Dublin Literary AwardLonglist1997

Given by Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive

Other Names: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
102 Works 143,397 Books 2,367 Reviews ½ 3.8
At the heart of the Dublin Literary Award is a vast network of libraries; not just the network of Dublin City Libraries who have happily been serving communities since 1884 but libraries in show more cities, big and small around the world.



Dublin Literary Award honours excellence in world literature since 1996. Presented annually, the Award is one of the most significant literature prizes in the world, worth €100,000 for a single work of fiction in original English or translated into English. If the winning book is in English translation, the author receives €75,000 and the translator, €25,000.



Each year, a longlist is created of nominated books from invited public libraries in cities around the world. Our esteemed panel of judges then face the monumental task of narrowing these titles down to a shortlist of no more than ten titles. From this shortlist of exceptional work, one winner is selected and announced in a ceremony during the International Literature Festival Dublin.



Since 2015, the Award has been sponsored solely by Dublin City Council, administered by Dublin City Libraries and kindly supported by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (29), Shortlist (226), Longlist (2,412)
Years:
All, 2024 (58), 2023 (62), 2022 (68), 2021 (41), 2020 (145), 2019 (128), 2018 (131), 2017 (67), 2016 (147), 2015 (131), 2014 (137), 2013 (72), 2012 (129), 2011 (144), 2010 (149), 2009 (136), 2008 (12), 2007 (9), 2006 (1), 2005 (4), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (78), 2001 (89), 2000 (92), 1999 (101), 1998 (73), 1997 (102), 1996 (104)
Announced:
May 23: Winner2024 Recent
March 26: Shortlist2024 Recent
January 16: Longlist2024 Recent

Longlist 102

WorkYear
The Infinite Plan by Isabel Allende1997
Paula by Isabel Allende1997
The Information by Martin Amis1997
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson1997
Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks1997
Athena by John Banville1997
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker1997
Ill Wind by Nevada Barr1997
The Smell of Apples by Mark Behr1997
All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell1997
Corruption by Tahar Ben Jelloun1997
To the Wedding by John Berger1997
Tree of Heaven by R. C. Binstock1997
The Miracle Worker by Carmen Boullosa1997
The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle1997
Incidents in the Rue Laugier by Anita Brookner1997
In Every Face I Meet by Justin Cartwright1997
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon1997
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra1997
The Valkyries by Paulo Coelho1997
The Measurable World by Katharine Coles1997
Battle Flag by Bernard Cornwell1997
Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat1997
Journey to Ithaca by Anita Desai1997
The American Standard (Spear books series) by Sam Desanto1997
The Paperboy by Pete Dexter1997
Woof, woof, dear Lord and other stories by Δημητρίου Σωτήρης Dimitriou Sotiri1997
Unnatural Mothers by Renate Dorrestein1997
River Teeth by David James Duncan1997
The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco1997
Belgarath the Sorcerer by David Eddings1997
Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman1997
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans1997
The Piano Man's Daughter by Timothy Findley1997
The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald1997
Independence Day by Richard Ford1997
Nightfather by Carl Friedman1997
Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez1997
The Age of Miracles by Ellen Gilchrist1997
Mister Sandman by Barbara Gowdy1997
Lighthouse Spark by Heather Grace1997
How to Read an Unwritten Language by Philip Graham1997
The Rainmaker by John Grisham1997
Angels of the Universe by Einar Már Guðmundsson1997
A Few Youths in the Moon by Humāẏūna Āhameda1997
The Chess Garden by Brooks Hansen1997
Exiled by Khadijah Hashim1997
Salt Dancers by Ursula Hegi1997
Borderliners by Peter Høeg1997
Memoir from Antproof Case by Mark Helprin1997
Mr. Ives' Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos1997
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman1997
Solar Storms by Linda Hogan1997
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby1997
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro1997
Shards of Memory by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala1997
Billy Sunday: A Novel by Rod Jones1997
Cold Snap: Stories by Thom Jones1997
A River Town by Thomas Keneally1997
So I Am Glad by A. L. Kennedy1997
Looking Through Glass by Mukul Kesavan1997
Highways to a War by Christopher J. Koch1997
The Hanging Tree by David Lambkin1997
Our Game by John le Carré1997
Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee1997
Four Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K. Le Guin1997
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts1997
Therapy by David Lodge1997
Camille's Bread by Amanda Lohrey1997
An Experiment in Love by Hilary Mantel1997
All the days and nights: the collected stories by William Maxwell1997
Songdogs by Colum McCann1997
The crying room by Chris McLeod1997
The Year of the Flood by Eduardo Mendoza1997
The Distinguished Guest by Sue Miller1997
The Statement by Brian Moore1997
Loose living by Frank Moorhouse1997
The Great Longing by Marcel Möring1997
Astonishing the Gods by Ben Okri1997
Raising Holy Hell: A Novel by Bruce Olds1997
Don't Call It Night by Amos Oz1997
The Contract by William Palmer1997
The Carousel by Belva Plain1997
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers1997
The Promise of Rest by Reynolds Price1997
Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth1997
The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie1997
The Cross by Mandy Sayer1997
Brother of Sleep by Robert Schneider1997
Discerner of Hearts by Olive Senior1997
Cheap Lives by Antony Sher1997
Follow Your Heart by Susanna Tamaro1997
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan1997
The Best of Friends by Joanna Trollope1997
Morality Play by Barry Unsworth1997
City of Light by Dave Warner1997
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear by Katharine Weber1997
The Wedding by Dorothy West1997
Eveless Eden by Marianne Wiggins1997
Going Home to Teach (Anthony C. Winkler Collection) by Anthony C. Winkler1997
Lizard by Banana Yoshimoto1997
Panama by Eric Zencey1997

Descriptions

At the heart of the Dublin Literary Award is a vast network of libraries; not just the network of Dublin City Libraries who have happily been serving communities since 1884 but libraries in cities, big and small around the world.

Dublin Literary Award honours excellence in world literature since 1996. Presented annually, the Award is one of the most significant literature prizes in the world, worth €100,000 for a single work of fiction in original English or translated into English. If the winning book is in English translation, the author receives €75,000 and the translator, €25,000.

Each year, a longlist is created of nominated books from invited public libraries in cities around the world. Our esteemed panel of judges then face the monumental task of narrowing these titles down to a shortlist of no more than ten titles. From this shortlist of exceptional work, one winner is selected and announced in a ceremony during the International Literature Festival Dublin.

Since 2015, the Award has been sponsored solely by Dublin City Council, administered by Dublin City Libraries and kindly supported by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.

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URL: https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/about/
International literary award for new works of high literary merit in the English language. (English, Member-written)

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