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  Encyclopedia: IMPAC Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind.
The Award is a joint initiative of the Dublin, Ireland City Council, the Municipal Government of Dublin City, and the productivity improvement company IMPAC.
The award is administered by Dublin City public libraries.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/IMPAC-Award   (179 words)

  
 Middle East Online
The IMPAC award is the world's biggest literary prize for a single work of fiction.
It is the second time that the award - established in 1996 - has been won by the translated work of an author writing in French.
The award, run by Dublin City Council's library department, is unique in that the shortlist is selected from a list of books nominated by 162 public libraries in 47 countries.
www.middle-east-online.com /english/morocco?id=10334   (393 words)

  
 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
In 1996 this literary prize of IR£100,000 (now €100,000) was awarded for the first time for an important work of fiction written and published in the English language, or written in a language other than English and published in an English translation.
For IMPAC, this award was one step toward its anticipated "long and satisfying partnership with Dublin as an international base for IMPAC," in the words of Chairman Irwin, whose company’s European headquarters are located in Dublin.
IMPAC is the world’s largest pro-ductivity enhancement company, with over 300 projects being managed annually in more than 50 countries.
www.impac-systems.com /Links/LitAward.asp   (264 words)

  
 IMPAC Medical Systems Announces 2005 Laboratory Professional of the Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
IMPAC's Laboratory Professional of the Year program honors outstanding staff members who made valuable contributions to the success of their clinical or anatomic pathology lab throughout the year.
"IMPAC is pleased to recognize Patricia Erickson as the 2005 IMPAC Laboratory Professional of the Year," said Joseph K. Jachinowski, IMPAC president and CEO.
She is a terrific example to others in the field and very deserving of this award." In recognition of the accomplishment, IMPAC will provide Erickson with a stipend to support ongoing professional development.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-29-2005/0003494567&EDATE=   (542 words)

  
 Toronto Public Library > News & Publications > Archived News Releases > IMPAC Dublin short list at the ...
The short list for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is slated to be announced tomorrow in Dublin at 10 am Eastern Standard Time.
The IMPAC Dublin is the only book award that relies exclusively on the expertise of librarians from around the world to develop the list of nominees.
This is the eighth year of this library-driven award, which celebrates the very best international fiction chosen solely on the basis of "high literary merit." Authors from more than 30 countries are represented on this year's long list.
www.tpl.toronto.on.ca /new_arc_03mar19_impac_award.jsp   (315 words)

  
 IMPAC U: Dr. James B. Irwin
IMPAC staff of 2,000 management and productivity specialist’s annually work on over 600 projects for client’s corporations and institutions in more than 60 countries around the world.
The IMPAC Award for Young Writers, which honors the best work of young authors from throughout the State of Connecticut, was established by Dr. Irwin and is co-sponsored by the Connecticut State University.
IMPAC University is licensed by the State of Florida
www.impacu.edu /People/Faculty/jirwin   (652 words)

  
 IMPAC Award - QuickTopic free message board hosting
IMPAC award winner, The Known World, the story of a fl slave owner, is a nuanced, fascinating portrait of a much suppressed historical reality.
The IMPAC shortlist has been announced and virtually every book known to mankind is on it.
Not only do I admire the the IMPAC award for the way its list is selected, but also because the award looks back a couple years...
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 Orhan Pamuk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is the recipient of major Turkish and international literary awards.
Asked the question “What impact did winning the IMPAC award (currently $127,000) have on your life and your work?“, Pamuk replied “Nothing changed in my life since I work all the time.
The most prestigious German book prize was awarded in the Paul's Church in Frankfurt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orhan_Pamuk   (1250 words)

  
 ASTD ROI Network Impac Study Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The ROI Impact Study Award recognizes an organization for excellence in using case studies that demonstrate the return on investment impact of workplace learning and performance.
The award will be presented to an organization for an outstanding case study that shows clear, measurable results, including ROI calculations.
An individual cannot be considered for the ROI Impact Study Award and the Practitioner of the Year Award in the same year.
www.astd.org /astd/About_ASTD/Awards/ASTD_ROI_Network_Impact_Study_Award.htm   (1227 words)

  
 Irwin
IMPAC companies around the world have a contract staff of 2,000 management and productivity specialists that annually work on over 600 projects for client's corporations and institutions in more than 60 countries around the world.
Irwin is also the founder of the leading literary prize for Mexican Writers, the IMPAC Monterey Literary Award, conducted in partnership with Monterey Institute of Technology.
He travels more than 40 weeks of the year visiting IMPAC offices, clients and associates all over the world, as well pursuing a variety of international civic and public services activities.
www.gavelconsultinggroup.com /Dr_Irwin.htm   (627 words)

