Librarian books €100,000 prize

A FORMER librarian recorded a turn-up for the books when he won the world’s richest literary prize — on the nomination of librarians.

Librarian books €100,000 prize

Norwegian Per Petterson was named as winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award yesterday, beating 137 authors nominated by 169 public libraries in 49 countries.

The 54-year-old won the award for his 2003 novel Out Stealing Horses, originally in Norwegian. He shares his €100,000 prize with Anne Born, who translated the book in 2005.

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