BOOK AWARDS
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2003
http://www.impacdublinaward.ie
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary award is the largest and most truly international prizes of its kind, involving libraries from all corners of the globe and open to books written in any language. Administered by Dublin City Public Libraries, the Award is a joint initiative of Dublin City Council, the Municipal Government of Dublin City and the productivity improvement company, IMPAC.
The prize fund is 100,000 euros which, if the winning title is written in English, goes entirely to the author. If the book is in English translation, the prize is split between the author (75,000 euros) and the translator (25,000 euros). The winner also receives a trophy sponsored by Waterford Crystal.
The 2003 winner was announced at Dublin Castle on 19th May by Councillor Mary Freehill, Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Winner (announced mid-May)
The winner has been announced as:
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Shortlist (March)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| The Ash Garden | Dennis Bock | HarperCollins Bloomsbury |
0002255243 0747553521 |
| Bitter Fruit | Achmat Dangor | Kwela Books | 0795700970 |
| The Visit of the Royal Physician (also published as The Royal Physician's Visit) | Per Olov Enquist — translated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnelly | Overlook Press Harvill Press |
1585671967 1860469493 |
| The Corrections | Jonathan Franzen Farrer | Straus & Giroux 4th Estate |
0374129983 03741001287 1841157899 1841156728 |
| The Migrant Painter of Birds (also published as The Painter of Birds) | Lidia Jorge — translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa | Harcourt Harvill Press |
015100658X 1860468861 |
| That They May Face the Rising Sun | John McGahern | Faber and Faber | 0571212166 |
| My Name is Red | Orhan Pamuk — translated from the Turkish by Erdag Goknar A.A. Knopf | Faber and Faber | 0375406956 0571200478 |
| Bel Canto | Ann Patchett | HarperCollins | 0060188731 |
