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| | Minneapolis Public Library: IMPAC: Minneapolis Picks a Winner |
 | | The winner of the 10th International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2005), the world's richest literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English, is The Known World, a first novel by American writer Edward P. Jones, published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins, and Harper Perennial. |
 | | The winner was presented with 100,000 Euro from the Chairman of IMPAC Dr. James B. Irwin and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Patron of the Award, Councillor Michael Conaghan presented the author with a specially commissioned Waterford Crystal trophy at a ceremony, attended by the author, in Dublin City Hall, Ireland, June 15, 2005. |
 | | An International panel of judges chose The Known World from a longlist of 147 novels, nominated by 185 libraries from 51 countries and from 129 cities; 29 titles were in translation, covering 15 non-English languages. |
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