Dalkey Literary Awards 2020 - Novel of the Year Winner

The Dalkey Book Festival, in conjunction with Zurich Insurance, is delighted to announce the inaugural winners of the Dalkey Literary Awards.
Novelist and short story writer Christine Dwyer Hickey wins the Dalkey Literary Awards 2020 for Novel of the Year with The Narrow Land, a searing novel of loneliness and regret, depicting the legacy of World War II and the ever-changing concept of the American Dream which the judges described as ‘luscious’, ‘enthralling’, and ‘emotionally engaging’.
The Dalkey Literary Awards is aimed exclusively at Irish writers and has a total prize fund of €30,000. The winner of the ‘Novel of the Year’ category wins €20,000 whilst the writer crowned ‘Emerging Writer’ will receive €10,000. The Awards are the most lucrative in the country and recognise some of the most remarkable home-grown literary talents in Ireland.
The winners were announced on Saturday 20th June 2020.
Find out more at zurich.ie/dalkey-literary-awards /novel-of-the-year/winner/
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