International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Ten books in the running for the 2013 Award – Shortlist announced

brendan — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:00:13 +0000

Ten novels have been shortlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award.

The list includes City of Bohane by Irish author, Kevin Barry, five novels in translation (from Japan, Iceland, Norway, The Netherlands and France); one British and three American novels.

The shortlisted titles, announced by The Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Naoise Ó Muirí, Patron of the Award, in Dublin on 9th April are:

City of Bohane by Kevin Barry (Irish) (First novel) Published by Johathan Cape
The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq (French) Translated from the original French by Gavin Bowd. Published by William Heineman
Pure by Andrew Miller (British) Published by Sceptre
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (Japanese) Translated from the original Japanese by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel. Published by Harvill Secker and Alfred A. Knopf
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (Japanese American) Published by Alfred A. Knopf
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips (American) Published by Random House Inc.
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (American) Published by Alfred A. Knopf
From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón (Icelandic) Translated from the original Icelandic by Victoria Cribb. Published by Telegram Books.
The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am by Kjersti Skomsvold (Norwegian) (First novel) Translated from the original Norwegian by Kerri A. Pierce. Published by Dalkey Archive Press
Caesarion by Tommy Wieringa (Dutch) Translated from the original Dutch by Sam Garrett. Published by Portobello Books

‘This is a list of high quality literature that includes five novels in translation which readers might not otherwise get the opportunity to read’, says Lord Mayor Cllr. Naoise Ó Muirí, ‘and I am delighted to see an Irish author, Kevin Barry, on the list. This is a real tribute from the judges to the quality of Irish contemporary writing’.

The Lord Mayor reminded Dubliners that they can borrow the shortlisted novels from Dublin City Public Libraries, remarking that ’readers have plenty of time to pick their own favourites between now and 6^th June, when I announce the winner’.

‘This is the highest number of books in translation on the shortlist since the award began’, says Margaret Hayes, Dublin City Librarian, ‘and it is wonderful to have novels from Japan and Iceland as well as France, The Netherlands and Norway. The list also includes novels from the USA, the UK and Ireland. There is something here for everyone and I urge readers to get stuck in and enjoy the humour and sadness, history and fantasy, teenage and elderly angst on this year’s shortlist’.

The ten short listed titles were nominated by public libraries in Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, The Netherlands, and the USA.

Two of the shortlisted authors are previous winners. Andrew Miller won the prize in 1999 for his novel Ingenious Pain and Michel Houellebecq was awarded the prize in 2002 for his novel Atomised.

The five member international judging panel, chaired by Hon. Eugene R. Sullivan, will select one winner which will be announced by the Lord Mayor of Dublin and Patron of the Award, Councillor Naoise Ó Muirí on Thursday 6^th June 2013.

Fiction Matters, February 2013

cathy — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:38:31 +0000

The latest issue of Fiction Matters, the newsletter of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, is now available to download.

This 34-page issue includes the complete list of eligible titles for the 2013 Award with information on each of the 154 titles and authors, biographies of the judging panel, and photos from the 2012 Award.

Fiction Matters 2013

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Fiction Matters, the newsletter of the award – Archive

cathy — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:27:53 +0000

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2013 Judging Panel

brendan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:37:14 +0000

The five authors and translators who will judge the 2013 Award have been announced.

Pictured at the launch of the 2013 Award in Dublin on 12th November: Non-voting Chairperson Eugene R. Sullivan; Salim Bachi, an Algerian novelist based in Paris; Krista Kaer, Estonian translator, academic and publisher; Irish author, Patrick McCabe; Kamila Shamsie, a novelist from Pakistan based in London, and Clive Sinclair, British author and academic…read more

154 books nominated for the 2013 Award

brendan — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:30:26 +0000

Eight novels by Irish authors are among the 154 books that have been nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.

Nominations also include 43 American, 22 British and 12 Canadian novels, as well as 42 books translated into English from 19 other languages.

Organised by Dublin City Public Libraries, the 2013 Award was launched on 12th November by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Naoise Ó Muirí, Patron of the Award, at a ceremony in The Dublin City Library & Archive. The Irish titles are:

On Canaan’s Side by Sebastian Barry, nominated by San Diego Public Library, USA and by Dublin City Public Libraries, Ireland.
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry, nominated by Cork City Libraries, Limerick City Library and Dublin City Public Libraries, Ireland.
The Absolutist by John Boyne, nominated by Liverpool City Library & Information Services, UK and Tampere City Library, Finland
The Dulang Washer by Paul Callan, nominated by The National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpar
Long Time, No See by Dermot Healy nominated by Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, Norway and The Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia
The Cold Eye of Heaven by Christine Dwyer Hickey, nominated by Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, Norway
Twice Born by (Irish/Italian) author Margaret Mazzantini,nominated by Waterford County Library, Ireland and by Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, Italy
Double Talk by Patrick Warner (now living in Canada), nominated by The Provincial Resource Library, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

‘This is the highest number of Irish authors ever to be nominated in any one year by libraries around the world for the IMPAC DUBLIN Award’ said Margaret Hayes, Dublin City Librarian. ‘It says a lot for the high quality of writing coming from Irish writers currently and it reinforces Dublin’s status as UNESCO City of Literature’.

