Kevin Barry shortlisted for €100k Impac Award

An Irish author has been shortlisted for the world’s richest literary prize.

Kevin Barry’s first novel City of Bohane is among 10 finalists for the Impac award in which nominees for the €100,000 pot are selected by libraries worldwide. The list includes five novels in translation from Japan, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, and France and work by previous winners Andrew Miller and Michel Houellebecq.

The shortlist was announced by Dublin’s Lord Mayor Naoise Ó Muiri.