The shortlist for Literary Award "Litera for Translators" is known. Out of 92 books submitted to the contest, the confidential jury named the finalists in three nominations:

Best young translator

• Beka Arabuli, Mark Lawrence, “King of Thorns”; Palitra-L Publishing;

• Salome Benidze, Rupi Kauri, "Milk and Honey"; Palitra-L Publishing;

• Tatia Memarnishvili, Yukio Mishima, "Confessions of a Mask"; Diogene Publishing House

Best Translation of humanitarian-scientific and popular-scientific literature

• Marina Balavadze, Albert Camus, "The Rebel"; Agora Publishing;

• Nika Samushia, Linda Woodhead, "Christianity: A Very Short Introduction"; Sulakauri Publishing;

• Tamar Subeliani, Gillian Butler, Freda McManus, "Psychology: A Very Short Introduction"; Sulakauri Publishing;

• Lali Unapkoshvili, Julien Grack, "The Shape of a City"; Agora Publishing;

• Tina Gharibashvili, Gustav Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas; Artanuji Publishing;

Best prose translation

• Maia Badridze, Christoph Ransmayr, “The Last World”, Diogene Publishing House;
• Lela Dumbadze, Pamela Travers, “Mary Poppins”, Diogene Publishing House;
• Tamar Lomidze, Iris Murdoch, “The Black Prince”, Diogene Publishing House;
• Tina Gharibashvili, Michel Tournier, “Gemini”, Aleph Publishing;
• Rusudan Gvinepadze, Hermann Broch, “The Death of Virgil”, Aleph Publishing;
• Elisabed Kvavilashvili, Mario Vargas Llosa, “The War of the End of the World”;
• Khatuna Tskhadadze, Melania Mazzucco, “Vita”, Sulakauri Publishing;
• Zaza Chiladze, William Faulkner, "The Unvanquished", Artanuji Publishing;
• Tako Chiladze, Thomas Wolfe, "You Can’t Go Home Again", Artanuji Publishing;
• Tamar Japaridze, Junot Diaz, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao", Palitra-L Publishing.

At the awards ceremony, the jury will reveal another winner, who will receive the David Tserediani Award for contribution to the field of translation.

Due to the epidemic situation in the country, the award ceremony for "Literature for Translators" will be held online on December 18.

The translation contest "Litera for Translators" was established in 2020 with the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia and the initiative of the Writers' House and will be held for the first time this year. The purpose of the award is to promote and stimulate translation activities