Longlist | Authors 2003
(ordered alphabetically with specification of the original language/ first language of publication)
Kemal Anadol, Büyük Ayrili: The great separation, Turkish
Ian Buruma: Bad Elements, English
Christian Dedet: Au Royaume d'Abomey, French
Fan Wen: The Mist on The Ancient Path, Chinese
Nuruddin Farah: Yesterday, Tomorrow: Voices from the Somali Diaspora, English
Sergio González Rodriguez: Huesos en el desierto [Bones in the Desert], Spanish
Jiang Hao: Revealing the Secrets of Poachers, Chinese
Jean Hatzfeld: Dans le Nu de la Vie, French
Sae-Hwa Hong: The Seine Divides Left and Right, The Hang Gang Separates North and South, Korean
Christina Lamb: The Sewing Circles of Herat. A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan, English
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc: Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx, English
John Pilger: The New Rulers of the World, English
Sergio Pitol: El Viaje, Spanish
Anna Politkovskaja: Tschetschenien. Die Wahrheit über den Krieg [Chechnya. The Truth about the War], Russian
Anna Politkovskaja: Tchétchénie: le déshonneur russe, French
Linda Polman: We Did Nothing: Why the Truth Doesn't Always Come Out When the UN Goes in, Dutch
Ruben Gonzalez Gallego: Beloié na tchiornem [White on Black], Russian
Ramesh Chandra Shah: Along the Dark Shores, Hindi
Mark Tully and Gillian Wright: India in Slow Motion, English
Bernd Wagner: Wie ich nach Chihuahua kam. Eine amerikanische Reise [How I got to Chihuahua. An American Journey], German
"The human depth of literary reportage communicates more to us
than the news on CNN. This depth can only develop because the
authors had time for their work, time that allowed them to
understand situations and backgrounds."Abdourahman Waberi (jury member 2003 & 2004)