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

Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun today scooped the world’s richest literary prize for a work published in English.

A SHORTLIST of 10 books for the 2004 IMPAC Literary Award was announced in Dublin yesterday.