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| | The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2004 |
 | | We admired the novel's beauty and clarity of language, its formal restraint which gives it subtle power, its commitment to its terrible subject, its passionate evocation of the human soul and the will to survive. | | | It is that marvelous modern invention - the trans-national and cross-cultural novel - composed by a journalist/novelist with a keen instinct for the stories that absolutely must be told. | | | It reiterates, as only once in a while a book does, the true purpose of literature. |
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http://www.dublincity.ie/gaeilge/press_news/press_releases/the_international_impac_dublin_literary_award_2004.asp
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| | International Book Awards - Burnaby Public Library |
| | This prize is awarded once every two year, and is for a body of work by a living author of any natinality who writes in English or is widely translated. | | | It is awarded to a work of prose fiction written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth. | | | First awarded in 1969, the Booker Prize goes to the best full length novel written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth, Ireland, South Africa or Pakistan. |
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http://www.bpl.burnaby.bc.ca/fiction/litawa.htm
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| | International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award |
| | Finding some diaries hidden in her Mother’s dresser, Mai is drawn back to Vietnam, retracing her own earliest experiences and the histories of her mother and grandmother, and a story that began in the rice fields of the Mekong delta a generation before. | | | Inspired by events in the apocryphal Book of Tobit, this is the magical tale of two families brought together by the devilishly clever archangel Raphael. | | | This is the complex story of a woman tearing herself away from a major love affair, driven by the pain of her decision to take a long journey. |
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http://www.impacdublinaward.com/lst99.htm
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| | Guardian Unlimited Books News Final ten braced for Impac |
| | The work of the translator is also recognised by Impac; if the winning book is in English translation, the author receives €75,000 and the translator €25,000. | | | Phantom Pain by Arnon Grunberg, translated from Dutch and framed as a novel within a novel, is a blackly humourous account of a writer's fall and subsequent rise. | | | The panel includes the French novelist Agnès Desarthe, Irish poet Rita Ann Higgins, the Canadian novelist Nino Ricci and the Slovak poet, translator and publisher Milan Richter. |
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http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1433700,00.html
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| | Awards Collo.net |
| | Independent Literature Institute WINNER OF THE 2002 ULYSSES AWARD Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce are just a few authors who have published their own works. | | | The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. | | | BookBrowse.com: A literary smorgasbord of the best current books. |
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http://infosik.com/Humanities/Literature/Awards/24590/Awards.html
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| | rediff.com: Patna girl's novel nominated for international literary award |
| | The award is presented every year to a novel of high literary merit written in English. | | | A book written in any other language can also qualify for the award after it is translated into English. | | | Panch Kanya - A Novel Experience in Indian Philosophy is not a book many my have heard of so far. |
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http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/aug/08bihar.htm
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| | MUNICHFOUND CITY MAGAZINE |
| | It is only towards the end of the book that the reader is reminded that the prisoners have been locked up for 18 years. | | | Although in a plot summary This Blinding Absence of Light sounds like a depressing read, it is not. | | | He has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award for his story collections. |
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| | RTE News - Winner of 2003 IMPAC literary award announced |
| | The murder mystery, which explores the themes of love and artistic devotion, was translated from Turkish by Erdag Goknar. | | | His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. | | | The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language. |
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http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0519/impac.html
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| | McEwan, Ian -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Considered one of the finest contemporary satirists, he often focused on academia in such novels as... | | | British novelist, short-story writer, and screenwriter whose restrained, refined prose style accentuates the horror of his dark humour and perverse subject matter. | | | British novelist and critic who is best known for The History Man (1975), a satirical look at academic life. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9389597?tocId=9389597
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| | McClelland and Stewart Ltd. |
| | Siggins is nominated for Bitter Embrace in three categories for the Saskatchewan Book Awards including Book of the Year, Non-Fiction, and Regina Book Award. | | | Read an excerpt: Runaway, The Love of a Good Woman | | | She received the award in 1998 for The Love of a Good Woman. |
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| | Countrybookshop.co.uk - IMPAC Dublin Literary Award |
| | The IMPAC Award is the world's most lucrative literary award and given to the author of any book published in English, including those that are translated. | | | It is the story of a group of eccentric characters thrown together on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, and reveals how they come to terms with the past. | | | Nicola Barker has won the 2000 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award worth IR £100,000 with her novel Wide Open. |
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http://www.countrybookshop.com/books/awards/impac.phtml
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| | Margaret Atwood Alias Grace Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops |
| | "Atwood's latest literary coup is, like the biblical account of Eve's fall from grace, first and foremost a hell of a good story".--"The San Francisco Chronicle". | | | Write an online review and share your thoughts with other viewers! |
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| | He is the author of four award-winning novels, ‘Lives of the Saints’, winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, ‘In A Glass House’, ‘Where She Has Gone’ and, most recently, ‘Testament’. | | | The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind involving libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language (and subsequently translated to English). | | | Canadian author Nino Ricci is on the 2005 judging panel. |
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| | Ann-Marie MacDonald |
| | Winner of the 1997 Dartmouth Book Award (Fall On Your Knees) | | | Winner of the 1997 Commonwealth Prize for Best First Fiction (Fall On Your Knees) | | | Winner of the 1997 CAA Harlequin Literary Award for Fiction (Fall On Your Knees) |
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http://www.randomhouse.ca/newface/macdonald.php
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| | Harbourfront Reading Series: Romanian Author Müller Wins IMPAC Award |
| | The international team of judges, which this year included Harbourfront Reading Series Artistic Director Greg Gatenby, selects a work of fiction written and published in English in the last three years, or written in a language other than English and published in an English translation in the last three years. | | | Only the Nobel Prize for Literature carries a bigger reward – for a lifetime’s achievement, rather than a single work. | | | Margaret Atwood and Guy Vanderhaeghe were part of the short list for the award, along with other literary luminaries such as Graham Swift and Jamaica Kincaid. |
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| | literary award -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | Information about this annual award for fiction written in or translated into English. | | | See how Dostoevsky's first literary work brought him both success and bitterness. | | | Hundreds of literary awards are given each year throughout the world. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9275499
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| | In the case of a novel that has been published in an English translation, £75,000 is awarded to the author and £25,000 to the translator. | | | In 1996, the US-based corporation, IMPAC, and the City of Dublin launched the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, which awards 100,000 Irish pounds to the author selected as the best work of fiction created in or translated to English. | | | Even though it was not the winner, we are very pleased that The Love You Promised Me, the novel by Silvia Molina which Curbstone published in November 1999 in a translation by David Unger, was selected for the "short list" for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. |
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http://www.curbstone.org/news.cfm?Article=7
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| | French Culture Books Houellebecq's Elementary Particles wins Impac Ward 2002 |
| | For all the frustrations and failings of the brothers' separate experiences, Atomised in the end presents a paradoxically (if at times perversely) moral view of these two anti-heroes, each alienated from surrounding society in his own way. | | | For these distinctive qualities, the judging panel of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is pleased to present its year 2002 award to Michel Houellebecq for his extraordinary novel, Atomised, translated by Frank Wynne. | | | "This remarkable bestseller is France's biggest literary sensation since Francoise Sagan, people are saying, since Albert Camus. |
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http://frenchculture.org/books/release/fiction/houellebecqparticlesimpac.html
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| | Andrew Miller |
| | Miller makes the 'historical' novel more than just an enjoyable pastime: he gives the form high literary polish as well as a sceptical modern sensibility. | | | I think it is this quality of self-interrogation that makes his novels work, alongside their bravura re-creation of period settings. | | | The book narrates two loosely connected narratives, those of a dying mother attended by her two sons and a Hungarian playwright living in Paris. |
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| | She has a magician's touch for transforming the mundane into the compelling and can lace even her saddest scenes with the right touch of comedy. | | | While there is plenty to ponder on, the light touch of a writer working at her assured best means that the reader is treated to a wide range of philosophical and social observations in a constantly entertaining way. | | | Her first collection of short stories, I think we should go into the jungle was shortlisted for the Wattie Award in 1989 and the 1990 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction. |
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| | Dublin City Public Libraries - Library News |
| | Borrowers will be able to return books to and borrow books from the Mobile library on Monday and Tuesday mornings. | | | Featuring images by many of the leading book illustrators and artists of the last two centuries, the exhibition also outlines the history of book illustration for children, as represented in the collections of Dublin City Public Libraries and can be viewed at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street from 14th October until Christmas 2004. | | | The exhibition will be accompanied by a display of early children's books. |
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| | BBC News ARTS French author upsets the odds |
| | The other works short-listed were Michael Collins' The Keepers of Truth, The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt, The Years with Laura Diaz written by Carlos Fuentes and Antoni Libera's Madame. | | | Two years ago he recorded his debut album Presence Humaine, where he sang his poetry to the music of Bertrand Burgalat. | | | French author Michel Houellebecq has caused a surprise by winning the world's richest book prize, the International Impac Dublin Literary Award. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1984000/1984957.stm
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| | William Boyd |
| | 1981 Whitbread First Novel Award A Good Man in Africa | | | 1982 Somerset Maugham Award A Good Man in Africa | | | His first novel, A Good Man in Africa (1981), was published while he was a lecturer in English at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and won the Whitbread First Novel Award and a Somerset Maugham Award. |