Lord Mayor Naoise Ó Muirí noted that Belfast born Jane Harris was also nominated for her novel, Gillespie and I, and he commended the IMPAC DUBLIN Award for its promotion of excellence in world literature as well as for the opportunity to promote Irish writing internationally.

‘The 154 eligible nominations for the IMPAC DUBLIN 2013 come from 120 cities and 44 countries worldwide. 42 are titles in translation, spanning 19 languages and 47 are first novels’ he said. ‘This is the highest number of translated novels, first novels and novels by Irish authors to be nominated, since the IMPAC DUBLIN Award’s inception in 1996. Like every year, you will find new books and new authors, particularly those novels in translation that you might otherwise never come across and you can pit yourself against the international panel of judges and pick your own favourite novel, before I announce the the shortlist (9th April) and then the winner (6th June) next year.”

All the novels nominated for the Award are available for readers to borrow from Dublin’s public libraries.

The names of the judges for the 2013 Award were also announced on 12th November, and they are Irish author, Patrick Mc Cabe; Salim Bachi, an Algerian novelist based in Paris; Krista Kaer, Estonian translator, academic and publisher; Kamila Shamsie, a novelist from Pakistan based in London, and Clive Sinclair, British author and academic. The Non-voting Chairperson is Eugene R. Sullivan.

Among the other novels nominated for the 2013 Award are The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize, Pure by Andrew Miller, winner of the 2011 Costa Prize and 1999 winner of this award and The Sisters Brothers by Patrick de Witt, winner of the Canadian Governor General’s Award for Fiction 2011.

Among the 42 translated authors are; Haruki Murakami (Japan) Jean Echenoz, (France) Umberto Eco,(Italy) Roy Jacobsen (Norway) and Ingo Schulze (Germany).

The most nominated book is The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, which received fifteen nominations from libraries in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Ireland, The Netherlands, The UK and the USA. Other books nominated by multiple libraries are The Sisters Brothers by Canadian writer, Patrick de Witt, and two debut American novels, The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, and The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht.

12 books by Canadian authors nominated for the 2013 Award

brendan — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:27:53 +0000

Twelve books by Canadian authors are among 154 titles that have been nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English. Organised by Dublin City Public Libraries, the 2013 Award was launched on 12th November by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Naoise Ó Muirí, Patron of the Award, at a ceremony in The Dublin City Library & Archive.

The Canadian titles are:

Beggar’s Feast by Randy Boyagoda
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick de Witt
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
The Reinvention of Love by Helen Humphreys
The Lightning Field by Heather Jessup
A World Elsewhere by Wayne Johnston
A Possible Madness by Frank Macdonald
The Town That Drowned by Riel Nason
Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul by David Adams Richards
Easy to Like by Edward Riche
A Good Man by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Touch by Alexi Zentner

22 novels by British authors nominated for the 2013 Award

brendan — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:22:50 +0000

Twenty-two novels by British authors are among 154 titles that have been nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English. Organised by Dublin City Public Libraries, the 2013 Award was launched on 12th November by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Naoise Ó Muirí, Patron of the Award, at a ceremony in The Dublin City Library & Archive.

Among the UK authored books nominated are:

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, nominated by 15 libraries worldwide, winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize
The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James, the detective sequel to Pride and Prejudice
Pure by Andrew Miller, winner of the 2012 Costa Prize and previous winner of the IMPAC DUBLIN Award for Ingenious Pain in 1999

Also nominated were Wish You Were Here by Graham Swift, A Man of Parts by David Lodge, How It All Began by Penelope Lively and The Invisible Ones by Scottish author Stef Penney.

The complete list of books by British authors is:

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch
A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette Edwards
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
The Thread by Victoria Hislop
The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
A Man of Parts by David Lodge
Pure by Andrew Miller
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller
A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In by Magnus Mills
Half of the Human Race by Anthony Quinn
Wish You Were Here by Graham Swift
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Bed by David Whitehouse
When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
How It All Began by Penelope Lively
The Second Coming by John Niven
The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney

43 books by American novelists nominated for the 2013 Award

brendan — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:12:19 +0000

Forty-three books by American authors are among 154 titles that have been nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English. Organised by Dublin City Public Libraries, the 2013 Award was launched on 12th November by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Naoise Ó Muirí, Patron of the Award, at a ceremony in The Dublin City Library & Archive.

