2025 Prix Voltaire shortlist announced
Thursday, 24 April 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has announced the 2025 shortlist for the Prix Voltaire.
Announced at the Festival du Livre de Paris, this year’s shortlist includes:
- Mohamad Hadi, Dar Al Rafidain, Lebanon
- Amar Ingrachen, Frantz Fanon, Algeria
- Nadja Kandrusevich, Koska, Belarus (exiled in Sweden)
- Michel Moushabeck, Interlink Publishing, United States
- Dmitri Strotsev, Hochroth Minsk, Belarus (exiled in Germany)
- Georgy Urushadze, Freedom Letters, Russia (exiled in UK).
Honouring exceptional courage in upholding the freedom to publish, the Prix Voltaire is awarded annually. This year’s winner, who will receive CHF10,000 (A$18,903), will be announced later this year.
Last year’s winner was Palestinian publisher Samir Mansour. A Prix Voltaire Special Award was also awarded to Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina.
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