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Animalia wins RoC Prize

Animalia by Jean-Baptiste de Amo has won the 2020 Republic of Consciousness prize. The Republic of Consciousness supports, promotes and celebrates small presses in the UK and Ireland. We have awarded over £40,000 through our prize in four years to publishers and authors. This years judges were Roland Gulliver, Sophie Lewis and Sam Mills. The prize is shared between the publisher, author and translator. This year, Fitzcarraldo became the first publisher to win the prize twice.

In their summation the jury said:
“Frank Wynne – one of the best translators working today – does a masterful job of capturing Jean-Baptiste Del Amo’s rich, lyrical and inventive style as he explores the (mis)fortunes of a peasant farming family in France across five generations, against a backdrop of war, economic disaster and industrialisation. This is no pastoral – it is a savage and brutal book, replete with sex and violence, which is also spellbinding, strange and immersive.”

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“Animalia” makes BTBA Finalists

Animalia by Jean-Baptiste del Amo is among the finalists for the 2020 The Best Translated Books Awards for fiction. The award, founded by Three Percent at the University of Rochester, comes with $10,000 in prizes from the Amazon Literary Partnership. The prize will be split evenly between the winning authors and translators.

BTBA Finalists

At Three Percent, guest writers contributed arguments for why each nominee deserves to win this year’s award.

Best Translated Book Award 2020: Fiction Finalists

Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, translated from the French by Frank Wynne (France, Grove)

EEG by Daša Drndić, translated from the Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth (Croatia, New Directions)

Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler (Russia, New York Review Books)

Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, translated from the Spanish by Sarah Moses and Carolina Orloff (Argentina, Charco Press)

Good Will Come From the Sea by Christos Ikonomou, translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich (Greece, Archipelago Books)

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder (Japan, Pantheon)

77 by Guillermo Saccomanno, translated from the Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger (Argentina, Open Letter Books)

Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego, translated from the Italian by Aaron Robertson (Italy, Two Lines Press)

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Poland, Riverhead)

Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, translated from the Japanese by Geraldine Harcourt (Japan, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

This year’s fiction jury is comprised of Elisa Wouk Almino, Pierce Alquist, Hailey Dezort, Louisa Ermelino, Hal Hlavinka, Keaton Patterson, Christopher Phipps, Lesley Rains, and Justin Walls.

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2020 Lambda Literary Awards

Jean-Baptiste del Amo’s novel Animalia is among the finalists in the Gay Fiction catergory for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards. Since 1989, the Lammys (as they’re known colloquially) have recognized the critical role LGBTQ writers play in shaping our culture and society at large. Past winners have included literary legends like Alison Bechdel, Michael Cunningham, Roxane Gay, Audre Lorde, and many others.

“LGBTQ visibility has increased and the general public’s understanding of the queer community has deepened,” says Sue Landers, the Executive Director of Lambda Literary, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of and showcasing LGBTQ authors and works. “Yet in many places in this world right now, it is still dangerous to be LGBTQ, which makes it all the more important to write and share our stories so that queer life can be better understood and celebrated.”

for the full list of all categories, visit the Lammys website.

Gay Fiction (Finalists)

  • Animalia, Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, translated by Frank Wynne, Grove Press
  • The Archive of Alternate Endings, Lindsey Drager, Dzanc Books
  • In West Mills, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Like This Afternoon Forever, Jaime Manrique, Kaylie Jones Books
  • Lord, João Gilberto Noll, translated by Edgar Garbelotto, Two Lines Press
  • Lot, Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books
  • Murmur, Will Eaves, Bellevue Literary Press
  • On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press