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Congratulations to  Mike McCormack, Director of  BA with Creative Writing in the Department of English, who has won the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award (formerly the IMPAC).

This is an illustrious further recognition of his novel Solar Bones which has previously won a series of awards and plaudits. For the International Dublin Literary Award ‘Books are nominated by invited public libraries in cities throughout the world – making the Award unique in its coverage of international fiction. Titles are nominated on the basis of “high literary merit” as determined by the nominating library.’

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/mike-mccormack-a-lot-of-people-had-faith-to-stick-by-me-in-the-difficult-years-1.3529080

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/13/mike-mccormack-wins-100000-international-dublin-literary-award-with-one-sentence-novel