International Dublin Literary Award
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International Dublin Literary Award, 30 Books
The International Dublin Literary Award (Irish: Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. It promotes excellence in world literature and is solely sponsored by Dublin City Council, Ireland. At €100,000, the award is one of the richest literary prizes in the world. There are 5 voters every year.
This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2400 | Remembering Babylon | David Malouf | 1993 | Australian | English | |
| 452 | A Heart So White | Javier Marias | 1992 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 6713 | The Land Of Green Plums | Herta Müller | 1994 | German | German | |
| 4543 | Ingenious Pain | Andrew Miller | 1997 | British | English | |
| 13279 | Wide Open | Nicola Barker | 1998 | British | English | |
| 4567 | No Great Mischief | Alistair MacLeod | 1999 | Canadian | English | |
| 657 | The Elementary Particles | Michel Houellebecq | 1998 | French | French | |
| 1299 | My Name is Red | Orhan Pamuk | 1998 | Turkish | Turkish | |
| 13279 | This Blinding Absence Of Light | Tahar Ben Jelloun | 2001 | French | French | |
| 574 | The Known World | Edward P. Jones | 2003 | American | English | |
| 1790 | The Master | Colm Toibin | 2004 | Irish | English | |
| 3906 | Out Stealing Horses | Per Petterson | 2003 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 3838 | De Niro's Game | Rawi Hage | 2006 | Canadian | English | |
| 8817 | Man Gone Down | Michael Thomas | 2007 | American | English | |
| 5715 | The Twin | Gerbrand Bakker | 2006 | Dutch | Dutch | |
| 1958 | Let the Great World Spin | Colum McCann | 2009 | Irish | English | |
| 13279 | Even The Dogs | Jon McGregor | 2010 | British | English | |
| 3816 | City of Bohane | Kevin Barry | 2011 | Irish | English | |
| 5596 | The Sound Of Things Falling | Juan Gabriel Vásquez | 2011 | Colombian | Spanish | |
| 10165 | Harvest | Jim Crace | 2013 | British | English | |
| 2294 | Family Life | Akhil Sharma | 2014 | Indian | English | |
| 5313 | A General Theory Of Oblivion | José Eduardo Agualusa | 2012 | Angolan | Portuguese | |
| 3469 | Solar Bones | Mike McCormack | 2016 | Irish | English | |
| 13279 | Idaho | Emily Ruskovich | 2017 | American | English | |
| 2242 | Milkman | Anna Burns | 2018 | Irish | English | |
| 2706 | Lost Children Archive | Valeria Luiselli | 2019 | Mexican | English | |
| 8404 | The Art Of Losing | Alice Zeniter | 2017 | French | French | |
| 13279 | Marzahn, Mon Amour | Katja Oskamp | 2019 | German | German | |
| 2311 | Solenoid | Mircea Cărtărescu | 2015 | Romanian | Romanian | |
| 13279 | The Adversary | Michael Crummey | 2024 | Canadian | English |