Six novels have been shortlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award, sponsored by Dublin City Council.
The shortlisted authors are American, Mexican, German, Croatian and Canadian-Vietnamese, while four of the novels are in translation.
Worth €100,000, the Dublin Literary Award is the largest award for a single novel published in English.
If the winning novel is in translation, then €25,000 of that prize goes to the translator.
Nominations for the prize come from libraries and readers around the world.
This year's shortlisted titles are 'Cloud Cuckoo Land' by Anthony Doerr; 'The Trees' by Percival Everett; 'Paradais' by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes; Marzahn; 'Mon Amour' by Katja Oskamp, translated by Jo Heinrich; 'Love Novel' by Ivana Sajko, translated by Mima Simić; and 'Em' by Kim Thúy, translated by Sheila Fischman.
The winner of the 2023 Dublin Literary Award will be announced by Dublin Lord Mayor Caroline Conroy as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin, also funded by Dublin City Council.
International flavour to this year's literary award shortlist
