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Debut novelists Patrick Flanery and Donal Ryan are competing for one of the world's richest literary prizes with internationally acclaimed writers including Karl Ove Knausgaard and Juan Gabriel Vásquez.Debut novelists Patrick Flanery and Donal Ryan are competing for one of the world's richest literary prizes with internationally acclaimed writers including Karl Ove Knausgaard and Juan Gabriel Vásquez.
The €100,000 International Impac Dublin literary award has been whittled down to 10 contenders, it was announced on Wednesday morning. The shortlist includes novels ranging from Argentinian author Andrés Neuman's Traveller of the Century, a love story about two translators, to former winner Gerbrand Bakker's Dutch novel The Detour, set in rural Wales.The €100,000 International Impac Dublin literary award has been whittled down to 10 contenders, it was announced on Wednesday morning. The shortlist includes novels ranging from Argentinian author Andrés Neuman's Traveller of the Century, a love story about two translators, to former winner Gerbrand Bakker's Dutch novel The Detour, set in rural Wales.
The Impac's contenders are nominated by librarians from around the world. This year, 110 library systems in 39 countries participated, selecting five novels in translation, from Argentina, Colombia, France, Norway, and the Netherlands.The Impac's contenders are nominated by librarians from around the world. This year, 110 library systems in 39 countries participated, selecting five novels in translation, from Argentina, Colombia, France, Norway, and the Netherlands.
US writer Flanery is shortlisted for Absolution, about the relationship between an acclaimed South African writer and her biographer, while the Irish debut novelist Ryan was picked for The Spinning Heart, set around Ireland's financial collapse. "My father still lives back the road past the weir in the cottage I was reared in. I go there every day to see is he dead and every day he lets me down. He hasn't yet missed a day of letting me down," writes Ryan in his first novel.US writer Flanery is shortlisted for Absolution, about the relationship between an acclaimed South African writer and her biographer, while the Irish debut novelist Ryan was picked for The Spinning Heart, set around Ireland's financial collapse. "My father still lives back the road past the weir in the cottage I was reared in. I go there every day to see is he dead and every day he lets me down. He hasn't yet missed a day of letting me down," writes Ryan in his first novel.
NDiaye makes the cut for her Goncourt-winning novel Three Strong Women, which a nominating librarian said "succeeds in addressing politics in crystalline and virtuous prose", while Knausgaard is nominated for A Death in the Family, the acclaimed first volume of his six-part fictionalised autobiography. Marie NDiaye makes the cut for her Goncourt-winning novel Three Strong Women, which a nominating librarian said "succeeds in addressing politics in crystalline and virtuous prose", while Knausgaard is nominated for A Death in the Family, the acclaimed first volume of his six-part fictionalised autobiography.
Completing the shortlist are Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng with his Booker-nominated novel The Garden of Evening Mists, set following the Japanese occupation of Malaya; Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez, the Independent foreign fiction prize finalist, for The Sound of Things Falling; The Light of Amsterdam by Northern Irish author David Park; and Michelle de Kretser's Questions of Travel, described as an "extraordinary work of imagination" by a nominating librarian.Completing the shortlist are Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng with his Booker-nominated novel The Garden of Evening Mists, set following the Japanese occupation of Malaya; Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez, the Independent foreign fiction prize finalist, for The Sound of Things Falling; The Light of Amsterdam by Northern Irish author David Park; and Michelle de Kretser's Questions of Travel, described as an "extraordinary work of imagination" by a nominating librarian.
"This is a truly global shortlist," said Dublin city librarian Margaret Hayes, "stories imagined and inspired by authors and themes from countries as far apart as Australia and Malaysia, on the one side of the globe, and Argentina, Colombia and the USA on the other, with an eclectic selection of European titles in the middle.""This is a truly global shortlist," said Dublin city librarian Margaret Hayes, "stories imagined and inspired by authors and themes from countries as far apart as Australia and Malaysia, on the one side of the globe, and Argentina, Colombia and the USA on the other, with an eclectic selection of European titles in the middle."
The winner of the prize will be announced on 12 June in Dublin. Seven novels in translation have won the Impac since it was set up in 1996, from Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, translated from Norwegian by Anne Born, to My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk, translated from Turkish by Erdağ M Göknar. Pamuk is not the only Nobel laureate to have won the Impac: Herta Müller took the prize for her novel The Land of Green Plums, translated from German by Michael Hofmann.The winner of the prize will be announced on 12 June in Dublin. Seven novels in translation have won the Impac since it was set up in 1996, from Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, translated from Norwegian by Anne Born, to My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk, translated from Turkish by Erdağ M Göknar. Pamuk is not the only Nobel laureate to have won the Impac: Herta Müller took the prize for her novel The Land of Green Plums, translated from German by Michael Hofmann.
This year's judging panel includes the authors Tash Aw, Giles Foden and Catherine Dunne, and the Guardian journalist Maya Jaggi.This year's judging panel includes the authors Tash Aw, Giles Foden and Catherine Dunne, and the Guardian journalist Maya Jaggi.
The shortlistThe shortlist
The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker (Dutch), translated by David ColmerThe Detour by Gerbrand Bakker (Dutch), translated by David Colmer
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (Sri Lankan / Australian)Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (Sri Lankan / Australian)
Absolution by Patrick Flanery (American)Absolution by Patrick Flanery (American)
A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Norwegian), translated by Don BartlettA Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Norwegian), translated by Don Bartlett
Three Strong Woman by Marie NDiaye (French), translated by John FletcherThree Strong Woman by Marie NDiaye (French), translated by John Fletcher
Traveller of the Century by Andrés Neuman (Argentinian), translated from the original Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza GarciaTraveller of the Century by Andrés Neuman (Argentinian), translated from the original Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia
The Light of Amsterdam by David Park (Northern Irish)The Light of Amsterdam by David Park (Northern Irish)
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan (Irish)The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan (Irish)
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysian)The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysian)
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombian), translated from the original Spanish by Anne McLeanThe Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombian), translated from the original Spanish by Anne McLean