International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
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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. The Award is a joint initiative of the Dublin, Ireland City Council, the Municipal Government of Dublin City, and the productivity improvement company IMPAC. The award is administered by Dublin City public libraries.
2004- Tahar Ben Jelloun This Blinding absence of light (translated from the French by Linda Coverdale)
- Others Short Listed:
- Paul Auster The Book of Illusions
- William Boyd Any Human Heart
- Caramelo Sandra Cisneros
- Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
- The White Family Maggie Gee
- Balthasar's Odyssey Amin Maalouf (translated from the French by Barbara Bray)
- Family Matters Rohinton Mistry
- Earth and Ashes Atiq Rahimi (translated from the Dari by Erdag M. Göknar)
- House of Day, House of Night Olga Tokarczuk (translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
2003 - Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red
- Others Short Listed:
- Dennis Bock, The Ash Garden
- Achmat Dangor, Bitter Fruit
- Per Olov Enquist, The Royal Physician's Visit
- Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
- Lidia Jorge, The Migrant Painter of Birds
- John McGahern, That They May Face the Rising Sun
- Ann Patchett, Bel Canto
2002 - Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles (Atomized)
- Others Short Listed:
- Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
- Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
- Michael Collins, The Keepers of Truth
- Helen DeWitt, The Last Samurai
- Carlos Fuentes, The Years with Laura Diaz
- Antoni Libera, Madame
2001 - Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief
- Others Short Listed:
- Margaret Cezair-Thompson, The True History of Paradise
- Silvia Molina, The Love You Promised Me
- Andrew O'Hagan, Our Fathers
- Victor Pelevin, Buddha's Little Finger
- Colm Toibin, The Blackwater Lightship
2000 - Nicola Barker, Wide Open
- Others Short Listed:
- Michael Cunningham, The Hours
- Jackie Kay, Trumpet
- Colum McCann, This Side of Brightness
- Alice McDermott, Charming Billy
- Toni Morrison, Paradise
- Philip Roth, I Married a Communist
1999 - Andrew Miller, Ingenious Pain
- Others Short Listed:
- Jim Crace, Quarantine
- Don DeLillo, Underworld
- Francisco Goldman, The Ordinary Seaman
- Ian McEwan, Enduring Love
- Haruki Murakami, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
- Cynthia Ozick, The Puttermesser Papers
- Bernard Schlink, The Reader
1998 - Herta Muller, The Grand of Green Plums
- Others Short Listed:
- Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace
- Andre Brink, Imaginings of Sand
- David Dabydeen, The Counting House
- David Foster, The Glade within the Grove
- Jamaica Kincaid, Autobiography of my Mother
- Earl Lovelace, Salt
- Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros
- Graham Swift, Last Orders
- Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy
1997 - Javier Marias, A Heart So White
- Others Short Listed:
- Sherman Alexie, Reservation Blues
- Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
- Duong Thu, Novel Without A Name
- Antonio Tabucchi, Declares Pereira
- Lars Gustafsson, A Tiller's Afternoon
- A.J. Verdelle, The Good Negress
- Alan Warner,Morvern Callar
1996 - David Malouf, Remembering Babylon
- Others Short Listed:
- John Banville, Ghosts
- V.S Naipaul, A Way In The World
- Cees Noteboom, The Following Story
- Connie Palmen, The Laws
- Jose Saramago, The Gospel According To Jesus Christ
- Jane Urquhart, Awayde:International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
