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Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Translated Literature | 2026 | Longlist |
About This Book
A debut novel, translated from the Russian by Lisa C. Hayden, about a young woman from an Azerbaijani family in Russia who lives with a debilitating neurological illness. Each chapter addresses a distinct body part as the narrator reckons with patriarchal violence, chronic pain, and diasporic identity. Longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature.
About the Authors
Egana DjabbarovaRussian
Egana Djabbarova is a poet, essayist, and novelist born in 1992 into an Azerbaijani family in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She lives in Hamburg. My Dreadful Body, her debut novel, translated from the Russian by Lisa C. Read more →
Lisa C. HaydenAmerican
Lisa C. Hayden is an American literary translator from Russian. She received an MA in Russian literature from the University of Pennsylvania, spent six years in Moscow, and lives in Maine. Read more →
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