  
 The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry: Trustees - Robin Robertson
Her most recent publication, the sci-fi inspired book Oryx and Crake (McClelland & Stewart), was nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Giller Prize, was shortlisted for the coveted Booker and Orange Prizes, and was on the long list for the IMPAC Award.
She garnered the Booker Prize honour in 2000 for her novel The Blind Assassin, which was also shortlisted for the prestigious IMPAC Award and Orange Prize, and the 1996 Giller Prize for her novel Alias Grace.
Awarded the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowship, twice the National Book Critics Circle Award (in 1984 and 1997), and the Yale Series of Younger Poets in 1973, Robert Hass is a professor of English at UC Berkeley.
www.griffinpoetryprize.com /trustees.php?t=6   (1225 words)

  
 IMPAC Medical Systems Announces Registrar of the Year
IMPAC's Registrar of the Year program honors outstanding registrars who have made valuable contributions to the success of the registry and those who further expand their contributions to the community and broader facility.
She concluded, "We are going to build a new hospital soon and I hope this department continues to grow to better serve our cancer patients." "IMPAC is honored to recognize Vicki Maggard as the 2005 IMPAC Registrar of the Year," said Joseph K. Jachinowski, IMPAC president.
Her commitment is a terrific example to others in the field." In recognition of the accomplishment, IMPAC will provide Maggard with a stipend to support ongoing professional development.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-08-2005/0003343206&EDATE=   (654 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Morocco's Jelloun wins Impac Literary Award
Ben Jelloun was born in Morocco in 1944 and emigrated to France in 1961.
The Impac prize is worth 100,000 euros (about $165,000 Cdn), making it the richest award of its kind for a single work of fiction.
The Impac Dublin award is open to novels written in any language and by authors of any nationality as long as it has been published in English or English translation.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1087494534564_82903734?hub=Entertainment   (391 words)

  
 Dublin International IMPAC Prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was established in 1995.
The award is open to works of fiction written in or translated into English, and libraries in major cities throughout the world make the nominations.
Allen Weinstein, an historian, head of the Center for Democracy in Washington, and a director of IMPAC has chaired the panel since the Award was established.
www.literature-awards.com /dublin_impac_awards.htm   (647 words)

  
 Harbourfront Reading Series: Greg Gatenby Named 1998 IMPAC Juror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The jury for the IMPAC award was recently announced in Ireland.
The award of £100,000 is the world’s richest prize for a single work of fiction.
The IMPAC award, aimed at enhancing the Irish capital's profile as a major literary city, is a joint effort between Dublin Corporation and an American consulting firm, IMPAC (Improved Management Productivity and Control).
www.readings.org /news/971222-impac.html   (230 words)

  
 Converting : Revlon honors IMPAC Group. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
New York-based packaging producer IMPAC Group recently received an "Award for Excellence" for 1999 from its cosmetics-maker customer Revlon.
Wayne Pusillo, Revlon's vice president of global purchasing, presented the award to IMPAC personnel at a ceremony held at IMPAC's Klearfold production facility in Warrington, Pa., this past April.
IMPAC was the only company in Revlon's folding-carton product class to receive the honor.
static.highbeam.com /c/converting/july012000/revlonhonorsimpacgroup   (178 words)

  
 IMPAC Bio: Dr. James B. Irwin, Sr.
James B. Irwin is also the founder of the leading literary prize for Mexican Writers, the IMPAC Monterey Literary Award, conducted in partnership with Monterey Institute of Technology.
The IMPAC Award for Young Writers, which honors the best work of young authors from throughout the State of Connecticut, was established by James B. Irwin and is co-sponsored by the Connecticut State University.
James B. Irwin is a director and a member of the Executive Committee of the Center for Democracy in Washington, the international organization that promotes the rule of law, in open and just societies.
www.impac-systems.com /Corporate/Irwin.asp   (667 words)

  
 Minneapolis Public Library: Dublin IMPAC Literary Award
The award is presented annually for a novel, of high literary merit, written or translated into English.
For the 2006 award, the title must have been published in English during 2004.
MPL suggested The Known World by Edward P. Jones, a finalist for the 2005 Award, and Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, a finalist for the 2004 Award which was won by Tahar Ben Jellour for This Blinding Absence of Light.
www.mpls.lib.mn.us /features.asp?item=impac2005   (185 words)

  
 winners Ask About Writing
This is the first time that such an award has been made to a crime writer by his or her peers and the prize was awarded to John Le Carré for The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, which is of course a spy novel.http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/daggerofdaggers.html
It is hoped that the award, for a complete collection of stories, will be presented every two years and will play a significant role in establishing parity of esteem between the short story and the novel, said the organisers.
The award is made annually to the best work of fiction for children after hundreds of books have been read, and voted for by children.
www.askaboutwriting.net /winners.htm   (2093 words)

