jaeggy, SS Proleterka (S.S. Proleterka), from Italian translated by Frans Denissen (Koppernik)
• Drago Jančar, En ook de liefde (And Love Itself), from Slovenian translated by Roel Schuyt (Querido)
• Daisy Johnson, Onder het water door (Everything Under), from English translated by Callas Nijskens (Koppernik)
• László Krasznahorkai, Baron Wenckheim keert terug (Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming), from Hungarian translated by Mari Alföldy (Wereldbibliotheek)
• Jiří Kratochvil, Een bedroefde God (Despondent God), from Czech translated by Tieske Slim (Kleine Uil)
• Sally Rooney, Normale mensen (Normal People), from English translated by Gerda Baardman (Ambo Anthos)
• Antonio Scurati, M. De zoon van de eeuw (M. the Son of the Century), from Italian translated by Jan van der Haar (Podium)
• Robert Seethaler, Het veld (The Field), from German translated by Liesbeth van Nes (De Bezige Bij)
• Ali Smith, Lente (Spring), from English translated by Karina van Santen and Martine Vosmaer (Prometheus)
• Olga Tokarczuk, De Jacobsboeken (The Books of Jacob), from Polish translated by Karol Lesman (De Geus)
• Szczepan Twardoch, De koning (The King of Warsaw), from Polish translated by Charlotte Pothuizen (Nieuw Amsterdam)
• Jeanette Winterson, Frankkusstein (Frankissstein), from English translated by Arthur Wevers (Atlas Contact)

The shortlist of nominees will be announced in late June.