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Books in languages as varied as Afrikaans, Croatian, Romanian and Korean have made it onto the longlist for the inaugural Found in Translation prize for translated children’s literature.
The Found in Translation award was launched last December by agency Rights People and is open to any book from around the world for the five to 18 market that has not already been published in English.
The judges – translator Anthea Bell, Chicken House publisher Barry Cunningham, Pushkin Press publisher Adam Freudenheim, Henry Holt publisher Laura Godwin and Delacorte publisher Beverly Horowitz – chose 21 books for the longlist, all of which were “unusual and intriguing”, according to competition organiser Rachel Richardson.
“Everyone had at least one they were passionate about and determined to see through to the next round,” she said. “We selected the books that we wanted to read ourselves – and hopefully, some day we’ll be able to read them in English.”
The judges will now chose a select number of winning titles. The winners will receive an offer of representation from Rights People and samples of the winning books will also be published in a "Found in Translation" anthology, which will be released as an e-book.
The winners will be announced in March 2015.
The longlist in full:
Oor ‘n motorfiets, ‘n zombiefliek en lang getalle wat deur elf gedeel kan word (About a motorbike, a zombie movie and long numbers that can be divided by eleven) by Jaco Jacobs– LAPA (Afrikaans)
Kako smo odrastali: Slobodni pad (How We Were Growing Up: Free Fall) by Mirta Stantic –Algoritam (Croatian)
Dig og mig ved daggry (You and Me at Dawn) by Sanne Munk Jensen and Glenn Ringtved – Gyldendal (Danish)
Serpina: Klintespind (Serpina: Cliff Spell) by Helle Ryding – Nyt Nordisk (Danish)
Ik Denk Dat Het Liefde Was (I think it was love) by Kathleen Vereecken – Lannoo (Dutch)
Allemaal willen we de hemel (We all want heaven) by Els Beerten – Querido (Dutch)
Vals (False) by Wallis de Vries – De Fontein (Dutch)
Ilottomien Ihnisten Kylä (The Village) by Anne Leinonen – WSOY (Finnish)
Les Brumes d’Avallach (The Mists of Avallach) by Marah Woolf – Michel Lafon (French)
Zurück nach Hollyhill (Back to Hollyhill) by Alexandra Pilz – Heyne (German)
Mein Lotta-Leben (My Life as Lotta) by Alice Pantermüller – Arena (German)
ΟΤριγωνοψαρούλης (The Little Trianglefish) by Vagelis Iliopoulos – Patakis (Greek)
Mio nonno era un ciliegio (My Grandfather Was a Cherry Tree) by Angela Nanetti – Edizioni EL (Italian)
마법같은선물이야 (Trip to See the Aurora) by Hwang SunMi – SigongJunior (Korean)
O istorie secreta a Tarii Vampirilor (A Secret History of the Country of the Vampires) by Adina Popescu – Art (Romanian)
Pojkarna (The Boys) by Jessica Schiefauer – Nordin Agency (Swedish)
Jagger Jagger by Frida Nilsson – Natur & Kultur (Swedish)
Kusinerna Karlsson: Spöken och spioner (The Karlsson Cousins: Ghosts & Spies) by Katarina Mazetti - Alfabeta (Swedish)
Jag är tyvärr död och kan inte komma till skolan idag (Unfortunately, I’m dead and can’t come to school today) by Sara Ohlsson – Gilla Bocker (Swedish)
腹語師的女兒(The Ventriloquist’s Daughter) by Man-Chiu Lin – Commonwealth Publishing Group (Taiwan)
Kayip Kitapliktaki Iskelet (Skeleton of the Lost Library) by Aytül Akal and Mavisel Yener – Tudem (Turkish)