World's Largest Literary Prize for Fiction: Impac


	World's Largest Literary Prize for Fiction: Impac

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4-2-2008 7:26 AM

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Works are nominated by participating libraries and can be written in any language provided it has also been published in English. Some 161 libraries in 121 cities nominated works. This year's winner will be named on June 12th.

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4-2-2008 7:45 AM

Deepti

I got Yasmina Khadra's 'The Attack'...I have yet to begin reading it....

4-2-2008 8:12 AM

righthand

Good luck to Yasmina.

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