The Jury selected the shortlist of the Angelus Central European Award 2023. The winners – both an author and a translator (of the winning book, and in case a Polish writer wins – of another book from the shortlist) will be announced during the gala on 14 October 2023.

Also, between 18 September and 13 October, readers will be voting for their favourite title, the author of which will receive the Natalya Gorbanevskaya Award and a 3-month residency in Wrocław.

1. Stanislav Aseyev, «Світлий Шлях»: історія одного концтабору [Light Path: the History of a Concentration Camp], transl. into Polish by Marcin Gaczkowski, published by Kolegium Europy Wschodniej | Ukraine
2. Tamara Duda, Доця [Daughter], transl. into Polish by Marcin Gaczkowski, published by Kolegium Europy Wschodniej | Ukraine
3. Katarína Kucbelová, Čepiec [Bonnet], transl. into Polish by Katarzyna Dudzic-Grabińska, published by Wydawnictwo Ha!art | Slovakia
4. Zyta Rudzka, Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby [Those Who Have Teeth Can Laugh], published by Wydawnictwo W.A.B Foksal | Poland
5. Judith Schalansky, Verzeichnis einiger Verluste [An Inventory of Losses], transl. into Polish by Kamil Idzikowski, published by Wydawnictwo Ha!art | Germany
6. Piotr Siemion, Bella, ciao, published by Wydawnictwo Filtry | Poland
7. Saša Stanišić, Herkunft [Where You Come From], transl. into Polish by Małgorzata Gralińska, published by Książkowe Klimaty | Bosnia and Herzegovina / Germany