Edition 2013

Laureate 2013
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

The Colonel, Haus Publishing Ltd., 2011

The jury of the 2013 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature has awarded the Iranian writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi for his novel The Colonel.


The winner of the Jan Michalski Prize 2013, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi receives an award of CHF 50,000.00 and a work by the artist Philippe Cognée that has been chosen for him: Petit paysage, 2013.

Finalists 2013
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

The Colonel
Haus Publishing Ltd., 2011

Serge Gruzinski

L’Aigle et le Dragon : Démesure européenne et mondialisation au XVIe siècle
Fayard, 2012

Steve Sem-Sandberg

The Emperor of Lies
Picador, 2012

Second selection of the Jury
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

The Colonel
Haus Publishing Ltd., 2011

Serge Gruzinski

L’Aigle et le Dragon : Démesure européenne et mondialisation au XVIe siècle
Fayard, 2012

Steve Sem-Sandberg

The Emperor of Lies
Picador, 2012

Robert Macfarlane

The Old Ways : A Journey on Foot
Hamish Hamilton, 2012

Uday Prakash

The walls of Delhi
Hachette India, 2013

First selection of the Jury
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

The Colonel
Haus Publishing Ltd., 2011

Serge Gruzinski

L’Aigle et le Dragon : Démesure européenne et mondialisation au XVIe siècle
Fayard, 2012

Steve Sem-Sandberg

The Emperor of Lies
Picador, 2012

Robert Macfarlane

The Old Ways : A Journey on Foot
Hamish Hamilton, 2012

Uday Prakash

The walls of Delhi
Hachette India, 2013

Janusz Głowacki

Good night, Dzerzi !
Świat Książki, 2010

Chan Koonchung

The Fat Years
Random House, 2011

Charu Nivedita

Zero Degree
Blaft Publications, 2008

Tiphaine Samoyault

Bête de cirque
Seuil, 2013

Enrique Vila-Matas

Chet Baker piensa en su arte
Debolsillo, 2011

Chris Ware

Building Stories
Pantheon Books, 2012