{"id":554317,"date":"2026-06-25T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=554317"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:04:57","slug":"two-belarusian-authors-make-longlist-for-the-angelus-central-european-literary-award-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/two-belarusian-authors-make-longlist-for-the-angelus-central-european-literary-award-2026","title":{"rendered":"Two Belarusian Authors Make Longlist for the Angelus Central European Literary Award 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The jury of the Angelus Literary Award, presented for the best prose book published in Polish, has unveiled the longlist for this year&#8217;s prize, featuring the best works of Central European literature. The list includes books by two Belarusian authors: <strong>Eva Viezhnavets&#8217;<\/strong> novella <em>What Are You Seeking, Wolf?<\/em>, translated by <strong>Malgorzata Buchalik<\/strong>, and <strong>Uladzimir Arlou&#8217;s<\/strong> <em>Dances Above the City<\/em>, translated by <strong>Bohdan Zadura<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The longlist also features Nobel Prize laureate <strong>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai<\/strong> of Hungary, International Booker Prize 2023 winner <strong>Georgi Gospodinov<\/strong>, as well as three previous Angelus laureates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The longlist includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Uladzimier Arlou, <em>Ta\u0144ce nad miastem. Trzy opowie\u015bci<\/em>, translated by Bohdan Zadura, Pa\u0144stwowy Instytut Wydawniczy (Belarus)<\/li>\n<li>Marek Bie\u0144czyk, <em>Rondo Wiatraczna<\/em>, Wydawnictwo Karakter (Poland)<\/li>\n<li>Darko Cvijeti\u0107, <em>Czemu na pod\u0142odze \u015bpisz<\/em>, translated by Dorota Jovanka \u0106irli\u0107, Oficyna Literacka Noir sur Blanc (Bosnia and Herzegovina)<\/li>\n<li>Joanna Czeczott, <em>Cisza nad stepem. Kazachstan i pami\u0119\u0107 o Rosji<\/em>, Wydawnictwo Czarne (Poland)<\/li>\n<li>Slavenka Drakuli\u0107, <em>Bajki o komunizmie<\/em>, translated by Katarzyna Taczy\u0144ska and Wojciech Tworek, Wydawnictwo KEW (Croatia)<\/li>\n<li>Georgi Gospodinov, <em>Ogrodnik i \u015bmier\u0107<\/em>, translated by Magdalena Pytlak, Wydawnictwo Literackie (Bulgaria)<\/li>\n<li>Julia Ilucha, <em>Moje kobiety<\/em>, translated by Katarzyna Fiszer, Wydawnictwo KEW (Ukraine)<\/li>\n<li>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai, <em>A \u015bwiat trwa<\/em>, translated by El\u017cbieta Sobolewska, Wydawnictwo Czarne (Hungary)<\/li>\n<li>Milena Markovi\u0107, <em>Dzieci<\/em>, translated by Dorota Jovanka \u0106irli\u0107, Wydawnictwo Warstwy (Serbia)<\/li>\n<li>P\u00e9ter N\u00e1das, <em>Historie r\u00f3wnoleg\u0142e: Nieme imperium<\/em>, translated by El\u017cbieta Sobolewska, Biuro Literackie (Hungary)<\/li>\n<li>Zyta Rudzka, <em>Tylko durnie \u017cyj\u0105 do ko\u0144ca<\/em>, Wydawnictwo W.A.B (Poland)<\/li>\n<li>Kate\u0159ina Tu\u010dkov\u00e1, <em>B\u00edl\u00e1 Voda<\/em>, translated by Julia R\u00f3\u017cewicz, Wydawnictwo Afera (Czech Republic)<\/li>\n<li>Ewa Wie\u017cnawiec, <em>O wilku m\u00f3wiono w izbie<\/em>, translated by Ma\u0142gorzata Buchalik, Wydawnictwo KEW (Belarus)<\/li>\n<li>Serhij \u017badan, <em>Arabeski<\/em>, translated by Micha\u0142 Petryk, Wydawnictwo Czarne (Ukraine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;This year&#8217;s longlist for the Central European Literary Award is not merely a constellation of stars, but perhaps the most compelling overview of what is currently happening in the literature of our part of the continent,&#8221;<\/em> the jury <a href=\"https:\/\/angelus.com.pl\/2026\/06\/najlepsze-co-literatura-europy-srodkowej-ma-do-zaoferowania\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A distinctive feature of this year&#8217;s selection is that Belarus, Ukraine and Hungary are each represented by two authors. As usual, the Balkan countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia) are represented, while the longlist also includes books from the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, as well as three works originally written in Polish. <em>&#8220;Unlike a decade ago, this literature is no longer concerned solely with the traumas of the twentieth century, but with new challenges (which, in the overwhelming majority of cases, are once again coming to Europe from the East) and attempts to comment on the present day,&#8221;<\/em> the award&#8217;s website says.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"be-BY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-554269\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480284161_10003872272975688_3832274689016201993_n-1000x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480284161_10003872272975688_3832274689016201993_n-1000x500-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480284161_10003872272975688_3832274689016201993_n-1000x500-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480284161_10003872272975688_3832274689016201993_n-1000x500-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480284161_10003872272975688_3832274689016201993_n-1000x500-1-800x400.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"be-BY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-554270\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480026053_1240483287807860_8252419694799867199_n-1000x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480026053_1240483287807860_8252419694799867199_n-1000x500-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480026053_1240483287807860_8252419694799867199_n-1000x500-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480026053_1240483287807860_8252419694799867199_n-1000x500-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/480026053_1240483287807860_8252419694799867199_n-1000x500-1-800x400.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shortlist of seven books will be announced in early September.<\/p>\n<p>The author of the winning work of prose will receive a cash prize of 150,000 Polish zlotys, making Angelus the most valuable literary award presented in Poland. In addition, all authors whose books reach the final will receive prizes of 5,000 zlotys.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2010, Angelus has also included a translation award. The translator of the winning book receives a prize of 40,000 Polish zlotys.<\/p>\n<p>The Angelus jury includes Belarusian writer <strong>Andrei Khadanovich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The jury of the Angelus Literary Award, presented for the best prose book published in Polish, has unveiled the longlist for this year&#8217;s prize, featuring the best works of Central European literature. The list includes books by two Belarusian authors: Eva Viezhnavets&#8217; novella What Are You Seeking, Wolf?, translated by Malgorzata Buchalik, and Uladzimir Arlou&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a3dd03da5302.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Two Belarusian Authors Make Longlist for the Angelus Central European Literary Award 2026"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}