2026 Winner
The Tadeusz Bradecki Foundation has awarded the second Tadeusz Bradecki Prize to Julian Brave NoiseCat for We Survived the Night (Profile Books). Created to honour the late Tadeusz Bradecki – international theatre director, actor and writer – the Prize is awarded annually for a book in which fiction and non-fiction writing combine in an original and exciting way.
2026 Runners Up
Two runners up prizes were also awarded:
Evald Flisar for My Kingdom is Dying, translated by David Limon (Istros Books)
Olivia Laing for The Silver Book (Hamish Hamilton)
The Exciting Shortlist for the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize 2026
My Kingdom is Dying
Evald Flisar
Translator: David LimonIstros Books
The Silver Book
Olivia Laing
Hamish Hamilton
The Tower
Thea Lenarduzzi
Fitzcarraldo Editions
We Survived the Night
Julian Brave NoiseCat
Profile Books
The Book of Records
Madeleine Thien
Granta Books
Indignity
Lea Ypi
Allen Lane