IT
Vincenzo Latronico
Perfection (2022) / 国际布克奖入围A cool, detached novel about “perfection” that pierces through the facade of respectability in Berlin’s creative scene. The prose is minimalist, and the insights are sharp.
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Writers in the spotlight
FI
Mariia Niskavaara
Ester, teurastaja (2025) / Finnish literary prize winnerA Finnish emerging writer whose debut won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize and has been translated into 30 languages. With a background in film and art history, her deadpan, grotesque writing has drawn comparisons with Kafka and Aki Kaurismäki.
BG
Rene Karabash
She Who Remains (2019) / International Booker Prize nomineeA Bulgarian poet, novelist, actor and screenwriter. Her debut novel won a major national literary prize, and its English edition was nominated for the 2026 International Booker Prize. Her writing combines poetic undercurrents with the eerie presence of folklore.
CA
Dilan Qadir
Interpreter of Afflictions / Emerging Canadian writerA Kurdish Canadian writer named a 2025 Writers’ Trust Rising Star. His work explores the lives of Kurdish immigrants and refugees in Canada through concise prose and restrained warmth.
IQ
Milet Mihemed
Kurdish-language poet and writerBorn in 1990 in Iraq’s Duhok province, he has written in Kurdish since 2011. His work is held by international institutions including the Library of Congress, and he received a poetry award at an international literary festival in 2024.
PY
Juan Ramírez Biedermann
Mango (2025) / Paraguay National Literature Prize honorable mentionA Paraguayan novelist and musician active in both extreme metal and literature. His work seeks to break the silence surrounding Paraguayan writing between Argentina and Brazil, reaching out to readers around the world.
UA
Artur Dron
Hemingway Knows Nothing / A new Ukrainian literary voiceA Ukrainian poet and essayist who joined the army at 25 and wrote between battles. His essay collection became an immediate bestseller in Ukraine and is being translated into English: literature emerging from the trenches.
CH
Nelio Biedermann
Anton will bleiben (2023) / A new Swiss literary generationA Swiss writer born in 2003, studying German literature and film at the University of Zurich. His debut follows an older man with cancer approaching the end of his life and has been regarded in German-language media as a notable literary discovery.
MX
Guadalupe Nettel
Still Born (2020) / International Booker Prize nomineeA contemporary Mexican writer with a doctorate from the École normale supérieure in Paris and a former editor of Revista de la Universidad de México. Her work explores the darker edges of the body, motherhood and women’s experiences, and has received praise from writers including Annie Ernaux.
KR
Mia Grean
The Art of Being Lonely / Stories of Korea’s outsidersnovelist who writes about ordinary people marked by trauma or trapped in everyday life. Using humor to soften despair, she gives a distinctive voice to those living on the margins of the margins.
TR
Sener Özmen
The Competition of Unfinished Stories / Kurdish literatureA Kurdish novelist, poet and visual artist, and an internationally recognized voice in contemporary Kurdish literature. His work continues to explore exile and belonging, language and silence.
MZ
Mia Couto
Sleepwalking Land / Mozambican literatureA Mozambican novelist and biologist long discussed as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, yet still unfamiliar to many general readers beyond the English-speaking world. His writing blends the poetry of Portuguese with African oral traditions.
ZA
Ivan Vladislavić
The Restless Supermarket / South African urban writingA South African writer born in Pretoria. His work centers on Johannesburg’s changing urban landscape, memory and space. J. M. Coetzee has praised him as one of South Africa’s finest prose stylists.
AT
Christoph Ransmayr
The Last World / Contemporary Austrian literatureAn Austrian writer known for highly stylized prose and sustained explorations of history, memory and travel. Celebrated within German-language literature, he remains less widely read outside it.
AT
Ljuba Arnautović
Erste Töchter / European Union Prize for Literature nomineeAn Austrian writer nominated for the 2025 European Union Prize for Literature. Her writing explores intergenerational memory, women’s experiences and the silent legacies of postwar Europe.
BE
Philippe Marczewski
Quand Cécile / A new Belgian Francophone voiceA French-language Belgian writer nominated for the 2025 European Union Prize for Literature. His precise, restrained prose examines intimate relationships, illness and the ethical dilemmas of care.