The shortlist will be released on March 26, 2024, with an overall winner announced on May 23, 2024.
By Hope Ibiale
African writers, Chidi Ebere, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, and Mia Couto, have been announced as some of the longlisted writers for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award. Out of the 70 nominated books, British-born Nigerian writer, Chidi Ebere’s Now I Am Here, Nigerian writer, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s When We Were Fireflies, and Mozambican Mia Couto’s, The Drinker of Horizons, were longlisted.
British writer of Ghanaian descent, Sharon Dodua Otoo’s Ada’s Realm also took a spot on the longlist, while American author, also of Ghanaian descent, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s Chain-Gang All-Stars made the longlist.
Other longlisted books include Olivia Wenzel’s 100 Coils of Fear, Navtej Sarna’s Crimson Spring, Emily O’Grady’s Feast, Garry Disher’s Day’s End, Geoffrey Morrison’s Falling Hour, and many others. The shortlist will be released on March 26, 2024, while an overall winner will be announced on May 23, 2024.
Now in its 29th year, the Dublin Literary Award is one of the world’s most valuable annual prizes for a work of fiction published or translated into English. The winner will receive a cash prize of €100,000. If the book is a translated work, the author will receive €75,000, while the translator gets €25,000. The award is sponsored by the Dublin City Council. Irenosen Okojie, Anton Hur, Chris Morash, Daniel Medin, Ingunn Snaedal, and Lucy Collins will judge this year’s award.
Check the full list of longlisted books here.