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Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award

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The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award is an annual award for Irish authors of fiction, established in 1995. It was previously known as the Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award (1995–2000),[1] the Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Award (2001–2002), and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award (2003–2011).

The winner of the prize is announced in May/June each year at the opening ceremony of the Listowel Writers' Week in County Kerry.[2]

The prize is sponsored by the food group Kerry Group, and is the largest (currently €20,000)[3] monetary prize for fiction available solely to Irish authors.[4]

Winners and shortlists

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1995–2011

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Year Author Work Ref
1995 Philip Casey The Fabulists [1]
1996 Emer Martin Breakfast in Babylon [1]
1997 Deirdre Madden One by One in the Darkness [5]
1998 John Banville The Untouchable [6]
1999 J. M. O'Neill Bennett & Company [7]
2000 Michael Collins The Keepers of Truth [8]
2001 Anne Barnett The Largest Baby in Ireland After the Famine [9]
2002 John McGahern That They May Face the Rising Sun [10]
2003 William Trevor The Story of Lucy Gault [11]
2004 Gerard Donovan Schopenhauer's Telescope [12]
2005 Neil Jordan Shade [12]
2006 Sebastian Barry A Long Long Way [12]
2007 Roddy Doyle Paula Spencer [12]
2008 Anne Enright The Gathering [12]
2009 Joseph O'Neill Netherland [13]
2010 John Banville The Infinities [14]
2011 Neil Jordan Mistaken [4]

2012–2023

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Blue Ribbon ( ) = winner

Year Person Book Result Ref
2012   Christine Dwyer Hickey The Cold Eye of Heaven Won [15]
Kevin Barry City of Bohane Finalist
Anne Enright The Forgotten Waltz Finalist
Carlo Gébler The Dead Eight Finalist
Belinda McKeon Solace Finalist
2013   Gavin Corbett This Is the Way Won [16]
Lucy Caldwell All the Beggars Riding Finalist
Claire Kilroy The Devil I Know Finalist
Kathleen MacMahon This Is How It Ends Finalist
Thomas O'Malley This Magnificent Desolation Finalist
2014   Eimear McBride A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Won [17]
Deirdre Madden Time Present & Time Past Finalist
Colum McCann Transatlantic Finalist
Frank McGuinness Arimathea Finalist
Donal Ryan The Thing About December Finalist
2015   Eoin McNamee Blue Is the Night Won [18]
David Butler City of Dis Finalist
Nuala Ní Chonchúir The Closet of Savage Mementos Finalist
Patrick O'Keeffe The Visitors Finalist
Eibhear Walshe The Diary of Mary Travers Finalist
2016   Anne Enright The Green Road Won [19]
John Banville The Blue Guitar Finalist
Kevin Barry Beatlebone Finalist
Austin Duffy This Living and Immortal Thing Finalist
Edna O'Brien The Little Red Chairs Finalist
2017   Kit de Waal My Name Is Leon (Viking) Won [20]
Emma Donahue The Wonder Finalist
Neil Hegarty Inch Levels Finalist
Mike McCormack Solar Bones Finalist
Conor O'Callaghan Nothing on Earth Finalist
2018   Paul Lynch Grace (Oneworld) Won [21]
Lisa Harding Harvesting Finalist
Frank McGuiness The Woodcutter and His Family Finalist
Bernard McLaverty Midwinter Break Finalist
Sally Rooney Conversations with Friends Finalist
2019   David Park Travelling in a Strange Land (Bloomsbury) Won [22]
John Boyne Ladder to the Sky Finalist
Jess Kidd The Hoarder Finalist
Emer Martin The Cruelty Men Finalist
Sally Rooney Normal People Finalist
2020   Edna O'Brien Girl Won [23]
Kevin Barry Nightboat to Tangier Finalist [24][25]
Mary Costello The River Capture Finalist
Rónán Hession Leonard and Hungry Paul Finalist
Joseph O'Connor Shadowplay Finalist

References

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  1. ^ a b c Laurie Mann. "AwardWeb: Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award". AwardWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Official Opening of the 40th Anniversary Festival". Listowel Writers' Week. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  3. ^ Doyle, Martin (6 January 2022). "Kate O'Brien Award shortlist revealed; Kerry Group raises Irish novel prize to €20,000". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cían Nihill (2 June 2011). "Neil Jordan wins major literary award for second time". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Painting with words: Irish author Deirdre Madden can think of no occupation that she would like better". The Sofia Echo. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  6. ^ John Boland (23 May 1998). "A thumping good read". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  7. ^ "A late award". The Irish Times. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Writers' festival opens". The Irish Times. 6 June 2000. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Newcomer wins Irish fiction award". The Irish Times. 5 May 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  10. ^ "McGahern wins Irish Fiction Award". The Irish Times. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  11. ^ "William Trevor wins Listowel fiction award". The Irish Times. 5 May 2003. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award – Literary Competitions – 39th Listowel Writers' Week 2009". Listowel Writers' Week. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  13. ^ "Joseph O'Neill's Netherland wins Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2009". Normans Media Ltd. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  14. ^ "John Banville Wins Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2010 at Listowel Writers' Week". Irish Publishing News. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  15. ^ "Shortlist announced for Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year". 11 April 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  16. ^ Ann Lucey (30 May 2013). "Corbett wins Irish Novel of the Year award at Listowel". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  17. ^ Martin Doyle (28 May 2014). "Eimear McBride wins €15,000 Kerry Group Irish novel of the year award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  18. ^ Martin Doyle (27 May 2015). "Eoin McNamee's Blue is the Night wins €15,000 Kerry Group Irish Novel of Year Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  19. ^ Martin Doyle (2 June 2016). "Anne Enright's The Green Road wins Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  20. ^ Martin Doyle (1 June 2017). "My Name is Leon wins Irish Novel of the Year Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  21. ^ Martin Doyle (30 May 2018). "'Grace' by Paul Lynch wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  22. ^ Martin Doyle (29 May 2019). "Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park wins award at Listowel Writers' Week". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  23. ^ Martin Doyle (27 May 2020). "Edna O'Brien wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for Girl". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  24. ^ kimbofo (9 May 2020). "The 2020 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award shortlist". Reading Matters. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  25. ^ Admin, Writing IE (8 May 2020). "Shortlist Announced for Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 2020". Writing.ie. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  26. ^ Doyle, Martin (8 April 2021). "Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2021: Two first-time novelists on shortlist". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  27. ^ Doyle, Martin (2 June 2021). "Anakana Schofield wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for Bina". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  28. ^ a b Doyle, Martin (2 June 2022). "Claire Keegan and Martina Evans win Listowel Writers Week novel and poetry prizes". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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