• Independent judges choose three best works of literary fiction from EBRD regions translated into English 

• Selected works, originally written in Hungarian and Turkish, include a novel, a paired novella and collection of tales, and a book of short stories   

• The winner will be announced on 13 June with prize shared equally between author and translator 

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is delighted to announce the three finalists for the EBRD Literature Prize 2024. In alphabetical order by author they are: 

• The End by Attila Bartis, translated from the Hungarian by Judith Sollosy and published by Archipelago Books 

• The Wounded Age and Eastern Tales by Ferit Edgü, translated from the Turkish by Aron Aji and published by the New York Review of Books 

• Barcode by Krisztina Tóth, translated from the Hungarian by Peter Sherwood and published by Jantar Publishing. 

The finalists were chosen by this year’s independent panel of judges: award-winning writer and critic, Maya Jaggi (chair); novelist and translator, Maureen Freely; and author and professor of international law, Philippe Sands.