International Dublin Literary Award
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The International Dublin Literary Award (Template:Langx), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. It promotes excellence in world literature and is solely sponsored by Dublin City Council, Ireland. At €100,000, the award is one of the richest literary prizes in the world. If the winning book is a translation (as it has been twelve times), the prize is divided between the writer and the translator, with the writer receiving €75,000 and the translator €25,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The first award was made in 1996 to David Malouf for his English-language novel Remembering Babylon.<ref name="firstwin">Template:Cite web</ref>
Nominations are submitted by public libraries worldwide – over 400 library systems in 177 countries worldwide are invited to nominate books each year – from which the shortlist and the eventual winner are selected by an international panel of judges (which changes each year).
Eligibility and procedure
[edit]The prize is open to novels written in any language and by authors of any nationality, provided the work has been published in English or English translation. The presentation of the award is post-dated by two years from the date of publication. Thus, to win an award in 2017, the work must have been published in 2015. If it is an English translation, the work must have been published in its original language between two and six years before its translation.<ref name=impac-faq>Template:Cite web</ref> The scope for inclusion has been subject to criticism; according to The Irish Times journalist Eileen Battersby, "many of the titles are already well known even at the time of the publication of the long list."<ref name="dublinlitwinner2017a">Template:Cite news</ref>
Dublin City Public Libraries seek nominations from 400 public libraries from major cities across the world. Libraries can apply to be considered for inclusion in the nomination process.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The longlist is announced in October or November of each year, and the shortlist (up to 10 titles) is announced in March or April of the following year. The longlist and shortlist are chosen by an international panel of judges which rotates each year. Allen Weinstein was the non-voting chair of the panel from 1996 to 2003. As of 2017, the former Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals, Eugene R. Sullivan, is the non-voting chair.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The winner of the award is announced each June.<ref name=impac-faq />
History
[edit]The award was established in 1994 as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a joint initiative of Dublin City Council and the American productivity company IMPAC, which had its European headquarters in Dublin.<ref name=hilliard/> James Irwin, president of IMPAC, established the prize money at €100,000. A trust fund was established to pay for the award and its maintenance. The award has been administered by Dublin City Public Libraries since its inception. IMPAC went defunct in the late-2000s when its founder and president James Irwin died in 2009.<ref name=hilliard/> In late 2013, the trust fund became exhausted and there was no money left to run the award.<ref name=hilliard/> The council agreed to step in and continue funding the award under the same brand name of the now-defunct company while seeking a new sponsor.<ref name=hilliard>Template:Cite web</ref> It was reported that the council paid €100,000 for the prize plus €80,250 in administration costs in 2015.<ref name=hilliard/> The award was subsequently renamed the International DUBLIN Literary Award in November 2015.
Describing the award as "the most eclectic and unpredictable of the literary world's annual gongs", the journalist Michelle Pauli posed the question in relation to the longlist for the 2004 edition: "Where would you find Michael Dobbs and Tony Parsons up against Umberto Eco and Milan Kundera for a €100,000 prize?"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Winners and shortlists
[edit]1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
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| 2010 | Template:Sortname (translated from Dutch by David Colmer) | Template:Sortname | Winner | <ref name=":13">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Alison Anderson) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | In Zodiac Light | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname (translated from German by Philip Boehm) | Settlement | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Netherland | Shortlist | <ref name=":13" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | God's Own Country | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Home | Shortlist | <ref name=":13" /> | |
| 2011 | Template:Sortname | Let the Great World Spin | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="indep2014" /> |
| Template:Sortname | Galore | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Ransom | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Little Bird of Heaven | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Jasper Jones | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Brooklyn | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Love and Summer | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | After the Fire, A Still Small Voice | Shortlist | ||
| 2012 | Template:Sortname | Even the Dogs | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="indep2014" /> |
| Template:Sortname | Rocks in the Belly | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Matterhorn | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Landed | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname (translated from Hebrew by Barbara Harshav) | Limassol | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname (translated from Portuguese by Alison Entrekin) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Lean on Pete | Shortlist | ||
| 2013 | Template:Sortname | City of Bohane | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="indep2014" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Gavin Bowd) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Pure | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname (translated from Japanese by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel) | 1Q84 | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Swamplandia! | Shortlist | ||
| Sjón (translated from Icelandic by Victoria Cribb) | From the Mouth of the Whale | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname (translated from Norwegian by Kerri Pierce) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | ||
| Template:Sortname (translated from Dutch by Sam Garrett) | Caesarion | Shortlist | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 2014 | Template:Sortname (translated from Spanish by Anne McLean) | Template:Sortname | Winner | <ref name="indep2014">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Dutch by David Colmer) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name="indep2014" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Questions of Travel | Shortlist | <ref name="indep2014" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name="indep2014" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Absolution | Shortlist | <ref name="indep2014" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Norwegian by Don Bartlett) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name="indep2014" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by John Fletcher) | Three Strong Women | Shortlist | <ref name="indep2014" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia) | Traveller of the Century | Shortlist | <ref name="indep2014" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name="indep2014" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name="indep2014" /> | |
