The Elegance of the Hedgehog shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
Cllr. Emer Costello, Lord Mayor of Dublin and Patron of the Award, and Deirdre Ellis-King, Dublin City Librarian, take the shortlist on a spin on a Dublin Bike (Jason Clarke Photography)
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language.
The shortlist for the world's richest literary prize was unveiled today, the final eight in the €100,000 Impac Dublin Literary Award include Robert Edric, Zoe Heller and Ross Raisin from the UK and Ireland's Joseph O'Neill.
The books were selected from a longlist of 156 novels nominated by 163 public libraries in 123 cities around the world. Countries which took part in the poll include Ireland, Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia, The Netherlands, South Africa, Brazil, the US and Canada. The winner will be announced by Patron of the Award, Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello, on Thursday June 17.
The shortlisted titles are:
The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery.
The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker.
In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric.
Settlement by Christoph Hein.
The Believers by Zoe Heller.
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill.
God's Own Country by Ross Raisin.
Home by Marilynne Robinson.
Congratulations to Muriel Barbery and her translator, Alison Anderson.
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language.
The shortlist for the world's richest literary prize was unveiled today, the final eight in the €100,000 Impac Dublin Literary Award include Robert Edric, Zoe Heller and Ross Raisin from the UK and Ireland's Joseph O'Neill.
The books were selected from a longlist of 156 novels nominated by 163 public libraries in 123 cities around the world. Countries which took part in the poll include Ireland, Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia, The Netherlands, South Africa, Brazil, the US and Canada. The winner will be announced by Patron of the Award, Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello, on Thursday June 17.
The shortlisted titles are:
The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery.
The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker.
In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric.
Settlement by Christoph Hein.
The Believers by Zoe Heller.
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill.
God's Own Country by Ross Raisin.
Home by Marilynne Robinson.
Congratulations to Muriel Barbery and her translator, Alison Anderson.