The Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize is awarded by the National Book Critics Circle. Named after the San Antonio playwright, poet and journalist Gregg Barrios (died 2021), the prize was first awarded in 2022. It is awarded annually for “the best book of any genre translated into English and published in the United States”.
Namesake Barrios was a playwright, poet and journalist. A 2013 USC Annenberg Getty Fellow, and on the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle. He was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters and was the 2015 fall visiting writer at Our Lady of the Lake University. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Texas Observer, Texas Monthly, Film Quarterly, San Francisco Chronicle, and Andy Warhol's Interview. He was a former book editor of the San Antonio Express-News.
Honorees +Gregg Barrios Book in Translation winners and longlisted booksYearBookAuthorOriginal languageTranslatorResult2022 Grey BeesRussianWinnerA Summer Day in the Company of GhostsChineseLonglistA Woman’s Battles and TransformationsFrenchKibogoFrenchLinea NigraSpanishPachinko ParlorFrenchPresent Tense MachineNorwegianThe Books of JacobPolishVioletsKoreanWalk Me to the CornerSwedishWhen I Sing Mountains DanceCatalanYou Can Be the Last LeafArabic2023 Cold Nights of ChildhoodTurkishWinnerThe Last Pomegranate TreeKurdishLonglistOwlishChinesePhantom Pain WingsKoreanZakwato & Loglêdou’s PerilBété, FrenchHappy Stories, MostlyIndonesianIndeterminate InflorescenceKoreanOur PhilosopherGermanThe End of AugustJapaneseThe Love of Singular MenPortugueseThe Naked TreeKoreanVengeance is MineFrench2024 A Last Supper of Queer ApostlesSpanishWinnerThe Children of the Ghetto: Star of the SeaArabicLonglistHerscht 07769HungarianHoly Winter 20/21RussianLike a Sky InsideFrenchMelvillSpanishMourning a BreastChineseA Muzzle for WitchesCroatianOSwedishPaul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan AngelArabicTraces of EnayatArabicV13: Chronicle of a Trial French2025Sad TigerFrenchWinnerExophony: Voyages Outside the Mother TongueJapaneseFinalistHeart LampKannadaThe Frog in the ThroatGermanThe Wax ChildDanishNear DistanceNorwegian Bodies Found in Various PlacesSpanishLonglistGaza: The Poem Said Its PieceArabicThe RuinsChineseUglinessGermanWe Do Not PartKoreanWickerworkGerman
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