| 2015 | Template:Sortname | Harvest | Winner | <ref name="guardian2015">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Americanah | Shortlist | <ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Lulu Norman) | Horses of God | Shortlist | <ref name=":4" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":4" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Burial Rites | Shortlist | <ref name=":4" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Portuguese by Sue Branford) | K | Shortlist | <ref name=":4" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Geoffrey Strachan) | Brief Loves That Live Forever | Shortlist | <ref name=":4" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | TransAtlantic | Shortlist | <ref name=":4" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Someone | Shortlist | <ref name=":4" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Sparta | Shortlist | <ref name=":4" /> | |
| 2016 | Template:Sortname | Family Life | Winner | <ref name="w2016" /><ref name="guardian2016">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Spanish by Anne McLean) | Outlaws | Shortlist | <ref name=":5">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname | Academy Street | Shortlist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? | Shortlist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from German by Susan Bernofsky) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa) | Diary of the Fall | Shortlist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Melanie Mauthner) | Our Lady of the Nile | Shortlist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Dept. of Speculation | Shortlist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Lila | Shortlist | <ref name=":5" /> | |
| 2017 | Template:Sortname (translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn) | Template:Sortname | Winner | <ref name="dublinlitwinner2017">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Portuguese by David Brookshaw) | Confession of the Lioness | Shortlist | <ref name=":6">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Danish by Martin Aitken) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Under the Udala Trees | Shortlist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Turkish by Ekin Oklap) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from German by Charlotte Collins) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":6" /> | |
| 2018 | Template:Sortname | Solar Bones | Winner | <ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname (translated from German by Tim Mohr) | Baba Dunja's Last Love | Shortlist | <ref name=":7">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Spanish by Lisa Dillman) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw) | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Korean by Deborah Smith) | Human Acts | Shortlist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Italian by Richard Dixon) | Distant Light | Shortlist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Jordan Stump) | Ladivine | Shortlist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | The Woman Next Door | Shortlist | <ref name=":7" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname | My Name Is Lucy Barton | Shortlist | <ref name=":7" /> | |
| 2019 | Template:Sortname | Idaho Template:Double dagger | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Charlotte Mandell) | Compass | Shortlist | <ref name=":8">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname | History of Wolves | Shortlist | <ref name=":8" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Exit West | Shortlist | <ref name=":8" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Midwinter Break | Shortlist | <ref name=":8" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Reservoir 13 | Shortlist | <ref name=":8" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Conversations with Friends | Shortlist | <ref name=":8" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Lincoln in the Bardo | Shortlist | <ref name=":8" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":8" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Home Fire | Shortlist | <ref name=":8" /> |
2020s
[edit]| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Template:Sortname | Milkman | Winner | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":9">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Tina Kover) | Disoriental | Shortlist | <ref name=":9" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Washington Black | Shortlist | <ref name=":9" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":9" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Lorin Stein) | History of Violence | Shortlist | <ref name=":9" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":9" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | There There | Shortlist | <ref name=":9" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | All the Lives We Never Lived | Shortlist | <ref name=":9" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones) | Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead | Shortlist | <ref name=":9" /> | |
| 2021 | Template:Sortname | Lost Children Archive | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Girl, Woman, Other | Shortlist | <ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":14">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname | Apeirogon | Shortlist | <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":14" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes) | Hurricane Season | Shortlist | <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":14" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous | Shortlist | <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":14" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":14" /> | |
| 2022 | Template:Sortname (translated from French by Frank Wynne) | Template:Sortname | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Remote Sympathy | Shortlist | <ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":15">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Anna Moschovakis) | At Night All Blood Is Black | Shortlist | <ref name=":3" /><ref name=":15" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":3" /><ref name=":15" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Shortlist | <ref name=":3" /><ref name=":15" /> | |
| Template:Sortname | Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies | Shortlist | <ref name=":3" /><ref name=":15" /> | |
| 2023 | Template:Sortname (translated from German by Jo Heinrich) | Marzahn, Mon Amour | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sortname | Cloud Cuckoo Land | Shortlist | <ref name=":16">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Template:Sortname | The Trees | Shortlist | <ref name=":16" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes) | Paradais | Shortlist | <ref name=":16" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from Croatian by Mima Simic) | Love Novel | Shortlist | <ref name=":16" /> | |
| Template:Sortname (translated from French by Sheila Fischman) | Em | Shortlist | <ref name=":16" /> | |
| 2024 | Mircea Cărtărescu (translated from Romanian by Sean Cotter) | Solenoid | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Sebastian Barry | Old God's Time | Shortlist | <ref name=":17">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Emma Donoghue | Haven | Shortlist | <ref name=":17" /> | |
| Jonathan Escoffery | If I Survive You | Shortlist | <ref name=":17" /> | |
| Suzette Mayr | The Sleeping Car Porter | Shortlist | <ref name=":17" /> | |
| Alexis Wright | Praiseworthy | Shortlist | <ref name=":17" /> | |
| 2025 | Percival Everett | James | Shortlist | <ref name=":18">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Daniel Mason | North Woods | Shortlist | <ref name=":18" /> | |
| Selva Almada (translated from Spanish by Annie McDermott) | Not a River | Shortlist | <ref name=":18" /> | |
| Paul Lynch | Prophet Song | Shortlist | <ref name=":18" /> | |
| Michael Crummey | The Adversary | Shortlist | <ref name=":18" /> | |
| Gerda Blees (translated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison) | We Are Light | Shortlist | <ref name=":18" /> |
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Wins by language
[edit]| Total | Language | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | English | 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| 3 | French | 2002, 2004, 2022 |
| 2 | Spanish | 1997, 2014 |
| 2 | German | 1998, 2023 |
| 1 | Turkish | 2003 |
| 1 | Norwegian | 2007 |
| 1 | Dutch | 2010 |
| 1 | Portuguese | 2017 |
| 1 | Romanian | 2024 |