JW3 are proud to present the 46th Wingate Prize for Literature, a cornerstone of the International Jewish Literary landscape.
Join the BBC's Emily Kasriel who will be speaking to this year's judges discussing the themes and issues that emerged in judging the books this year. This year’s winner will then be revealed.
The 2022/3 shortlist explores a diverse range of themes, including World War II internment camps, the ‘proving’ of history and the wanderings of a self-proclaimed messiah.
Now in its 46th year, the annual prize, worth £4,000 and run in association with JW3, is awarded to the best book, fiction or non-fiction, to translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader.
The shortlisted books are:
- The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land by Omer Friedlander (John Murray, Hodder)
- Come to this Court and Cry by Linda Kinstler (Bloomsbury Circus)
- The Island of Extraordinary Captives by Simon Parkin (Sceptre, Hodder)
- The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid, translated by Yardenne Greenspan (Serpent’s Tail, Profile)
- The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
- In the Midst of Civilised Europe by Jeffrey Veidlinger (Picador, Pan Macmillan)
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Chatto, Penguin Random) House
This year’s judging panel is comprised of the chair, Dr Aviva Dautch, Executive Director of Jewish Renaissance; Guggenheim Fellow and National Jewish Book Award winner George Prochnik; journalist, editor and author Sarah Shaffi and award-winning author Julie Cohen.
The event will be followed by a reception.