London-based independent book publisher
Istros books is a London-based independent publisher of writers from South-East Europe and the Balkans, in English translation.[1] It was set up in 2011 by Susan Curtis.[2]
Publications
Notable publications include:
Shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize (2019):[3]
- Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent (2016) and Gaudeamus (2018) by Mircea Eliade (Romania), translated by Christopher Moncrieff and Christopher Bartholomew.[4][5][6]
- Exile by Çiler İlhan (Turkey), translated by Aysegul Tososer Artes, winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2011.[7]
- The Son by Andrej Nikolaidis (Montenegro), translated by Will Firth, 2013.[8] The original work was a winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2011.[9]
- Life Begins on Friday by Ioana Pârvulescu (Romania), translated by Alistair Ian Blythe, with an afterword by Mircea Cărtărescu, winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2013.[10][11]
- Quiet Flows the Una by Faruk Šehić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2016. The original work was a winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2013.[12]
- Fairground Magician by Jelena Lengold (Serbia), translated by Celia Hawkesworth, 2013. The original work was a winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2011.[13]
Other authors
Other authors that Istros Books have published include: Dušan Šarotar, Robert Perišić, Julio Llamazares, Aleš Šteger, Ognjen Spahić, Goran Vojnović, Srećko Horvat, Slavoj Žižek, Alek Popov, Marija Knežević, Octavian Paler, Ayfer Tunç, Evald Flisar and Marinko Koščec.[14]
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