Shortlist announced for the 2016 International Dublin Literary award

Diverse 10-book shortlist for €100,000 prize pitches Man Booker winner Marlon James and Pulitzer prize winner Marilynne Robinson against debuts from Rwandan and Irish novelists

Man Booker winner Marlon James, Pulitzer prize winner Marilynne Robinson and two debut novelists are among the 10 authors shortlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award.

At €100,000 (£80,000), the prize – formerly known as the Impac award – is the world’s most lucrative for a single novel in any language published in Englishand is open to novelists of any nationality. Public libraries around the world nominate titles for the Impac, which typically results in an eclectic shortlist of prizewinners and less well-known titles – and this year is no exception.

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