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Georgian author and filmmaker Nana Ekvtimishvili s debut novel The Pear Field is one of three finalists of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development s 2021 Literature Prize, after the juries narrowed down a longlist of 10 works unveiled in March.
The book, which, following its release for English-speaking readers in November, has earned plaudits and is also in this year s International Booker Prize longlist, has been selected alongside Szczepan Twardoch s The King of Warsaw and Mr K Released by Matei Vişniec in the penultimate round of the EBRD prize.
In the longlist unveiled earlier this Spring, The Pear Field was one of 10 works selected from regions where EBRD has operations, for representing outstanding works of storytelling . The novel was published by Peirene Press and introduced to English-speaking readers in an online event co-hosted by the publishing house with the Book Hive bookstore.
EBRD newsletter - Friday 07 May EBRD President makes first visit to Turkey EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso made her first official visit to Turkey, virtually, on 3 and 4 May. She met representatives of central and municipal authorities, businesses, local banks, international financial institutions, the diplomatic community and civil society. Meetings focused on Turkey’s post-Covid-19 recovery and EBRD investments to support it. Istanbul joins EBRD Green Cities The President’s visit saw the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, formalising the admission of Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, to the flagship €2.5 billion EBRD Green Cities urban sustainability programme. The Bank and municipality will work together to implement sustainability measures that will benefit the city’s 16 million people.
Winner announced on 1 June 2021 Three novels have been announced as the finalists of the fourth EBRD Literature Prize, a €20,000 award launched in 2017 by the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in collaboration with the British Council. The EBRD Literature Prize celebrates the very best in translated literature from the almost 40 countries where the Bank invests, from Central and eastern Europe to Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. The €20,000 Prize is awarded to the best work of literary fiction originally written in a language from one of these countries, which has been translated into English and published by a UK or a Europe-based publisher.
These three novels – from Georgia, Poland and Romania - reflect a range of languages, cultures and styles and tell us stories about lived experiences in the past and present. Read what Toby Lichtig and his fellow judges Ana Aslanyan, Julian Evans and Kirsty Lang have written about these three shortlisted novels for the EBRD Literature Prize 2021.
The Pear Field
Toby Lichtig (Chair of Judges): In an isolated “residential school for the intellectually disabled” on the outskirts of Tbilisi, a group of children – from the very young to the almost adult – traverse a world of abandonment, neglect and abuse. Looking out for one another, while remaining acutely alert to the necessity of individual self-preservation, they run riot, fantasize, scrap and play, while attempting to negotiate the callous adult world. Narrated in a clear, fluid prose – brilliantly captured by Elizabeth Heighway – Nana Ekvtimishvili’s novel is vicious, funny, totally enchanting and te