The shortlist was announced 2 April 2020. The winner announcement was originally planned for 19 May 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed to 26 August 2020. Winner The Discomfort of Evening (De avond is ongemak) by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (the Netherlands), translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison (Faber & Faber) Shortlist The Enlightenment of The Greengage Tree (اشراق درخت گوجه سبز) by Shokoofeh Azar (Iran), translated from the Persian by Anonymous (Europa Editions) The Adventures of China Iron (Las aventuras de la China Iron) by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (Argentina), translated from the Spanish by Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintosh (Charco Press) Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann (Germany), translated from the German by Ross Benjamin (Quercus) Hurricane Season (Temporada de huracanes) by Fernanda Melchor (Mexico), translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes (Fitzcarraldo Editions) The Memory Police (密やかな結晶) by Yōko Ogawa (Japan), translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder (Harvill Secker) Longlist Red Dog (Buys: 'n grensroman) by Willem Anker (South Africa), translated from the Afrikaans by Michiel Heyns (Pushkin Press) The Other Name: Septology I – II (Det andre namnet – Septologien I – II) by Jon Fosse (Norway), translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls (Fitzcarraldo Editions) The Eighth Life (Das achte Leben (Für Brilka)) by Nino Haratischvili (Georgia/Germany), translated from the German by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin (Scribe UK) Serotonin (Sérotonine) by Michel Houellebecq (France), translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside (William Heinemann) Faces on the Tip of My Tongue (Un renard à mains nues) by Emmanuelle Pagano (France), translated from the French by Sophie Lewis and Jennifer Higgins (Peirene Press) Little Eyes (Kentukis) by Samanta Schweblin (Argentina), translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Oneworld) Mac and His Problem (Mac y su contratiempo) by Enrique Vila-Matas (Spain), translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa and Sophie Hughes (Harvill Secker) 2021 The 2021 prize was judged by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Chair), Aida Edemariam, Neel Mukherjee, Olivette Otele and George Szirtes. The longlist was announced on 30 March 2021, the shortlist on 22 April, and the winning author and translator on 2 June 2021. Winner At Night All Blood Is Black (Frère d'âme) by David Diop, translated from French by Anna Moschovakis (Pushkin Press) Shortlist The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Los peligros de fumar en la cama) by Mariana Enríquez, translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell (Granta Books) The Employees (De ansatte)