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100 Best Women in Translation

As part for the #WITMonth 2019 event, Meytal Radzinski collected nominations for the 100 Best WIT (women in translation). With over 800 unique nominations, this is the top 100 as per the nominated books.
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The Letter for the King (Tonke Dragt)
The Letter for the King
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Tonke Dragt
Subtly Worded (Teffi)
Subtly Worded
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Teffi
Our Lady of the Nile (Scholastique Mukasonga)
Our Lady of the Nile
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Scholastique Mukasonga
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
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Natsuo Kirino
Translation as Transhumance (Mireille Gansel)
Translation as Transhumance
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Mireille Gansel
The Weight of Things (Marianne Fritz)
The Weight of Things
6
Marianne Fritz
The History of Bees (Maja Lunde)
The History of Bees
7
Maja Lunde
La Femme De Gilles (Madeleine Bourdouxhe)
La Femme De Gilles
8
Madeleine Bourdouxhe
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
9
Laura Esquivel
Please Look After Mom (Kyung-Sook Shin)
Please Look After Mom
10
Kyung-Sook Shin
The Hunger Angel (Herta Müller)
The Hunger Angel
11
Herta Müller
Zuleikha (Guzel Yakhina)
Zuleikha
12
Guzel Yakhina
Sweet Days of Discipline (Fleur Jaeggy)
Sweet Days of Discipline
13
Fleur Jaeggy
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal (Dorthe Nors)
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
14
Dorthe Nors
A Winter's Promise (Christelle Dabos)
A Winter's Promise
15
Christelle Dabos
The Quest for Christa T
The Quest for Christa T
16
Waking Lions (Ayelet Gundar-Goshen)
Waking Lions
17
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
The Naked Woman (Armonía Somers)
The Naked Woman
18
Armonía Somers
The Seventh Cross (Anna Seghers)
The Seventh Cross
19
Anna Seghers
The Remainder (Alia Trabucco Zeran)
The Remainder
20
Alia Trabucco Zeran
Extracting the Stone of Madness (Alejandra Pizarnik)
Extracting the Stone of Madness
21
Alejandra Pizarnik
The Little Girl on the Ice Floe (Adélaïde Bon)
The Little Girl on the Ice Floe
22
Adélaïde Bon
Tokyo Ueno Station (Miri Yu)
Tokyo Ueno Station
23
Miri Yu
Swallowing Mercury (Wioletta Greg)
Swallowing Mercury
24
Wioletta Greg
The Story of My Teeth (Valeria Luiselli)
The Story of My Teeth
25
Valeria Luiselli
Purge (Sofi Oksanen)
Purge
26
Sofi Oksanen
The Bridge of Beyond
The Bridge of Beyond
27
The Unit (Ninni Holmqvist)
The Unit
28
Ninni Holmqvist
My Heart Hemmed in (Marie N'diaye)
My Heart Hemmed In
29
Marie N'diaye
The Ten Thousand Things (Maria Dermout)
The Ten Thousand Things
30
Maria Dermout
Confessions (Kanae Minato)
Confessions
31
Kanae Minato
Arturo's Island
Arturo's Island
32
History
History
33
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
34
Elena Ferrante
Fox (Dubravka Ugresic)
Fox
35
Dubravka Ugresic
The Queue (Basma Abdel Aziz)
The Queue
36
Basma Abdel Aziz
View With a Grain of Sand
View With a Grain of Sand
37
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd
38
Valeria Luiselli
The True Deceiver (Tove Jansson)
The True Deceiver
39
Tove Jansson
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
40
Simone De Beauvoir
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