* Sefi Atta nominated Ha Jin
* Horacio Castellanos Moya nominated Ricardo Piglia
* Aleksandar Hemon nominated Michael Ondaatje
* Etgar Keret nominated Murakami Haruki
* Joanne Leedom-Ackerman nominated Margaret Atwood
* Mai Mang nominated Duo Duo
* Claire Messud nominated A.B.Yehoshua
* Pireeni Sundaralingam nominated Athol Fugard
* Niloufar Talebi nominated Shahriar Mandanipour
2010 press release.
Athol Fugard
The charter of the Neustadt Prize stipulates that the award be given in recognition of outstanding achievement in poetry, fiction, or drama and that it be conferred solely on the basis of literary merit. Any living author writing in any language is eligible, provided only that at least a representative portion of his or her work is available in English, French, and/or Spanish–the three languages used in the jury deliberations. The prize may serve to crown a lifetime’s achievement or to direct attention to an important body of work that is still developing. (The prize is not open to application.)