Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

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Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, 21 Books

The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was a British literary award honouring contemporary fiction translated into English and published in the United Kingdom. It was inaugurated by British newspaper 'The Independent' in 1990 and ran for five years before falling into abeyance. The prize was revived in 2001 and ran until its disbandment in 2016, after which it was merged with the International Booker Prize.

The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was determined by a small panel of literary experts—typically 4 to 6 judges such as critics, editors, and authors—with strong literary and linguistic experience.

This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site 12 months ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
12049 The White Castle Orhan Pamuk 1985 Turkish Turkish
3801 A Imortalidade Milan Kundera 1990 Czech Czech
12049 The Death Of Napoleon Simon Leys 1986 Belgian French
1242 The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis José Saramago 1984 Portuguese Portuguese
2364 The Sorrow Of War Bao Ninh 1990 Vietnamese Vietnamese
10841 The Film Explainer Gert Hofmann 1990 German German
12049 The Alphonse Courrier Affair Marta Morazzoni 1985 Italian Italian
262 Austerlitz W. G. Sebald 2001 German German
12049 The Visit Of The Royal Physician Per Olov Enquist 1999 Swedish Swedish
1394 Soldiers of Salamis Javier Cercas 2001 Spanish Spanish
12049 Windows On The World Frédéric Beigbeder 2003 French French
3906 Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson 2003 Norwegian Norwegian
12049 The Book Of Chameleons José Eduardo Agualusa 2004 Angolan Portuguese
12049 Omega Minor Paul Verhaeghen 2004 Belgian Dutch
9760 The Armies Evelio Rosero 2007 Colombian Spanish
5416 The Brodeck Report Philippe Claudel 2007 French French
12049 Red April Santiago Roncagliolo 2002 Peruvian Spanish
12049 Blooms Of Darkness Aharon Appelfeld 2005 Israeli Hebrew
12049 The Detour Gerbrand Bakker 2010 Dutch Dutch
12049 Irakisk Kristus Hassan Blasim 2009 Unknown Arabic
10841 The End Of Days Jenny Erpenbeck 2012 German German