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2014 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Short List

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2bergs47
Avr 10, 2014, 3:53 am

Ten books shortlisted for the 2014 Award

5 novels in translation make the IMPAC Dublin Award truly international

Ten novels have been shortlisted for the 2014 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award, managed by Dublin City Libraries.

The list includes five novels in translation from Argentina, Colombia, France, Norway, and The Netherlands and novels from Australia, Ireland, Malaysia, the UK and the USA.

The IMPAC DUBLIN Award, an initiative of Dublin City Council, is worth €100,000 to the winner and is the world’s most valuable annual literary award for a single work of fiction published in English.

The shortlisted titles, announced by The Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Henry Upton, in Dublin are:
1.The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker, (Dutch) translated by David Colmer. Published by Harvill Secker.
2.Questions of Travel by Michelle De Kretser (Sri Lankan / Australian) Published by Allen & Unwin.
3.Absolution by Patrick Flanery (American) (First novel) Published by Atlantic Books.
4.A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Norwegian) Translated by Don Bartlett. Published by Harvill Secker.
5.Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye (French) Translated by John Fletcher. Published by MacLehose / Quercus and by Alfred A. Knopf.
6.Traveller of the Century by Andrés Neuman (Argentinian) Translated from the original Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia. Published by Pushkin Press and by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
7.The Light of Amsterdam by David Park (Northern Irish) Published by Bloomsbury.
8.The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan (Irish) (First novel) Published by Doubleday Ireland / Lilliput Press.
9.The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysian) Published by Myrmidon.
10.The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombian) Translated from the original Spanish by Anne McLean. Published by Bloomsbury.

3danieljayfriedman
Avr 10, 2014, 12:23 pm

Appears to be a terrific list. Nice to see so many works in translation.

Winner to be announced on June 12th.

4rebeccanyc
Avr 11, 2014, 7:57 am

Thanks for posting this list. Lots to explore.

5bergs47
Avr 15, 2015, 3:50 am

TEN NOVELS HAVE been shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

The shortlisted titles are:
1.Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigerian).
2.Horses of God by Mahi Binebine (Moroccan) Translated from French by Lulu Norman.
3.Harvest by Jim Crace (British).
4.The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (Australian).
5.Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Australian) First Novel.
6.K by Bernardo Kucinski (Brazilian) Translated from Portuguese by Sue Branford.
7.Brief Loves That Live Forever by Andreï Makine (French, Russian-born) Translated from French by Geoffrey Strachan.
8.TransAtlantic by Colum McCann (Irish) .
9.Someone by Alice McDermott (American).
10.Sparta by Roxana Robinson.

A judging panel of five people will select one winner which will be announced by Lord Mayor Christy Burke on 17 June.

6danieljayfriedman
Juin 24, 2015, 7:12 am

And Jim Crace's Harvest wins the 2015 Dublin Literary Award.

7justifiedsinner
Juin 24, 2015, 10:24 am

Excellent! Brilliantly written novel.

8bergs47
Juin 24, 2015, 4:26 pm

For completeness sake I see The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombian) Translated from the original Spanish by Anne McLean. won the 2014 Award