Adiga, Rushdie in Dublin Literary Award longlist

New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI) Booker Prize winners Aravind Adiga
and Salman Rushdie have been named in the longlist for the
2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a top
recognition for a single work of fiction published in English.
US-based Indian writer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ("The
Palace of Illusions"), Anuradha Roy and Canada-based Jaspreet
Singh ("Chef") also figure in the list. 156 titles are in the
list for the 100,000 euro award.
The shortlist will be announced next April and the winner
will be named in June.
While Adiga has been nominated for his "The White Tiger",
Rushdie has been selected for his "The Enchantress of
Florence" and Ghosh for "Sea of Poppies".
The Award is administered by Dublin City Public
Libraries. The judges of the 2010 award are Anne Fine, Anatoly
Kudryavitsky, Abdourahman Waberi, Zoe Wicomb and Eve Patten.
Previous winners of the prestigious award include "Man
Gone Down" by Michael Thomas (2009), De Niro's "Game by Rawi
Hage" (2008), "Out Stealing Horses" by Per Petterson (2007)
and "The Master" by Colm Toibin (2006). PTI ZMN
JVN