2026-selections

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2026 Honours – Selection of original texts
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Выбор жюри конкурса 2026-го года – пьесы на языке оригинала
Евродрам, европейская сеть театрального перевода, рада предоставить вам список пьес на языке оригинала, рекомендованных для перевода в 2026-м году.

العَرَبيّة / Arabic [7]
★ al-Wajh al-ākhar li-l-qamar (The Other Face of The Moon), by Aḥmad al-Sibiyāʿ
★ Firār min al-mahjar (Escaping from Exile), by ʿAmmār Niʿma Jābir
★ Silk shāʾik (Barbed Wire), by Sāmiḥ ʿUthmān

Azərbaycanca / Azeri [27]
★ Quyuda bitən qamışın monoloqu (The Monologue of a Reed Growing in a Well), by Jalə İsmayıl (Jala Ismayil)
★ ＿, by Abdulla Elşadlı (Abdulla Elshadly)
★ Eyay (Ay-Eye), by Hacı Səfərov (Haji Safarov)

български / Bulgarian [48]
★ ЛАЙФ (LIFE), by Екатерина Георгиева (Ekaterina Georgieva)
★ Зовът на гората (The Call of the Forest), by Теодора Георгиева (Theodora Georgieva)
★ Бягай (Runaway), by Ангел Калев (Angel Kalev)

BCHS (bosanski-crnogorski-hrvatski-srpski) / BCMS [65]
★ Mi se bojimo, učimo da brojimo (We are scared, we are learning how to count], by Jana Milivojević
★ Prostori, praznine i ostale perverzije (Spaces, Voids and other Perversions], by Vedrana Klepica
★ Kisela krv (Sour Blood), by Ivona Marciuš

Català / Catalan [391]
★ L’imperatiu categòric (The Categorical Imperative), by Victoria Szpunberg
★ Compto cada passa meva sobre la terra (I Count Every Step I Take on the Earth), by Lluïsa Cunillé
★ La majordoma (The Sacristan), by Josep Maria Miró

Čeština / Czech [17]
★ Propast (The Abyss), by Dagmar Radová
★ Josephine Baker, by David Košťák
★ Filoktétés. Last Minute (Philoctetes. Last Minute), by Ondřej Novotný

Deutsch / German [133]
★ aufstiegskörper. ein fühlversuch (ascending body. a sensory experiment), by Lena Riemer
★ Der analoge Mensch (The Analog Human), by Ulrike Syha
★ Mysteryland, by Sarah Kilter

Ελληνικά / Greek [49]
★ Κάποτε ήμασταν κανονικοί άνθρωποι (We were once normal people), by Σωτήρης Παλάσκας (Sotiris Palaskas)
★ Puma, by Δημήτρης Αλεξίου (Dimitris Alexiou)
★ Burn Out, by Παύλος Τσακαλίδης (Pavlos Tsakalidis)

Eesti / Estonian [236]
★ Orgia (An Orgy), by Andris Feldmanis and Livia Ulman
★ Rahamaa (Business as Usual), by Mehis Pihla
★ Lasteaed (Kindergarten), by Urmas Vadi

English [52]
★ Through the Shortbread Tin, by Martin O’Connor
★ DON’T. MAKE. TEA., by Rob Drummond
★ The Brenda Line, by Harry Mould

Français / French [133]
★ Dark, by Pierre Berlioux
★ La Tortue ta mère (The Turtle your Mother), by Natalie Rafal
★ Pas trembler (No Shake), by Alex Lorette

Հայերեն / Armenian [10]
★ Թաիթի (Тahiti), by Հրանտ Շիրինյան (Hrant Shirinyan)
★ Այն, որ չկար (That Which Was Not), by Կարինե Խոդիկյան (Karine Khodikyan)
★ Մերսեդես (Mercedes), by Անուշ Ասլիբեկյան (Anush Aslibekyan)

Italiano / Italian [55]
★ Presente Assoluto (Absolute Present), by Pier Lorenzo Pisano
★ Gli ultimi granelli di sabbia (The last grains of sand), by Federico Malvaldi
★ Come diventare ricchi e famosi da un momento all’altro (How to become rich and famous all in a sudden), by Emanuele Aldrovandi