The US titles include:

Swamplandia by Karen Russell – Finalist Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2012
Salvage the Bones by Jesmym Ward – 2011 National Book award winner
The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak – 2011 National Book award finalist
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht – 2011 National Book award finalist
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka – 2011 National Book award finalist
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Also nominated were debut novels The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

The complete list of USA titles is:

What the Family Needed by Steven Amsterdam
When the Killing’s Done by T. C. Boyle
Awakened by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen
Red on Red by Edward Conlon
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Assumption by Percival Everett
Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman
Ed King by David Guterson
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Remember Ben Clayton by Stephen Harrigan
Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
Hell Is Empty by Craig Johnson
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak
The Dewey Decimal System by Nathan Larson
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Emily, Alone by Stewart O’Nan
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva
We the Animals by Justin Torres
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Caribou Island by David Vann
The Submission by Amy Waldman
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay by Gillian Royes
The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht

Printable Longlist

gillian — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:05:18 +0000

The 2013 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award Longlist

TITLE	AUTHOR
Last Man in Tower	Aravind Adiga
The Keeper of Lost Causes Translated from Danish by Lisa Hartford	Jussi Adler-Olsen
What the Family Needed	Steven Amsterdam
Bountiful Famine	Sheg Aranmolate
Dirty Feet Translated from French by Lazer Lederhendler	Edem Awumey
Tell It to the Trees	Anita Rau Badami
The Sense of an Ending	Julian Barnes
City of Bohane	Kevin Barry
On Canaan’s Side	Sebastian Barry
The Sly Company of People Who Care	Rahul Bhattacharya
Jamrach’s Menagerie	Carol Birch
Beggar’s Feast	Randy Boyagoda
When the Killing’s Done	T. C. Boyle
The Absolutist	John Boyne
The Cocaine Salesman Translated from Dutch by Jonathan Reeder	Conny Braam
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine Translated from German by Tim Mohr	Alina Bronsky
Estuary	Sam Bunny
The Dulang Washer	Paul Callan
The Potter’s Field Translated from Italian by Stephen Sartarelli	Andrea Camilleri
Temporary Perfections Translated from Italian by Antony Shugaar	Gianrico Carofiglio
Spirit of Progress	Steven Carroll
Awakened	P.C. + Kristin Cast
My Two Worlds Translated from Spanish by Margaret B. Carson	Sergio Chejfec
Wulf	Hamish Clayton
The Grief of Others	Leah Hager Cohen
Red on Red	Edward Conlon
Julia Translated from Dutch by Ina Rilke	Otto de Kat
The Book of Doubt Translated from Dutch by Brian Doyle	Tessa de Loo
Underground Time Translated from French by George Miller	Delphine de Vigan
The Sisters Brothers	Patrick deWitt
The Language of Flowers	Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Time In Between Translated from Spanish by Daniel Hahn	María Dueñas
Lightning Translated from French by Linda Coverdale	Jean Echenoz
The Prague Cemetery Translated from Italian by Richard Dixon	Umberto Eco
Half-Blood Blues	Esi Edugyan
A Cupboard Full of Coats	Yvvette Edwards
Against Art Translated from Norwegian by James Anderson	Tomas Espedal
The Marriage Plot	Jeffrey Eugenides
Assumption	Percival Everett
Waiting for Robert Capa Translated from Spanish by Adriana V. López	Susana Fortes
All That I Am	Anna Funder
Kafka’s Friend Translated from Croatian by Nina H. Kay-Antoljak	Miro Gavran
The Dinosaur Feather Translated from Danish by Charlotte Barslund	Sissel-Jo Gazan
River of Smoke	Amitav Ghosh
Say Her Name	Francisco Goldman
Sarah Thornhill	Kate Grenville
Ed King	David Guterson
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti	Mohammed Hanif
The Art of Fielding	Chad Harbach
Remember Ben Clayton	Stephen Harrigan
Gillespie and I	Jane Harris
Into the Darkest Corner	Elizabeth Haynes
Long Time, No See	Dermot Healy
Ten Thousand Saints	Eleanor Henderson
Alice Translated from German by Margot Bettauer Dembo	Judith Hermann
Cold Eye of Heaven	Christine Dwyer Hickey
