Congratulations to the 10 authors shortlisted for this year’s International Dublin Literary Award.
Sponsored by Dublin City Council and managed by Dublin City Libraries, the International Dublin Literary Award aims to promote excellence in world literature and is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English. The award awards prize money of €100,000; if the book has been translated the author receives €75,000 and the translator receives €25,000.
Here is the full shortlist:
- The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
- Milkman by Anna Burns
- Disoriental by Négar Djavadi (translated by Tina Kover)
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- History of Violence by Édouard Louis (translated by Lorin Stein)
- The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
- There There by Tommy Orange
- All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy
- Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
Find out more about this year’s shortlisted titles here.
This year’s winner will be revealed on Thursday 22 October as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin.