ქართული / Georgian [8]
★ ცაცხვის მტვერი (Lime Pollen), by ნინო სადღობელაშვილი (Nino Sadgobelashvili)
★ მამა (Father), by დალილა გოგია (Dalila Gogia)
★ მავზოლეუმი (Mausoleum), by გურამ მგელაძე (Guram Mgeladze)

Қазақ / Kazakh [34]
★ Капучино (Cappuccino), by Ақмарал Айтбаева (Akmaral Aitbaeva)
★ Тағы да көктем немесе Наурызек (Spring again or Nauryzek), by Ақжан Аманжол (Akzhan Amanzhol)
★ Менің мұңым (My sadness), by Нұржігіт Мүсілім (Nurzhigit Muslim)

Mаgyar / Hungarian [19]
★ 2031, by Zsombor Aurél Biró
★ Haragossziget (Fury Island), by Attila Lőrinczy
★ K utazásai (K’s Travels), by Attila Komán

Mакедонски / Macedonian [8]
★ Џинови и џуџиња (Giants and Dwarfs), by Владимир Јанковски (Vladimir Jankovski)
★ Кој сум јас (Who Am I), by Митко Чешларов (Mitko Cheshlarov)
★ 104, by Драгана Лукан Николоски (Dragana Lukan Nikoloski)

Polski / Polish [41]
★ Niedokończony koncert skrzypcowy (Unfinished Violin Concerto), by Michał Zdunik
★ Na wieczne nieoddanie (Never to Be Returned), by Daria Sobik
★ Najcenniejsza opowieść świata (The Most Valuable Story in the World), by Michał Kurkowski

Português / Portuguese [17]
★ Quanto Mais Comia mais o Vazio Enchia (The more it ate the more it filled up the emptiness), by Cátia Faísco
★ O Livro de Pantagruel (The Book of Pantagruel), by Ricardo Neves-Neves
★ A Matança do Porco do Pai (The Slaughter of the Father’s Pig), by Sónia Barbosa

Română / Romanian [71]
★ Când eram mică voiam să fiu sfântă (When I was little, I wanted to be a Saint), by Anca Munteanu
★ LIRDA (LIRDA), by Leta Popescu
★ Acest loc blestemat (This Cursed Place), by Simion Ruxandra and Anamaria Feraru

Shqip / Albanian [7]
★ Era e njeh trupin tim (The Wind recognises my Body), by Elsa Demo
★ CTRL+C, by Ervina Kotolloshi
★ Duke pritur djalin (Waiting for the Son), by Lorin Terezi

Slovenščina / Slovenian [13]
★ Per Medeja (Morfologija sočutja) (Per Medea (Morphology of Compassion)), by Maša Pelko
★ Vile v Sloveniji (Fairies in Slovenia), by Varja Hrvatin
★ Nič ni nemogoče (Nothing is Impossible), by Tjaša Mislej

Suomi / Finnish [14]
★ PETER ASUI TALOSSA – delfiini pisteestä pisteeseen (PETER LIVED IN A HOUSE – a dolphin from dot to dot), by Pipsa Lonka
★ Marian Blessing Makes Her Escape, by E.L. Karhu
★ ESIKAUPUNGIN ENKELIT (SUBURBAN ANGELS), by Martta Mercedes Jylhä

Svenska / Swedish [14]
★ En berättelse om smärta (A Story About Pain), by Malin Axelsson
★ Konspiration (Conspiracy), by Erik Uddenberg
★ Att skiljas (Breaking Up), by Mia Törnqvist

Українська / Ukrainian [25]
★ Трагічна історія Еміля Шпорка (The Tragic Story of Emil Shpork), by Олександр Вітер (Oleksandr Viter)
★ Зателефонуй мені на війну (Call Me at War), by Діана Меркулова (Diana Merkulova)
★ Вишневе (Vyshneve), by Марина Смілянець (Maryna Smilianets)