The Jury selected the shortlist of the jubilee 20th edition of Angelus Central European Literature Award. 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 18 October 2025.
Also, between 1 and 17 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.
Nominated books:
- Darko Cvijetić, Shindlerov Lift, translated into Polish by Dorota Jovanka Cirlić, published by Oficyna Literacka Noir sur Blanc | Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Inga Gaile, Jaukumiņš [Delight], translated into Polish by Daniel Łubiński, published by Wydawnictwo Marpress | Latvia
- Eugenia Kuzniecowa, Драбина [Ladder], translated into Polish by Iwona Boruszkowska, published by Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak | Ukraine
- Fatos Lubonja, Ridënimi [The Re-Sentencing], translated into Polish by Dorota Horodyska, published by Fundacja “Pogranicze” i Ośrodek “Pogranicze – sztuk, kultur, narodów” | Albania
- Clemens J. Setz, Der Trost runder Dinge: Erzählungen [The Comfort of Round Things: Stories], translated into Polish by Agnieszka Kowaluk, published by Wydawnictwo Filtry | Austria
- Leelo Tungal, Samet ja saepuru ehk Seltsimees laps ja kirjatähed [Velvet and Sawdust or Comrade Child and Letters], translated into Polish by Marta Perlikiewicz, published by Wydawnictwo KEW | Estonia
- Joanna Wilengowska, Król Warmii i Saturna [The King of Warmia and Saturn], published by Wydawnictwo Czarne | Poland