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French author Alice Zeniter and translator Frank Wynne named as winners of Dublin Literary Award

French author Alice Zeniter and translator Frank Wynne have been named the winners of the 2022 Dublin Literary Award.

The award which is sponsored by Dublin City Council, is the world’s largest prize for a single novel published in English.

The winning book The Art of Losing is the 10th novel in translation to win the Dublin Literary Prize.

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While the author Alice Zeniter receives €75,000, Frank Wynne, as translator, receives €25,000.

Frank was a previous winner in 2002, as translator of Atomised by Michel Houellebecq.

The winning title was announced in Dublin today as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin which runs at Merrion Square Park until next Sunday.

Lord Mayor and Patron of the Award, Alison Gilliland made the announcement and Owen Keegan, Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, presented the prizes at the International Literature Festival Dublin Literary Village in Merrion Square Park.

Lord Mayor Alison Gilliland said: "With its themes of colonisation and immigration, The Art of Losing, which follows three generations of an Algerian family from the 1950s to the present day and highlights how literature can increase our understanding of the world."

Accepting her award, winner Alice Zeniter said: "When I was writing The Art of Losing, I was almost certain that it was a niche novel. This book's life, even five years after its release, keeps surprising me.

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"I am really happy and thrilled that the Dublin Literary Award shows me today that this story can be shared with readers from different countries, readers who grew up outside the French post-colonial Empire. Readers that, maybe, had never thought about Algeria before opening the book. How crazy is that?"

The Art of Losing, is available to borrow from Dublin City Libraries and from public libraries throughout Ireland, or on BorrowBox in eBook format.

The French version will also be available to borrow from Dublin City Libraries.

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