Dublin Shortlist Announced

On April 12th, 2010 at 11.00am in Dublin, Ireland the shortlist of the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was announced.
The shortlist of 8 titles was selected from a total of 156 novels nominated by 163 public library systems (including the NH State Library) in 123 cities worldwide.

The short listed titles are:

• The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker (Dutch) in translation. Harvill Secker
• The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (French) in translation. Europa Editions, USA, Gallic Press, UK
• In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric (British) Doubleday, UK
• Settlement by Christoph Hein (German) in translation. Metropolitan Books
• The Believers by Zoë Heller (British). Fig Tree
• Netherland by Joseph O’Neill (Irish) Fourth Estate, HarperCollins, UK, Pantheon Books, USA
• God’s Own Country by Ross Raisin (British) Viking
• Home by Marilynne Robinson (American) Farrar, Straus & Giroux, USA, HarperCollins, Canada

The titles nominated by the NH Dublin Committee did not make the short list this time, though 2 of the shortlist titles (Netherland and Home) were considered by the NH committee.

The 2010 winner, which will be announced on Thursday June 17th 2010, will be selected by the same panel of judges that selected the shortlist.