  
 Alistair MacLeod Interview: The Tuning of Perfection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alistair MacLeod was born in 1936 in Saskatchewan.
He was raised "by a large extended family" in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia which is the setting for most of his short fiction, as well as his acclaimed novel, "No Great Mischief," which recently earned him the IMPAC award.
One of the nice things about this award, I think, is that the judges are from all over the world — from Nigeria, from Guiana, from Ireland and the chairperson is from the United States.
www.modestyarbor.com /macleod.html   (2480 words)

  
 Prize News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The short list for the prestigious IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is out.
The award is in its seventh year and delivers a hefty sum of 100,000 euros ($139,000 Cdn) to the winner.
I'm surprised that with such a hefty price tag attached to it, the IMPAC award is seemingly less publicized...
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/literary_prize_winners/90181   (430 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Margaret Atwood among seven finalists for world's richest literary prize - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- ...
Atwood, who won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000 for The Blind Assassin, was among eight Canadian writers on a previously announced long list for the IMPAC Dublin Award, but she was the only Canadian to make the final cut.
Atwood, 62, who lives in Toronto and is one of Canada's most celebrated authors, made the short list of the IMPAC Dublin Award in 1998 for her book, Alias Grace.
The non-voting chairman of the judging panel is historian Allen Weinstein, president of the Centre for Democracy in Washington.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1024896404292_20305604?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory   (458 words)

  
 RTE News - Winner of 2003 IMPAC literary award announced
Orhan Pamuk's 'My Name is Red' has been named as this year's winner of the €100,000 IMPAC literary award.
The murder mystery, which explores the themes of love and artistic devotion, was translated from Turkish by Erdag Goknar.
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language.
www.rte.ie /news2/2003/0519/impac.html   (174 words)

  
 IMPAC Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Itinvolves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language.
The Award is a joint initiativeof the Dublin, Ireland City Council, theMunicipal Government of Dublin City, and the productivity improvement company IMPAC.
The award is administered by Dublin Citypublic libraries.
www.therfcc.org /impac-award-13505.html   (121 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Books | Special Reports | International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2005
Worth €100,000, the International IMPAC Dublin literary award is the most lucrative prize of its kind.
From a 147-strong longlist, the contenders for the Impac award, the world's richest literary prize, have finally been whittled down to a more manageable 10.
Semi-autobiographical novel about a white boy growing up on the streets of Brooklyn during the 1970s and struggling to fit into a virtually all-fl neighbourhood.
books.guardian.co.uk /impac2005/0,15835,1433149,00.html   (351 words)

  
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He received a €100,000 (£66,000) prize after winning the International Impac Dublin Literary Award for his novel 'The Known World'.
The Impac award is administered in Ireland by Dublin City Council and productivity improvement company IMPAC.
Ten books were selected from a longlist of 147, nominated by 185 libraries from 51 countries.Meanwhile in London the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2005 was awarded to Jonathan Coe for his book, 'Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of BS Johnson'.
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 French Culture | Books | Houellebecq's Elementary Particles wins Impac Ward 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The winner of the 2002 Impac Award, Atomised (published as The Elementary Particles in the Unites States) by French writer Michel Houellebecq, was announced on Monday, May 13, 2002 in Dublin Castle by The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Michael Mulcahy.
For all the frustrations and failings of the brothers' separate experiences, Atomised in the end presents a paradoxically (if at times perversely) moral view of these two anti-heroes, each alienated from surrounding society in his own way.
For these distinctive qualities, the judging panel of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is pleased to present its year 2002 award to Michel Houellebecq for his extraordinary novel, Atomised, translated by Frank Wynne.
www.frenchculture.org /books/release/fiction/houellebecqparticlesimpac.html   (660 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Controversial author picks up IMPAC Literary Award
The French novelist Michel Houellebecq has won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his controversial novel, Atomised.
The IMPAC Award is literature's most lucrative prize, worth 100,000 euros (£61,900).
Novels were nominated for the IMPAC prize by libraries around the world, and the winner chosen by an international panel of judges which included Icelandic novelist Steinunn Sigurdardottir and British writer Michael Holroyd.
books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,6109,714888,00.html   (310 words)

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