INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2021- VALERIA LUISELLI

INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2021- VALERIA LUISELLI

VALERIA LUISELLI, THE MEXICAN NOVELIST HAS WON THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD FOR NOVEL THE LOST CHILDREN ARCHIVE. EARLIER THE NOVEL WAS LONGLISTED FOR 2019’S MAN BOOKER PRIZE AND WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION. IN 2020 HER NOVEL WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE.SHE BECAME THE FIRST MEXICAN AND FIFTH WOMEN TO CLAIM THIS AWARD. THE DUBLIN LITERARY IS ONE OF THE RICHEST LITERARY PRIZES IN THE WORLD. THE PRIZE MONEY ACCOUNTS €100,000 THAT IS SHARED BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR (€75,000) AND THE TRANSLATOR (€25,000).THE AWARD WAS FIRST GIVEN IN THE YEAR 1996. SINCE THEN IT IS BEING AWARDED EVERY YEAR TO THE NOVEL WRITER OR TRANSLATOR OR BOTH. THE ONLY CONDITION FOR THE AWARD IS THAT THE WORK MUST BE IN ENGLISH. IN 1996 DAVID MALOUF WAS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD FOR HIS ENGLISH NOVEL REMEMBERING BABYLON. AN INDIAN- AMERICAN, AKHIL SHARMA WON THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN PRIZE IN THE YEAR 2016 FOR HIS NOVEL FAMILY LIFE.

OTHER AWARDS WON BY VALERIA LUISELLI:

  • 2018- AMERICAN BOOK AWARD.
  • 2019- MAC ARTHUR FELLOWSHIP.
  • 2020- RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, VILCEK PRIZE, ANDREW CARNEGIE AWARD.

WOMEN WHO WON THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

YEARWINNERNOVELLANGUAGE
1998HERTA MULLERTHE LAND OF GREEN PLUMSGERMAN
2000NICOLA BARKERWIDE OPENENGLISH
2019EMILY RUSKOVICHIDAHOENGLISH
2020ANNA BURNS MILKMAN ENGLISH

Madhvendra Mishra

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