The Thread	Victoria Hislop
The Dovekeepers	Alice Hoffman
The Stranger’s Child	Alan Hollinghurst
The Map and the Territory Translated from French by Gavin Bowd	Michel Houellebecq
The Reinvention of Love	Helen Humphreys
The Summer Without Men	Siri Hustvedt
Child Wonder Translated from Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw	Roy Jacobsen
Death Comes to Pemberley	P.D. James
The Lightning Field	Heather Jessup
Hell Is Empty	Craig Johnson
A World Elsewhere	Wayne Johnston
Five Bells	Gail Jones
Silver Sparrow	Tayari Jones
When She Woke	Hillary Jordan
Dagny or a Love Feast	Zurab Karumidze
Pigeon English	Stephen Kelman
The Hypnotist Translated from Swedish by Ann Long	Lars Kepler
11/22/63	Stephen King
The Sojourn	Andrew Krivak
The Return Translated from French by David Homel	Dany Laferrière
The Dewey Decimal System	Nathan Larson
Hut of Fallen Persimmons Translated from Portuguese by Sarah Green	Adriana Lisboa
How It All Began	Penelope Lively
A Man of Parts	David Lodge
A Possible Madness	Frank Macdonald
The Borrower	Rebecca Makkai
The Larnachs	Owen Marshall
The Girl in the Blue Beret	Bobbie Ann Mason
Anatomy of a Disappearance	Hisham Matar
Twice Born Translated from Italian by Ann Gagliardi	Margaret Mazzantini
The Paris Wife	Paula McLain
To Be Sung Underwater	Tom McNeal
Foal’s Bread	Gillian Mears
Snowdrops	A.D. Miller
Pure	Andrew Miller
Autumn Laing	Alex Miller
A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In	Magnus Mills
The Mark Translated from Macedonian by Milan Damjanovski	Blazhe Minevski
Cold Light	Frank Moorhouse
The Night Circus	Erin Morgenstern
Rangatira	Paula Morris
Tyrant Memory Translated from Spanish by Katherine Silver	Horacio Castellanos Moya
1Q84 (Books 1,2 & 3) Translated from Japanese by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel	Haruki Murakami
Accabadora Translated from Italian by Silvester Mazzarella	Michela Murgia
The Town That Drowned	Riel Nason
Niko	Dimitri Nasrallah
The Second Coming	John Niven
Duke	Rozlan Mohd Noor
The Tiger’s Wife	Téa Obreht
Emily, Alone	Stewart O’Nan
The Cat’s Table	Michael Ondaatje
The Buddha in the Attic	Julie Otsuka
Damned	Chuck Palahniuk
The Map of Time Translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor	Félix J. Palma
Past the Shallows	Favel Parrett
State of Wonder	Ann Patchett
Part of the Solution Translated from German by Martin Chalmers	Ulrich Peltzer
The Invisible Ones	Stef Penney
The Street Sweeper	Elliot Perlman
The Tragedy of Arthur	Arthur Phillips
Funeral for a Dog Translated from German by Ross Benjamin	Thomas Pletzinger
The Conductor	Sarah Quigley
Half of the Human Race	Anthony Quinn
Splithead Translated from German by Tess Lewis	Julya Rabinowich
Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul	David Adams Richards
Easy to Like	Edward Riche
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children	Ransom Riggs
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay	Gillian Royes
Doc	Mary Doria Russell
Swamplandia!	Karen Russell
Adam and Evelyn Translated from German by John E. Woods	Ingo Schulze
The Emperor of Lies Translated from Swedish by Sarah Death	Steve Sem-Sandberg
Dancing Lessons	Olive Senior
13, rue Thérèse	Elena Mauli Shapiro
Please Look After Mom Translated from Korean by Chi-Young Kim	Kyung-sook Shin
Portrait of a Spy	Daniel Silva
The Iron Fence	Neluka Silva
From the Mouth of the Whale Translated from Icelandic by Victoria Cribb	Sjón
The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am Translated from Norwegian by Kerri A. Pierce	Kjersti A. Skomsvold
Everybody’s Right Translated from Italian by Antony Shugaar	Paolo Sorrentino
Wish You Were Here	Graham Swift
Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique Translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn	Gonçalo M. Tavares
We the Animals	Justin Torres
The Truth about Marie Translated from French by Matthew B. Smith	Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Rules of Civility	Amor Towles
A Good Man	Guy Vanderhaeghe
Caribou Island	David Vann
The Submission	Amy Waldman
Salvage the Bones	Jesmyn Ward
double talk	Patrick Warner
Before I Go to Sleep	S.J. Watson
Bed	David Whitehouse
Caesarion Translated from Dutch by Sam Garrett	Tommy Wieringa
When God was a Rabbit	Sarah Winman
My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You	Louisa Young
Touch	Alexi Zentner
The Warsaw Anagrams	Richard Zimler
The Five Wonders of the Danube Translated from Serbian by Alice Copple-Tosic	Zoran Živković

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