Colombian novelist wins 2014 Impac Dublin Award

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

The prize is worth €100,000 and is the largest for a novel published in English. It will be split between Vasquez and his translator, Anne McLean, who receives €25,000.

Mr Vasquez, who was presented with the award at a ceremony in Dublin’s Mansion House, spoke to the Irish Examiner about the honour he felt in joining an illustrious list of winners.