Solenoid, published by Deep Vellum, is the first book translated from Romanian to win the award
, is the world’s largest for a single novel published in English. Cărtărescu will receive €75,000, with Seán Cotter, his translator, receiving €25,000. Solenoid is the 12th novel in translation to win the prize, for which public libraries around the world submit nominations.
“By turns wildly inventive, philosophical and lyrical, with passages of great beauty, Solenoid is the work of a major European writer who is still relatively little known to English-language readers,” the judging panel said. “Seán Cotter’s translation of the novel sets out to change that situation, capturing the lyrical precision of the original, thereby opening up Cărtărescu’s work to an entirely new readership.
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