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| | McClelland and Stewart: The Reading Group |
| | In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. | | | She is the author of more than thirty books - novels, short stories, poetry, literary criticism, social history, and books for children. | | | Atwood's work is acclaimed internationally and has been published around the world. |
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| | Jane Urquhart, Biography |
| | Jane Urquhart's first three novels have recently been reprinted in beautiful new trade paperback editions. | | | In the fall of 1997, her fourth novel, The Underpainter, was published to wide critical acclaim, won the 1997 Governor General's Award, and became a fixture on the national bestseller lists. | | | Jane Urquhart's books have been published in many countries, including Holland, France, Germany, Britain, Scandinavia, Australia, and The United States, and have been translated into several languages. |
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http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/urquhart/bio.htm
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| | High 'impac' award goes to French novelist csmonitor.com |
| | High 'impac' award goes to French novelist | | | The judges described "The Elementary Particles" as "a bleak yet often humorous portrayal of modern life as viewed by the novel's two protagonists – half-brothers with wildly different personalities seeking wildly different goals." (See Monitor review, May 2, 2000). | | | The Dublin City Library accepted nominations for the IMPAC award from 123 public libraries in 38 countries. |
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| | International Impac Dublin Literary Award, Center for the Book - NHSL |
| | This award is for books first published in English during 2005. | | | These are fictional works of high literary merit published in English during 2004. | | | The largest and most international prize of its kind, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, is presented to a novel of high literary merit written in, or translated into, English and published within a specified period of time. |
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http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/bookcenter/programs/impac.html
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| | swingimpac03 |
| | NZ$200,000) to the author of the winning book. | | | Barbara Anderson is no stranger to acclaim or literary success and this nomination serves to underline her position as one of New Zealand's best-loved and most highly-regarded novelists. | | | For further information about the award visit their website http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/ |
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| | CTV.ca Morocco's Jelloun wins Impac Literary Award |
| | The Impac Dublin award is open to novels written in any language and by authors of any nationality as long as it has been published in English or English translation. | | | Canadian author Rohinton Mistry was among 10 finalists for the 2004 International Impac Dublin Literary Award for his latest novel, Family Matters. | | | The book, which is translated into English, tells the story of the desert concentration camps in which King Hassan II of Morocco held his political enemies until September 1991 when international pressure forced the camps to close. |
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| | International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Most honored books of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award shortlists | | | The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind for a single work -published in English. | | | It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Books Special Reports International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2004 |
| | The world's richest literary prize has been won by Moroccan-born novelist Tahar Ben Jelloun with his timely tale of an underground desert concentration camp. | | | With the help of her enigmatic neighbour, Marta, the narrator gathers the locals' stories, moving through time and between truth and myth, disentangling the events of their days from the dreams of their nights. | | | Furthermore, it is open to books written in any language and involves libraries from all corners of the globe, also making it one of the most international. |
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| | CBC Arts: Moroccan writer wins IMPAC Dublin Award |
| | The novel — a bestseller in France — tells the story of the desert concentration camps where Morocco's King Hassan II held his political enemies. | | | DUBLIN - Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun won the world's most lucrative prize for a single work of fiction Thursday, as his novel This Blinding Absence of Light was named winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. | | | Award-winning Canadian author Rohinton Mistry, nominated for his latest novel Family Matters, was among the 10 finalists. |
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| | "The Half Brother" by Lars Saabye Christensen shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2005 ... |
| | The shortlist of 10 books announced in The Mansion House, Dublin, by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Michael Conaghan were selected from a longlist of 147, nominated by 185 libraries from 51 countries and from 129 cities; 29 titles were in translation, covering 15 non-English languages. | | | Among the 10 books shortlisted for the award is "The Half Brother" by Norwegian Lars Saabye Christensen. | | | In The Half Brother two estranged brothers meet again 27 years on and their stories begin to unravel. |
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| | RTE.ie Entertainment - 2004 IMPAC shortlist now announced |
| | Rattlebag: William Boyd continues his discussion of his work and new book 'Any Human Heart' | | | Rattlebag: William Boyd discusses his work and new book 'Any Human Heart' | | | The 10 shortlisted titles for the world's largest literary prize were selected from a long list of 125, nominated by 162 libraries from 47 countries. |
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| | RTE.ie Entertainment - Jones claims IMPAC literary award |
| | American author Edward P Jones has won the 10th International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his first novel 'The Known World'. | | | Rattlebag: Edward P Jones discusses his novel 'The Known World' and his International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award win | | | Nominations for the prize, which is the world's largest literary award, come from public libraries worldwide. |
