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As has been widely reported, Edward P. Jones has won the IMPAC Dublin award for The Known World, a book that was a favorite of mine last year. The Scotsman has an article about the book and the author.
Mr Jones, who received a standing ovation as he collected his award, said receiving the prize was ‘great, it’s wonderful, I never expected it’.
He said he had only got off a plane from the US a few hours earlier to attend the award ceremony at Dublin’s City Hall.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.