Gabriela Cabezón Cámara longlisted for Booker

The Massachusetts Review reported on May 21 that Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s *We Are Green and Trembling* had landed on the 2026 International Booker Prize longlist. The literary magazine highlighted the novel in a standalone essay rather than publishing the full roster. Booker Prize Foundation materials confirm the book is on this year’s 13-title longlist, with Robin Myers named as translator. The listing places the Argentine writer and Myers among the author-translator pairs in contention for one of the English-language publishing world’s biggest translation prizes. ### Which book was named, and who is behind it? *We Are Green and Trembling* appears on the Booker Prize Foundation’s 2026 International Booker longlist as a work translated from Spanish by Robin Myers. The Booker site describes the novel as “luminous, wild, lyrical and inventive” and lists Cabezón Cámara as the author. Gabriela Cabezón Cámara was born in Buenos Aires in 1968, according to Charco Press, which publishes her work in English. (massreview.org) Charco says she is the author of *Slum Virgin*, *The Adventures of China Iron* and other fiction, and notes that she was one of the founders of the NiUnaMenos movement against femicides and gender violence. Robin Myers is the translator attached to the longlisted edition. (thebookerprizes.com) The Booker Prize Foundation says Myers is a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellow and identifies *We Are Green and Trembling* among her recent translations. ### What exactly did The Massachusetts Review report? The Massachusetts Review published its piece on May 21 under the headline “We Are Green and Trembling: Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and the Tangled Voices of Colonialism and Its Afterlife.” The article said the novel had “earned a place on the longlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize,” making it an early public signal tied to one specific title. (charcopress.com) (thebookerprizes.com) The Massachusetts Review article focused on the novel itself rather than presenting the entire longlist. That left the publication as a title-specific confirmation, while the Booker Prize Foundation’s press release provides the full field of 13 books. ### What does the official Booker longlist show? The Booker Prize Foundation said the 2026 International Booker longlist contains 13 books selected from 128 eligible titles translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland between May 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026. (massreview.org) The foundation’s press release includes *We Are Green and Trembling* among the longlisted books and names Natasha Brown as chair of the judging panel. The prize recognizes both author and translator. The Booker Prize Foundation says the £50,000 award is divided equally between the winning writer and translator. ### How is the book being presented to readers? Penguin Random House’s listing for the bilingual-titled edition, *Las niñas del naranjel / We Are Green and Trembling*, describes the novel as centered on a figure born in Spain in 1592 who joins the conquest of the Americas disguised as a man. (thebookerprizes.com) The publisher’s description frames the book as a lyrical and irreverent reworking of a historical character. (thebookerprizes.com) The Booker Prize Foundation’s own description says the novel critiques “colonialism and empire” while offering “moments of startling beauty and transformation.” That language aligns with the Massachusetts Review essay’s emphasis on colonialism and afterlife in the book’s themes. ### What happens next in the prize calendar? The Booker Prize Foundation says the shortlist of six books will be announced on Tuesday, March 31. (penguinrandomhouse.com) The winner will then be named at a ceremony in London on May 19, with the author and translator sharing the prize money. (thebookerprizes.com 1) (thebookerprizes.com 2)