Ice by Jacek Dukaj is shortlisted together with International Booker Prize winner Georgi Gospodinov and two former winners of the EBRD Literature Prize, author Hamid Ismailov and translator Ellen Elias-Bursać.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Literature Prize 2026 features 10 books in English translation from 9 of the countries in which the Bank operates.  Three finalists will be announced at the end of April.

The winning author and translator will be revealed on 2 July at a public awards ceremony and reception at the EBRD’s headquarters in London, attended by the judges and the finalist authors, translators and publishers. Prize money of €20,000 will be divided equally between the winning author and translator. The authors and translators of the other two finalist works will each receive €2,000.

The EBRD Literature Prize has been running since 2018 and is an annual award for a work of literary fiction originally written in a language of country where the Bank invests, translated into English and published in the past year, by a publisher based in Europe, North America or in a territory where the Bank operates.

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