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Three authors with ties to Montreal make Dublin Literary Award long list

Kim Thúy, Alexie Morin and Emily St. John Mandel are up for prestigious award, which comes with a prize of about $145,000.

Longueuil author Kim Thúy made the long list for her novel Em, published by Seven Stories Press.
Longueuil author Kim Thúy made the long list for her novel Em, published by Seven Stories Press. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette

Three authors with connection to the Montreal area have made it on the long list for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award.

The list was released Monday with 70 books nominated by libraries around the world. The award is sponsored by Dublin City Council. According to the release “the award is the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English,” and is worth 100,000 euros (about $145,000 Canadian) to the winner.

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The winner of the award will be announced in May.

Emily St. John Mandel, who has lived in Montreal, was nominated for Sea of Tranquility, published in April by Harper Collins.
Emily St. John Mandel, who has lived in Montreal, was nominated for Sea of Tranquility, published in April by Harper Collins. Photo by Peter J. Thompson /PST

Included among the nominations are 29 novels in translation, with works nominated by 84 libraries from 31 countries across Africa, Europe, Asia, the U.S., Canada, South America, Australia, and New Zealand.

Longueuil author Kim Thúy made the long list for her novel Em, published by Seven Stories Press.

Alexie Morin, a Montreal author originally from the Eastern Townships who studied at Université du Québec à Montréal, made the long list for her book Open Your Heart, published by Véhicule Press. It was originally published in French in 2018 as Ouvrir son coeur.

Emily St. John Mandel, who has lived in Montreal, was nominated for Sea of Tranquility, published in April by Harper Collins. She began writing her first novel, Last Night in Montreal, published in 2009, while she lived in the city.

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