Cork-based author Doireann Ní Ghríofa takes Irish Book of the Year award with prose debut

It means the relatively small publisher, Tramp Press, has won the Irish Book of the Year three times in the past five years.

Poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa whose first book of prose, A Ghost in the Throat, has been named as the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020. Picture: Clare Keogh

Doireann Ní Ghríofa's work, A Ghost in the Throat, has been announced as the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020. 

The Cork-based writer had previously been known for her poetry in both Irish and English, and this award marks a stunning success for what was her prose debut.