International Booker nod
Professor Padma Viswanathan has been nominated to the International Booker longlist for her translation of Ana Paula Maia’s novel — a notable boost for translated fiction and university‑level translators this year Viswanathan Receives Nomination for International Booker Prize | University of Arkansas; the longlist appears in the prize guide roundups released this week A Guide To All The Books On The International Booker Prize 2026 Longlist.
On Earth As It Is Beneath was released in English by Charco Press ([charcopress.com)] on August 12, 2025. Ana Paula Maia’s novella is set inside a remote Brazilian penal colony built on land “scarred by slavery,” and the judges cited a ritualised full‑moon hunt as a central, shocking scene. ([thebookerprizes.com)] The 2026 International Booker longlist contains 13 books translated from 11 original languages and was announced by the Booker Prize Foundation on February 24, 2026. ([thebookerprizes.com)] That longlist was drawn from 128 submissions of titles published in the UK and Ireland between May 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026, and the eventual winner will receive a £50,000 prize to be split equally between author and translator. ([lithub.com)] Padma Viswanathan is identified in prize and press coverage as a Canadian‑American writer and translator of Indian heritage whose fiction and translations have previously been shortlisted for awards including PEN America and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. ([thebookerprizes.com)] The Booker press release noted 14 nationalities across the longlist and that more than half the titles were published by independent presses, while the shortlist of six will be revealed on March 31, 2026 and the winner will be announced at Tate Modern on May 19, 2026. ([thebookerprizes.com)]
