Interviews with authors and translators of the 2026 shortlist for international fiction
The Nights Are Quiet In Tehran is by Shida Bazyar and Ruth Martin.
The Director is by Daniel Kehlmann and translated by Ross Benjamin
On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia and Padma Viswanathan
Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang Zi & Lin King
The Witch by Marie Ndiaye and Jordan Stump
She Who Remains by Rene Karabash and Izidora Angel