Irish author listed among 10 books shortlisted for International Dublin Literary Award

Just one Irish author has made the reckoning for the €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award. Marjorie Brennan profiles the ten books revealed today
Irish author listed among 10 books shortlisted for International Dublin Literary Award

The shortlist for the lucrative 

The ten novels on the shortlist for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award are being announced today (Thursday). The award, which is sponsored by Dublin City Council and managed by Dublin City Libraries, is worth €100,000 and was known as the IMPAC until 2015.  It is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English. 

This year, 156 books were nominated by invited public libraries in cities throughout the world on the basis of ‘high literary merit’. The international judging panel will select one winner, which will be announced on October 22 as part of the International Literature Festival, Dublin. The shortlist includes Milkman by Irish author Anna Burns, and three novels in translation.  

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