The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 prize. This is the seventh year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, which recognizes publishers, translators, and authors of books in English translation for young adult readers, aged 12 through 18 inclusive.
Publisher submissions to the 2025 longlist consisted of twenty-five books in fourteen languages, published within the past three years. See the prize criteria here and submission guidelines here.
The seven books on the 2025 shortlist, in alphabetical order by title, are:
The Book of Denial – by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, illustrated by Alejandro Magallanes / Translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel (Unruly/Enchanted Lion/2024) – MEXICO
The Darkness of Colours – by Martín Blasco / Translated from Spanish by Claire Storey (Hope Road/2024) – ARGENTINA
Fire from the Sky – by Moa Backe Åstot / Translated from Swedish by Eva Apelqvist (Levine Querido/2023) – SÁMI/SWEDEN
Our Beautiful Darkness – by Ondjaki, illustrated by António Jorge Gonçalves / Translated from Portuguese by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Unruly/Enchanted Lion/2024) – ANGOLA
Snowglobe – by Soyoung Park / Translated from Korean by Joungmin Lee Comfort (Penguin/2024) – KOREA
The Wild Ones – by Antonio Ramos Revillas / Translated from Spanish by Claire Storey (Hope Road/2024) – MEXICO
The Wildcat Behind Glass – by Alki Zei / Translated from Greek by Karen Emmerich (Yonder/2024) – GREECE
The prize winners will be announced in-person and virtually on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, as part of a celebration of International Children’s Day at Rutgers University’s Alexander Library, which houses the International Youth Literature Collection (IYLC) and hosts the IYLC Research (Lib)Guide.
Note: The International Youth Literature Collection is a repository for all of the physical copies of the GLLI submissions each year.
The 2025 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Committee:
- Katie Day (Chair)
- Angela Erickson
- Terry Hong
- Anthony Tilke
- Vicky Smith
- Frances Sims-Williams
- Nick Stember
Assisted by Becky Blackburn, GLLI Adjunct Committee Member
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative 
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