Jeong Bora's Novel 'Jeojutokki' Finalist for the National Book Award in Translation Category
The Only One in Asia Region... Award Decision to Be Made on the 15th of Next Month
Jeong Sora's novel Cursed Bunny has been shortlisted for the National Book Award in the translation category this year. The National Book Foundation announced five finalists for the translation category on the 3rd (local time). Along with Cursed Bunny, the finalists include Pilar Quintana (Colombia) for Deep Down, Astrid Roemer (Netherlands) for On Female Madness, Stenio Gardel (Brazil) for The Remaining Words, and David Diop (France) for Beyond the Unreturnable Door. Cursed Bunny is the only work from the Asian region to join the lineup. The final winner will be announced on the 15th of next month.
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The U.S. edition of Cursed Bunny, translated into English by Anton Hur, was published by Algonquin Books, a subsidiary of the Hachette Book Group in the United States. The National Book Award is a literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation. It is regarded as the most prestigious literary award representing the United States. Awards are given in five categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translated literature, and young people's literature. Author Jeong Sora and translator Anton Hur were also finalists last year in the International Booker Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the United Kingdom, for Cursed Bunny.
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