The Jury selected the longlist of the Angelus Central European Award 2020. The shortlist will be announced in September, and the winner – during the gala on 16 October 2021.
- Kateryna Babkina, Мій дід танцював краще за всіх [My Grandfather Danced the Best]| UKRAINE
Transl. into Polish by Bohdan Zadura, published by Warsztaty Kultury - Petro Yatsenko, Магнетизм [Magnetism] | UKRAINE
Transl. into Polish by Marcin Gaczkowski, published by Wydawnictwo Warstwy - Miljenko Jergović, Sarajevski Marlboro [Sarajevan Marlboro]| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Transl. into Polish by Magdalena Petryńska, Miłosz Waligórski and Maciej Czerwiński, published by Wydawnictwo Akademickie SEDNO - Marcin Kącki, Oświęcim. Czarna Zima [Oświęcim. Black Winter]| POLAND
Published by Wydawnictwo Znak Literanova - Andrus Kivirähk, Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu [The Man Who Spoke Snakish] | ESTONIA
Transl. into Polish by Anna Michalczuk-Podlecki, published by Wydawnictwo Marpress - Michał Komar, Skrywane [Hidden] | POLAND
Published by Czuły Barbarzyńca Press - Sergey Lebedev, Дебютант [Debutant] | RUSSIA
Transl. into Polish by Grzegorz Szymczak, published by Wydawnictwo Claroscuro - Sergey Medvedev, Парк Крымского периода [The Return of the Russian Leviathan] | RUSSIA
Transl. into Polish by Hanna Pustuła-Lewicka, published by Wydawnictwo Czarne - Sigitas Parulskis, Tamsa ir partneriai [Darkness and Company] | LITHUANIA
Transl. into Polish by Izabela Korybut-Daszkiewicz, published by Wydawnictwo Czarne - Volodymyr Rafiejenko, Долгота дней. Городская баллада [Longest Times] | UKRAINE
Transl. into Polish by Anna Ursulenko and Marcin Gaczkowski, published by Wydawnictwo Kolegium Europy Wschodniej - Zbigniew Rokita, Kajś. Opowieść o Górnym Śląsku [Kajś. A Story on Upper Silesia] | POLAND
Published by Wydawnictwo Czarne - Maria Stepanova, Памяти памяти [In Memory of Memory] | RUSSIA
Transl. into Polish by Agnieszka Sowińska, published by Prószyński i S-ka - Mirosław Tryczyk, Drzazga. Kłamstwa silniejsze niż śmierć [Splinter. Lies Stronger Than Death | POLAND
Published by Wydawnictwo Znak Literanova - Dubravka Ugrešić, Lisica [Fox] | CROATIA
Transl. into Polish by Dorota Jovanka Ćirlić, published by Wydawnictwo Literackie