LONDON: After the Booker and the Nobel, now it is time for what is often called the most eclectic and unpredictable, as well as the richest, of the world’s literary awards: the 2007 International Impac Dublin Award.
The long list for the euro 100,000-award for 2007 has 138 books, including English translations from 28 languages, based on nominations from 169 libraries of 129 cities in 49 countries.
Those on the list include Nobel laureates like JM Coetzee (Slow Man) and Nadine Gordimer (Get a Life), Booker winners like Salman Rushdie (Shalimar the Clown) and Kazuo Ishiguro (Never Let Me Go), and acclaimed names like Zadie Smith (On Beauty).
The shortlist of up to 10 novels will be announced April 4 next year, and the winner on June 14. The previous winners include this year's Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk for (My Name is Red).
