Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
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The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award is a literary award for short story collections. At 35,000 euro for the best book of short stories it claims to be the world's largest prize for a short story collection. Each year, roughly sixty books are longlisted, with either four or six books going ahead to be shortlisted, the ultimate decision made by three judges. In 2008 there was no shortlist, as the judges considered winning book, Unaccustomed Earth
by Jumpa Lahiri as being far superior to any other book on the longlist.
, Ireland
Munster Literature Centre organised the first Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival, an event dedicated to the celebration of the short story and named for one of Cork's authors, Frank O'Connor
. The festival showcases readings, literary forums and workshops. Following continued growth and additional funding, the Cork City - Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was introduced in 2005, coinciding with Cork's designation as that year's European Capital of Culture.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is the latest book from Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri. After Interpreter of Maladies, the Pulitzer Prize winning book, this is her second collection of short stories. Just like her other books, Unaccustomed Earth is also a reflection of life with two separate...
by Jumpa Lahiri as being far superior to any other book on the longlist.
History
In 2000, the CorkCork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
, Ireland
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Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
Munster Literature Centre organised the first Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival, an event dedicated to the celebration of the short story and named for one of Cork's authors, Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor
Frank O’Connor was an Irish author of over 150 works, best known for his short stories and memoirs.-Early life:...
. The festival showcases readings, literary forums and workshops. Following continued growth and additional funding, the Cork City - Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was introduced in 2005, coinciding with Cork's designation as that year's European Capital of Culture.
Recipients
| Year | Winner | Collection | Shortlisted nominees & collections | Ref(s) |
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| 2005 | Yiyun Li Yiyun Li Yiyun Li is a Chinese American writer. Her debut short story collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers won the 2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and her second collection Gold Boy, Emerald Girl was shortlisted for the same award... |
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (stories) A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is the debut story collection by Yiyun Li. It received the 2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the 2006 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, Guardian First Book Award, Whiting Writers' Award and California Book Award for first fiction... |
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| 2006 | Haruki Murakami Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer and translator. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered him critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and Jerusalem Prize among others.He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature... |
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is a collection of short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.... |
Samrat Upadhyay Samrat Upadhyay is a Nepalese writer who writes in English. Upadhyay is a professor of creative writing as well as Director of Graduate Studies at Indiana University. He is the first Nepali-born fiction writer writing in English to be published in the West. He was born and raised in Kathmandu,... – The Royal Ghosts Rose Tremain Rose Tremain CBE is an English author.-Life:Rose Tremain was born Rosemary Jane Thomson on August 2, 1943 in London and attended Francis Holland School then Crofton Grange School from 1954 to 1961; the Sorbonne from 1961–1962; and graduated from the University of East Anglia in 1965 where she then... – The Darkness of Wallis Simpson Philip Ó Ceallaigh -Biography:Ó Ceallaigh has spent much of his life living in Eastern Europe, including many years in Romania. He has also lived in Russia during the early nineties, America thereafter, and then his first stint in Romania beginning in 1995. He spent two years in Galway, Ireland before returning to... – Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse Peter Stamm -Life:Peter Stamm grew up in Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau the son of an accountant. After completing primary and secondary school he spent three years as an apprentice accountant and then 5 as an accountant... – In Strange Gardens and Other Stories |
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| 2007 | Miranda July Miranda July Miranda July is a performing artist, writer, actress and film director. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of "July," which can be traced to a character from a "girlzine" Miranda created with high school friend Johanna Fateman, called Snarla.- Background :Miranda... |
No One Belongs Here More than You |
Simon Robson Simon Robson is a British actor, director and writer.As an actor he has appeared in Doctors, Tom & Viv, Bodywork, Trial and Retribution and EastEnders, playing Graham Stone.... – The Separate Heart and Other Stories Manuel Muñoz Manuel Muñoz is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and two bronzes .- References :**... – The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue Charlotte Grimshaw -Career:Grimshaw's first book, Provocation , drew on her experience as a criminal lawyer.Her second book, Guilt , followed the lives of four characters in Auckland in 1987.... – Opportunity |
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| 2008 | Jhumpa Lahiri Jhumpa Lahiri Jhumpa Lahiri is a Bengali American author. Lahiri's debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies , won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, The Namesake , was adapted into the popular film of the same name. She was born Nilanjana Sudeshna, which she says are both... |
Unaccustomed Earth Unaccustomed Earth Unaccustomed Earth is the latest book from Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri. After Interpreter of Maladies, the Pulitzer Prize winning book, this is her second collection of short stories. Just like her other books, Unaccustomed Earth is also a reflection of life with two separate... |
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| 2009 | Simon Van Booy Simon Van Booy Simon Van Booy is a British author who lives in the United States.. He grew up in rural Wales, but has lived in Kentucky, Paris, Athens, New York City and the Hamptons.- Novel & Short Stories :... |
Love Begins in Winter |
Petina Gappah Petina Gappah, born 1971, is a Zimbabwean writer. She writes in English, though she also draws on Shona, her first language.Gappah's first book, An Elegy for Easterly, a story collection, was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the richest prize for the short story... – An Elegy for Easterly Wells Tower Wells Tower is an American writer of short stories and non-fiction.-Early life, education, and early career:Tower was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but grew up in North Carolina.... – Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned Shih-Li Kow Shih-Li Kow is a Malaysian writer of the current generation, born in 1968.She holds a degree in chemical engineering, and resides in Kuala Lumpur with her son and extended family.... – Ripples and Other Stories Philip Ó Ceallaigh -Biography:Ó Ceallaigh has spent much of his life living in Eastern Europe, including many years in Romania. He has also lived in Russia during the early nineties, America thereafter, and then his first stint in Romania beginning in 1995. He spent two years in Galway, Ireland before returning to... – The Pleasant Light of Day Charlotte Grimshaw -Career:Grimshaw's first book, Provocation , drew on her experience as a criminal lawyer.Her second book, Guilt , followed the lives of four characters in Auckland in 1987.... – Singularity |
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| 2010 | Ron Rash Ron Rash Ron Rash , an American poet, short story writer and novelist, is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. Rash was born in Chester, South Carolina, in 1953, grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and is a graduate of Gardner-Webb... |
Burning Bright |
David Constantine David Constantine is a British poet and translator.Constantine is a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford University, and a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford. He is co-editor of the literary journal Modern Poetry in Translation... – The Shieling |
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| 2011 | Edna O’Brien | Saints and Sinners |
Yiyun Li Yiyun Li is a Chinese American writer. Her debut short story collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers won the 2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and her second collection Gold Boy, Emerald Girl was shortlisted for the same award... , Gold Boy, Emerald Girl Alexander MacLeod (writer) Alexander MacLeod is a Canadian writer. His debut short story collection Light Lifting was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the 2011 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.... , Light Lifting Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín is a multi-award-winning Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and, most recently, poet.Tóibín is Leonard Milberg Lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University in New Jersey and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the... , The Empty Family The Empty Family The Empty Family is a collection of short stories by Irish author Colm Tóibín. It was published in the UK in October 2010 and was released in the US in January 2011.... |
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