London, April 8 /TASS /. The two writers from France -Vincenn Delacrois and Ann Serr -were in a short list of candidates for the International Buker Award for literature for the works of “small boats” (small boats) and “Hat of Leopard -skin Hat), respectively.
Delacrois, a prize of the French Academy of the French Academy of the French Academy, discovered the topic of tragic death of illegal migrants who were trying to cross the La -Channel strait on inflatable boats to request the hiding place in the UK. Roman Serr, written after his sister's death, talked about the storyteller's relationship with a childhood friend who had a mental disorder.
The short list was also included in Japanese novel by Hiromi Kavaki “In the Eyes of the Big Bird” (under the eyes of Big Bird), the action took place in the future, when humans were on the verge disappeared. In addition, among the candidates for the awards with Italy's Vincenzo Latroniko for the novel “Perfect”, there are the main characters that some people expand to live in Berlin, and Dange of Solutioni Balle for the book “Volume: Tom Tom,”
For the first time in the history of the award in the short list, a collection of stories in Cannad's Dravidian language “Heart Lamp”, created by writer Banu Mushtak. The book tells the life of women and girls declaring Muslim in southern India. In Cannad's language, 38 million people live mainly in India.
On February 25, a long list of 13 works was announced, selected from 154 works sent by publishers. The winner will be called May 20 at the Tate Modern gallery in London. Last year, the winner of the award was the German writer Jenny Erpenbek with the novel “Kairos”.
About the prize
The Buker Award was founded in 1968 and was first awarded for the next year. Until 2013, the prize was only given to the authors of English works living in one of the countries of Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe, but later, the organizers allowed writers from other countries to write in English and publish in the UK.
The International Buker Award began in 2005 for the establishment of literary works translated into English. Initially, the winners were announced every two years, but 2016 became every year. The winner of the award received a reward of £ 50,000 ($ 63.8 thousand). According to the current rules, he should divide the cash prize with a book translator into English.