The Jury selected the shortlist of the Angelus Central European Award 2024. 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 19 October 2024.

Also, between 1 and 18 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. Monika Helfer, Die Bagage [Rabble], transl. into Polish by Arkadiusz Żychliński, published by Wydawnictwo Filtry I Austria
2. Andrey Kurkov, Серые пчелы [Grey Bees], transl. into Polish by Magdalena Hornung, published by Oficyna Literacka Noir sur Blanc I Ukraine
3. Małgorzata Lebda, Łakome [Voracious], published by Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak I Poland
4.  Tomasz Różycki, Złodzieje żarówek [Bulb Thieves], published by Wydawnictwo Czarne I Poland
5. Oleg Serebrian, Pe Contrasens [In the opposite direction], transl. into Polish by Radosława Janowska-Lascar, published by Wydawnictwo Amaltea I Moldova
6. Tatiana Țîbuleac, Grădina de sticlă [The Glass Garden], transl. into Polish by Kazimierz Jurczak, Książkowe Klimaty / published by Oficyna Literacka Noir sur Blanc I Moldova/Romania
7. Benedek Totth, Holtverseny [Dead Heat], transl. into Polish by Elżbieta Sobolewska, published by Biuro Literackie I Hungary