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| | GSL, July/August/September 2004 - NHSL |
| | Compelling personal stories of these two women are presented within a rich mix of his- tory, science, drama and romance. | | | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon, is a story of an autistic boy, Christopher, whose Sherlock Holmes-inspired search for the murderer of his neighbor's dog brings him more information than he bargained for and brings his carefully ordered world tumbling down around him. | | | Unlike many literary awards where a set of nominees is chosen by a small group of people and then a broader group selects a winner, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award draws its nominations from libraries in capitals and major cities throughout the world. |
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| | Bexley Council - Libraries - Adult Book Awards |
| | Titles are nominated solely on the basis of "high literary merit", and participating libraries can nominate up to three novels, written in any language, each year for the Award. | | | Nominations are made by libraries in capital and major cities throughout the world. | | | A horrific real-life narrative has been crafted into fiction to tell the appalling story of the desert concentration camps in which King Hassan II of Morocco held his political enemies under the most harrowing conditions. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Books Special Reports International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2005 |
| | It is open to books written in any language, also making it one of the most international. | | | Semi-autobiographical novel about a white boy growing up on the streets of Brooklyn during the 1970s and struggling to fit into a virtually all-black neighbourhood. | | | From a 147-strong longlist, the contenders for the Impac award, the world's richest literary prize, have finally been whittled down to a more manageable 10. |
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| | Matilda: 2005 International Impac Dublin Literary Award Shortlist |
| | This novel previously won the 2004 Miles Franklin Award and the 2003 US National Book Award. | | | The shortlist for the 2005 International Impac Dublin Literary Award has been announced with 10 books nominated. | | | It looks like a pretty well spread list, geographically-speaking, with books from the US, Canada, South Africa, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Australia being represented. |
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| | Literary Prizes and Awards - Christchurch City Libraries |
| | Read the book - then see the film | | | Stonewall Book Awards (formerly known as the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Book Awards) | | | Guardian First Book Award (was Guardian Fiction Award) |
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| | Trent University - Daily News |
| | Yann Martel, recent winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize, has been listed for his novel Life of Pi. | | | Two well-known Canadian authors and Trent graduates have been long-listed for the prestigious 2003 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. | | | In total, 125 authors from around the world have been long-listed for the award. |
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| | International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award finalists csmonitor.com |
| | The contest, the largest and most international of its kind, involves libraries from all over the world and is open to books written in any language. | | | This year, nominations were made by 185 library systems in 129 cities from 51 countries. | | | Phantom Pain by Arnon Grunberg (Hollard), translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett (Winner of the 2003 AKO Prize) |
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| | Powell's Books - Wide Open by Nicola Barker |
| | Nicola Barker's previous books include The Three Button Trick and Other StoriesM and the novels Wide Open, which won the IMPAC Award, and Behindlings, all available in paperback from Ecco. | | | Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2000, this brilliant and wildly imaginative novel centers on a motley crew of oddballs and misfits who come together on the Isle of Sheppey, each rife with secrets and madness simmering beneath the surface of normality. | | | Read our INK QandA with Julie Powell, and save 30% on Julie and Julia |
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| | Jane Urquhart, Awards |
| | Jane Urquhart's works copyright © to the author. | | | 1994: Marian Engel Award for an outstanding body of prose written by a Canadian woman. | | | Named France's Order of Arts and Letters as a Chevalier |
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| | Library Journal - Pamuk Wins IMPAC Dublin Literary Award |
| | Orhan Pamuk has won the 2003 International IMPAC Dublin Literary for his novel My Name is Red, which is published by Vintage in the United States. | | | The Turkish writer was selected from a pool of 125 authors, who were nominated by 150 libraries representing 40 countries. | | | Use of this web site is subject to its Terms and Conditions of Use. |
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| | International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award |
| | Description: International literary award for new works of high literary merit in the English language. | | | Managed by representatives of Dublin City, its Public Library System and IMPAC. | | | Visit International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Main Page. |
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| | BBC NEWS Entertainment Arts Eco heads literary prize longlist |
| | The Impac, a contest run by Dublin City Public Libraries in its ninth year, is awarded for a single work of fiction in the English language. | | | They are among 125 authors competing for the 100,000 euros (£71,000) prize - the world's biggest for a single work of fiction in English. | | | Novels by Umberto Eco, Margaret Drabble and Rohinton Mistry have made the longlist for The International Impac Dublin Literary Award 2004. |
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| | KeepMedia Newsweek: Her Future's 'Wide Open' |
| | Her novel "Wide Open," a dark story of eccentrics living on an island on the Thames, beat entries by Toni Morrison and Philip Roth. | | | If you write literary fiction, most of the world doesn't read it with much enthusiasm. | | | I've tended to say that it was horrid and scary just to give [readers] an easier way in. |
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