Kira Josefsson on International Booker Prize 2026 Longlist

Congratulations Kira!

Congratulations to SELTA member Kira Josefsson, whose translation of Small Comfort by Ia Genberg has been longlisted for the International Booker Prize.

From the prize:

“Intricately built and wickedly humorous, these five interconnected short stories are all about one thing: money.”

Read more about this year’s longlist here.

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