Albertine Prize

The Albertine Prize was constituted as a readers' choice award, to recognize popular works written in French and translated to English, with an American audience. The purpose of the prize was to establish recognition for contemporary French literature, in translation in the United States.^[2][3] The Prize is awarded from the Albertine Bookstore, which was established by Antonin Baudry, then Cultural Counselor for the French Embassy, in New York.^[4][5][6]

A selection committee nominates a shortlist of novels each year, and readers vote for the winner on the website of the Albertine Bookstore.^[1] The winner is awarded a prize of $10,000 prize, which is divided 80-20 between the author and translator.^[7]

In addition to the Albertine Prize, the Albertine Prize Jeunesse is awarded to books for young readers, and the winner is chosen by children between the ages of 3 and 14, grouped into four categories by age.^[8]

2021 nominees:^[9]

	Author	Title	Translator	Publication Information
Winner[10][11]	Nicolas Mathieu	And Their Children After Them[12]	William Rodarmor	Other Press
Shortlisted	Louis-Philippe Dalembert	The Mediterranean Wall	Marjolijn de Jager	Schaffner Press
Shortlisted	Pauline Delabroy-Allard	They Say Sarah	Adriana Hunter	Other Press
Shortlisted	Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam	Arcadia	Ruth Diver	Seven Stories Press
Shortlisted	Emmanuel Dongala	The Bridgetower Sonata: Sonata Mulattica	Marjolijn de Jager	Schaffner Press

The Selection Committee for the 2020 Prize included staff of the Albertine Bookstore, the Book Department in the French Embassy, French literary critic François Busnel and American writer Rachel Kushner. The shortlist was announced on 14 October 2020 and voting remained open until 24 November 2020.^[1]

	Author	Title	Translator	Publication Information
	Jean-Baptiste Del Amo	Animalia	Frank Wynne	Grove, 2019
	Yannick Haenel	Hold Fast Your Crown	Teresa Fagan	Other Press, 2019
	Lyonel Trouillot	Kannjawou	Gretchen Schmid	Schaffner Press, 2019
	Virginie Despentes	Vernon Subutex 1	Frank Wynne	Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019
Winner	Zahia Rahmani	“Muslim” : A Novel	Matt Reeck	Deep Vellum, 2019

The panel that shortlisted books for the 2019 prize included staff of the Albertine Bookstore, the Book Department in the French Embassy, French literary critic François Bushnel and American writer Lydia Davis.^[13][14][15]

	Author	Title	Translator	Publication Information
Winner	Negar Djavadi	Disoriental	Tina Kover	Europa Editions, 2018
Shortlisted	Gaël Faye	Small Country	Sarah Ardizzone	Hogarth Press, 2016
Shortlisted	Éric Vuillard	The Order of the Day	Mark Polizzotti	Other Press, 2018
Shortlisted	Leïla Slimani	The Perfect Nanny	Sam Taylor	Penguin Books 2018
Shortlisted	Nathacha Appanah	Waiting for Tomorrow	Geoffrey Strachan	Graywolf Press, 2018

The panel that shortlisted books for the 2018 prize included staff of the Albertine Bookstore, the Book Department in the French Embassy, French literary critic François Bushnel and American writer Lydia Davis.^[16][17][18]

	Author	Title	Translator	Publication Information
Winner	Anne Garreta	Not One Day	Emma Ramadan	Deep Vellum Press, 2017
Shortlisted	Alain Mabanckou	Black Moses	Helen Stevenson	The New Press, 2017
Shortlisted	Mathias Énard	Compass	Charlotte Mandell	New Directions Publishing, 2017
Shortlisted	Édouard Louis	The End of Eddy	Michael Lucey	Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017
Shortlisted	Christine Angot	Incest	Tess Lewis	Archipelago Books, 2017

The panel that shortlisted books for the 2018 prize included staff of the Albertine Bookstore, the Book Department in the French Embassy, French literary critic François Bushnel and American writer Lydia Davis.^[7][19]

	Author	Title	Translator	Publication Information
Winner	Antoine Volodine	Bardo Or Not Bardo	J.T. Mahany	Open Letter Books, 2017
Shortlisted	Ananda Devi	Eve Out of Her Ruins	Jeffrey Zuckerman	Deep Vellum, 2016
Shortlisted	Maylis De Kerangal	The Heart	Sam Taylor	Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016