Marie NDiaye: Booker Prize Longlist
Marie NDiaye has been longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026 [https://brittlepaper.com/2026/03/marie-ndiaye-longlisted-for-the-international-booker-prize-2026/]. The shortlist will be announced on March 31, and the winner revealed at London’s Tate Modern on May 19 [https://brittlepaper.com/2026/03/marie-ndiaye-longlisted-for-the-international-booker-prize-2026/].
Marie NDiaye's novel, *The Witch*, translated by Jordan Stump, is one of 13 titles longlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize. This marks NDiaye's second time on the longlist, as her novel *Ladivine*, also translated by Stump, was nominated in 2016. The judges described *The Witch* as "exquisite in its language". *The Witch*, first published in French in 1996, tells the story of Lucie, a housewife who initiates her twin daughters into the practice of witchcraft passed down through generations of women in her family. However, she soon finds that their powers surpass her own. The novel explores themes of familial secrets, power, shame, and liberation. NDiaye is a celebrated French writer, having won the Prix Femina in 2001 for *Rosie Carpe* and the Prix Goncourt in 2009 for *Three Strong Women*. She was the first Black woman to receive France's most prestigious literary award, the Prix Goncourt. In 2020, she was awarded the Prix Marguerite Yourcenar for her entire body of work.
