The Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vasquez has won the 2014 Impac Dublin Award for his novel The Sound of Things Falling.

Alan began to write in his late teens, starting with poetry, songs and short stories, He worked as an architect, in Dublin, then Edinburgh, returning to Ireland in 2009, when he became ill.

Turkey’s former military chief has been convicted of trying to overthrow the government and sentenced to life in prison.

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FOUR Irish novels have been nominated for the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

A TURKISH nationalist party leader, a veteran journalist and an academic have been arrested over an alleged plan to kill author Orhan Pamuk, the country’s first Nobel laureate, media reported yesterday.

THE European Commission is expected to pull back from the brink of partially breaking off accession negotiations with Turkey when it issues its annual progress report today.

A highly critical report to be released next week accuses Turkey of dragging its heels in political reforms and demands significant improvements in 2007 if Ankara is to stay on track to join the European Union.

TURKISH writer Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel literature prize yesterday, for his multitude of works that deal with the symbols of clashing cultures.

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel literature prize today for his multitude of works that deal with the symbols of clashing cultures.

Turkey must expand freedom of expression, open its ports to Greek Cypriot ships and planes and bring its powerful military under civilian control, the EU’s chief expansion official said today.

This year’s winner of the Nobel Prize for literature will not be announced until October 12 at the earliest, Swedish Academy officials said today.

A Finn who helped mediate peace in Indonesia is tipped to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, while bookmakers favour a Turkish novelist for the literature award.

TWO Irish authors are on the shortlist for the biggest books prize in the world, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, it was announced yesterday.

A TURKISH court yesterday dropped charges against the country’s best-known novelist for insulting “Turkishness,” ending a high-profile trial that outraged Western observers and cast doubt on Turkey’s commitment to free speech.

A Turkish court dropped charges against internationally acclaimed novelist Orhan Pamuk today, NTV television reported, ending a high-profile trial that outraged European Union officials and sparked questions over Turkey’s commitment to free speech.

Turkey’s Cabinet was today discussing whether to drop charges against novelist Orhan Pamuk – a case the European Union has criticised as a threat to freedom of expression.

Turkey’s Justice Minister Cemil Cicek criticised EU officials today for pressuring Turkey to stop a freedom of expression case against renowned author Orhan Pamuk, but hinted that a court could drop the case.

A judge halted the trial of Turkey’s best-known novelist today, saying the Justice Ministry must first approve the explosive legal case that raises questions about Turkey’s commitment to free speech.

The presiding judge in the trial of Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s best-known novelist, ordered a halt in the trial shortly after it opened today, citing questions over whether a new law making it a crime to insult the national identity could be applied to the novelist’s case.

A TURKISH writer won the world’s richest literary prize yesterday for a Byzantine whodunnit set in 16th century Istanbul.