London, April 1 -- Novels by women writers about a family exiled from Iran, a suburban French witch and an Albanian sworn virgin have made the shortlist for the International Booker Prize, organisers announced on Tuesday. The prestigious award, to be handed out at a ceremony at London's Tate Modern gallery on May 19, recognises works of fiction from around the world that have been translated into English. The £50,000 ($62,000) prize is split equally between the author and the translator. The shortlist includes several established authors. "The Director", set in the Nazi-controlled film industry, is by bestselling German-Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann, who is known for darkly funny historical novels and is the only male author on the l...