IMPAC Shortlist
The Shortlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (which is one choice exclamation point away from being the most exciting prize out there) was just announced:
- The Speed of Light by Javier Cercas (Spanish) (trans. by Anne McLean)
- The Sweet and Simple Kind by Yasmine Gooneraratne (Sri Lankan)
- De Niro’s Game by Rawi Hage (Lebanese)
- Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones (Australian)
- Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua (Israeli) (trans. by Miriam Shlesinger)
- The Attack by Yasmina Khadra (Algerian) (trans. by John Cullen)
- The Woman Who Waited by Andrei Makine (Russian) (trans. by Geoffrey Strachan)
- Winterwood by Patrick McCabe (Irish)
The winner will be announced on June 12th and will receive a €100,000 prize.
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