Writer Claire Keegan has won the 2022 'Irish Novel of the Year' award, announced at a ceremony last night, to mark the opening of Listowel Writers' Week.
Sponsored by Kerry Group, this is one of the most prestigious prizes in Irish literature, worth €20,000.
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The opening ceremony took place at the Listowel Arms Hotel, with special guest actor Dominic West.
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It's the first time Writers Week has been held in person in three years, with a scaled-down festival taking place online in 2021.
Other major prize winners announced last night, included Martina Evans who won the €10,000 Pigott Prize for Poetry for her collection, American Mules, and Mike Guerin, who won the Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award.
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